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Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population: Amendment 2

  • Submitted by: Pauline McNeill, Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 June 2026
  • Motion type: Amendment
  • Motion reference: S7M-00469.2
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 25 June 2026

As an amendment to motion S7M-00469, in the name of Neil Gray (Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population), insert at end "; is concerned that the current prison population crisis is chronically hampering effective rehabilitation; calls on the Scottish Government to increase its investment in GPS technology and speed up its roll out, and notes that the current approach to rehabilitation, community justice and early release is failing to address the prison population crisis.


Vote

Result 65 for, 53 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote Agreed

Scottish National Party

Scottish Labour

Reform UK

Scottish Green Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Liberal Democrats

No Party Affiliation

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0

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0

Abstained

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Did not vote


Related motion

Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population

Submitted by: Neil Gray, Airdrie, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-00469

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 25, 2026

Supported by: Kirsten Oswald

Result 89 for, 31 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Agreed


Amendments

Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population: Amendment 1

Submitted by: Amanda Bland, Central Scot and Lothians West, Reform UK

Date lodged: Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-00469.1

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 25, 2026

Result 26 for, 94 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Disagreed


Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population: Amendment 3

Submitted by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party

Date lodged: Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-00469.3

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 25, 2026

Supported by: Kate Nevens

Result 16 for, 104 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Disagreed


Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population: Amendment 4

Submitted by: Yi-pei Chou Turvey, North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats

Date lodged: Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-00469.4

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 25, 2026


Achieving a Sustainable Prison Population: Amendment 5

Submitted by: Stephen Kerr, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-00469.5

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, June 25, 2026

Supported by: James Adams

Result 26 for, 78 against, 15 abstained, 10 did not vote Disagreed