As an amendment to motion S7M-01022 in the name of Shirley-Anne Somerville (Eradicating Child Poverty, the Scottish Government’s Defining Mission), insert at end“; calls for action to ensure that families, particularly in rural communities, do not face challenges in accessing childcare services with parents and guardians having real choice and flexibility over how to organise their lives and fewer barriers to work; acknowledges that, by providing a choice, parents are enabled to return to work if they want, boosting family incomes, tackling child poverty and growing the economy; believes that access to early learning and childcare (ELC) would be enhanced by introducing fairer rates for private, voluntary and independent providers of ELC to cover the actual costs of delivering high-quality ELC; further believes that the Scottish Government commitment in its Programme for Government to invest in independent providers does not go far enough, and calls on it to fully close the funding gap between independent and local government providers of ELC and to ensure that parents have sufficient access to childcare provision wherever they are in Scotland.”
Result 59 for, 54 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote Agreed
Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-01022
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 3, 2026
Supported by: Siobhian Brown, Simita Kumar, Màiri McAllan
Result 36 for, 63 against, 15 abstained, 15 did not vote Disagreed
Submitted by: Mark Griffin, Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-01022.1
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 3, 2026
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Result 35 for, 68 against, 9 abstained, 17 did not vote Disagreed
Submitted by: Holly Bruce, Glasgow Southside, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-01022.2
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 3, 2026
Result 15 for, 83 against, 13 abstained, 18 did not vote Disagreed
Submitted by: James Adams, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-01022.3
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 3, 2026
Submitted by: Julie MacDougall, Mid Scotland and Fife, Reform UK
Date lodged: Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-01022.5
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 3, 2026
Result 21 for, 90 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote Disagreed