As an amendment to S7M-01200 in the name of Angela Constance (Addressing the Harms of Health Misinformation), insert at end "; agrees that in addition to being factual and evidence-based, information must be unbiased and balanced to allow people to make fully informed decisions and calls on the Scottish Government, in its own decision-making, to follow the example it expects others to; notes that a 2023 study, commissioned by the Scottish Government, found that only 29% of the public believed that its own current COVID-19 guidance was trustworthy, demonstrating the need for the Scottish Government to understand the role that it has played in the public losing trust in health information that it issues; believes that health information covers everything related to health, and considers statements that the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital was safe, when some wards were known and later found not to be, to constitute misinformation.
Submitted by: Angela Constance, Almond Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-01200
Current status: Due in the chamber on Thursday, September 17, 2026
Supported by: Alison Thewliss, Maree Todd
Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-01200.1
Current status: Due in the chamber on Thursday, September 17, 2026
Supported by: Irshad Ahmed, Joe Long, Paul Sweeney
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-01200.2
Current status: Due in the chamber on Thursday, September 17, 2026