Whole Life Custody Sentences
- Submitted by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 June 2019
- Motion reference: S5M-17503
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 04 June 2019
Motions as amended
That the Parliament notes that the courts’ powers to deal with the most serious offenders have been strengthened by the introduction of orders for lifelong restriction in 2006 and the reforms to clarify the calculation of the punishment part of discretionary life sentences in the Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Act 2012; acknowledges that the Parliament will give appropriate consideration to any further proposals to enhance the courts’ sentencing power, but notes that Scotland’s judges can already impose a punishment part of a life sentence that extends beyond the likely remainder of a prisoner’s life in appropriate cases.
Vote
Result 88 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
- 58 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 4 did not vote
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- Aileen Campbell
- Alasdair Allan
- Alex Neil
- Angela Constance
- Angus MacDonald
- Annabelle Ewing
- Ash Regan
- Ben Macpherson
- Bill Kidd
- Bob Doris
- Bruce Crawford
- Christina McKelvie
- Christine Grahame
- Clare Adamson
- Clare Haughey
- Colin Beattie
- David Torrance
- Fergus Ewing
- Fiona Hyslop
- Fulton MacGregor
- Gail Ross
- George Adam
- Gil Paterson
- Gillian Martin
- Gordon MacDonald
- Graeme Dey
- Ivan McKee
- James Dornan
- Jamie Hepburn
- Jeane Freeman
- Jenny Gilruth
- Joan McAlpine
- Joe FitzPatrick
- John Mason
- John Swinney
- Kate Forbes
- Keith Brown
- Kenneth Gibson
- Kevin Stewart
- Linda Fabiani
- Mairi Gougeon
- Maree Todd
- Maureen Watt
- Michael Matheson
- Michael Russell
- Paul Wheelhouse
- Richard Lochhead
- Richard Lyle
- Rona Mackay
- Roseanna Cunningham
- Ruth Maguire
- Sandra White
- Shirley-Anne Somerville
- Shona Robison
- Stewart Stevenson
- Stuart McMillan
- Tom Arthur
- Willie Coffey
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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- Alexander Burnett
- Alexander Stewart
- Alison Harris
- Bill Bowman
- Dean Lockhart
- Donald Cameron
- Edward Mountain
- Finlay Carson
- Gordon Lindhurst
- Graham Simpson
- Jamie Greene
- Jamie Halcro Johnston
- Jeremy Balfour
- John Scott
- Liam Kerr
- Liz Smith
- Margaret Mitchell
- Maurice Corry
- Maurice Golden
- Michelle Ballantyne
- Miles Briggs
- Murdo Fraser
- Oliver Mundell
- Peter Chapman
- Rachael Hamilton
- Ruth Davidson
- Tom Mason
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Scottish Labour
- 18 for
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- Alex Rowley
- Anas Sarwar
- Claire Baker
- Claudia Beamish
- Colin Smyth
- Daniel Johnson
- Elaine Smith
- Iain Gray
- James Kelly
- Kezia Dugdale
- Lewis Macdonald
- Mark Griffin
- Monica Lennon
- Neil Bibby
- Neil Findlay
- Pauline McNeill
- Rhoda Grant
- Richard Leonard
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Original motion text
That the Parliament believes that Scotland's judges should have the power to impose whole life custody sentences.
Accepted amendments
Whole Life Custody Sentences - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Humza Yousaf, Glasgow Pollok, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Monday, June 3, 2019
Supported by: Ash Regan
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Result 70 for, 28 against, 18 abstained, 13 did not vote Vote Passed
Amendments that have not been voted on
Whole Life Custody Sentences - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Pauline McNeill, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, June 3, 2019
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Whole Life Custody Sentences - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Monday, June 3, 2019
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001
Whole Life Custody Sentences - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Liam McArthur, Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Monday, June 3, 2019
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001