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Mental Health

  • Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 February 2021
  • Motion reference: S5M-24138
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Motions as amended

That the Parliament recalls its resolution on the debate on motion S5M-20035 on mental health on 27 November 2019; now recognises that there is a mental health crisis in Scotland; notes with concern the potential for an unsustainable increase in demand for CAMHS and other mental health services, many of which already experience unacceptably long waiting times; recognises the need for both improved access to NHS mental health services and greater support for third sector organisations to reduce waiting times and deliver urgently needed care; considers that maintaining good mental health is as important as maintaining good physical health; believes that further efforts are required to promote self-care for mental health; notes with deep concern the further increase in the number of deaths by suicide in 2019 and the reported increase in suicidal thoughts throughout the COVID-19 pandemic; considers the continued excessive waits for access to CAMHS and high proportion of young people who still have their referral rejected to be unacceptable; is disappointed at the failure to implement an effective transitions strategy to support patients moving between services; acknowledges that mental health services cannot tackle the crisis without increased resources, and therefore believes it is regrettable that, in recent Scottish Budgets, funding for mental health services has failed to keep up with rises in overall health funding.


Supported by: Liam McArthur

Vote

Result 65 for, 58 against, 0 abstained, 6 did not vote Vote Passed

Scottish National Party

For
0
Against
  • Aileen Campbell
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Angela Constance
  • Angus MacDonald
  • Annabelle Ewing
  • Ash Regan
  • Ben Macpherson
  • Bill Kidd
  • Bob Doris
  • Bruce Crawford
  • Christine Grahame
  • Clare Adamson
  • Clare Haughey
  • Colin Beattie
  • David Torrance
  • Emma Harper
  • Fergus Ewing
  • Fiona Hyslop
  • Fulton MacGregor
  • Gail Ross
  • George Adam
  • Gil Paterson
  • Gillian Martin
  • Gordon MacDonald
  • Graeme Dey
  • Humza Yousaf
  • Ivan McKee
  • James Dornan
  • Jamie Hepburn
  • 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
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • 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
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Alex Neil
  • Christina McKelvie
  • Jeane Freeman

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
  • Adam Tomkins
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Alexander Stewart
  • Alison Harris
  • Annie Wells
  • Bill Bowman
  • Brian Whittle
  • Dean Lockhart
  • Donald Cameron
  • Edward Mountain
  • Finlay Carson
  • Gordon Lindhurst
  • Graham Simpson
  • Jackson Carlaw
  • Jamie Greene
  • Jamie Halcro Johnston
  • Jeremy Balfour
  • John Scott
  • Liam Kerr
  • Liz Smith
  • Margaret Mitchell
  • Maurice Corry
  • Maurice Golden
  • Miles Briggs
  • Murdo Fraser
  • Oliver Mundell
  • Peter Chapman
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Tom Mason
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Ruth Davidson

Scottish Labour

For
  • Alex Rowley
  • Anas Sarwar
  • Claire Baker
  • Claudia Beamish
  • Colin Smyth
  • Daniel Johnson
  • David Stewart
  • Elaine Smith
  • Iain Gray
  • Jackie Baillie
  • James Kelly
  • Jenny Marra
  • Johann Lamont
  • Lewis Macdonald
  • Mark Griffin
  • Mary Fee
  • Monica Lennon
  • Neil Bibby
  • Neil Findlay
  • Pauline McNeill
  • Rhoda Grant
  • Richard Leonard
  • Sarah Boyack
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Scottish Green Party

For
  • Alison Johnstone
  • John Finnie
  • Mark Ruskell
  • Patrick Harvie
  • Ross Greer
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
  • Alex Cole-Hamilton
  • Beatrice Wishart
  • Liam McArthur
  • Mike Rumbles
  • Willie Rennie
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Independent

For
  • Andy Wightman
  • Mark McDonald
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Derek Mackay

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Ken Macintosh

Reform UK

For
  • Michelle Ballantyne
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Original motion text

That the Parliament recalls its resolution on the debate on motion S5M-20035 on mental health on 27 November 2019, and now recognises that there is a mental health crisis in Scotland.

Accepted amendments

Motion ref. S5M-24138.1

Mental Health - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Mary Fee, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Result 65 for, 60 against, 0 abstained, 4 did not vote Vote Passed

Motion ref. S5M-24138.2

Mental Health - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Donald Cameron, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Result 65 for, 60 against, 0 abstained, 4 did not vote Vote Passed

Defeated amendments

Motion ref. S5M-24138.3

Mental Health - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Clare Haughey, Rutherglen, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Supported by: Jeane Freeman, Mairi Gougeon
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Result 60 for, 64 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote Vote Defeated