Supported by: Fulton MacGregor, Bill Kidd, Rona Mackay, Joan McAlpine, Gail Ross, Richard Lyle, Tom Arthur, Angus MacDonald, Colin Beattie, Richard Lochhead, Kenneth Gibson, Sandra White, Willie Coffey*, Jenny Gilruth*, Gillian Martin*, Maree Todd* *S5M-03519.1 Richard Leonard: Closure of Airdrie Savings Bank As an amendment to — motion S5M-03519 in the name of Alex Neil (Closure of Airdrie Savings Bank), leave from "are now having" to end and insert: "have provided a cherished community service for over 180 years; notes with concern that up to 70 staff may lose their jobs; believes that such local banks and community finance initiatives are a vital element of the UK banking sector; considers that it was a less than robust regulatory regime in the banking sector that was highly concentrated in a small number of institutions, some of which were headquartered in Scotland, that brought the earnings and savings of millions of people into risk, and calls on the Scottish Government and all relevant agencies to support the people affected by the proposed closure by working with the board of trustees, Unite the Union and account...