Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 11 November 2020
11 Nov 2020 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Decision Time
The next question is, that motion S5M-23296, in the name of Monica Lennon, on routine Covid-19 testing for all health and social care workers, as amended, be agreed to.
Motion, as amended, agreed to,
That the Parliament notes the ongoing threat to life and health posed by COVID-19 and the warnings of extreme winter pressures on the NHS; recognises the need for the Test and Protect system to be able to provide rapid turnaround contact tracing and cope with increasing demand during the winter months, and calls on the Scottish Government to introduce routine weekly COVID-19 testing for all health and social care workers immediately, with prioritisation of staff groups to be guided by expert clinical advice.
References in this contribution
Motions, questions or amendments mentioned by their reference code.
In the same item of business
The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh)
NPA
The first question is, that amendment S5M-23296.3, in the name of Jeane Freeman, which seeks to amend motion S5M-23296, in the name of Monica Lennon, on rout...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
There will be a division. We will have a short suspension to allow all members online and in the chamber to access the voting app. 18:02 Meeting suspended. ...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
We move to the division on amendment S5M-23296.3. Members may cast their votes. This will be a one-minute division. The vote is closed. If any member believ...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The result of the division is: For 116, Against 5, Abstentions 0. Amendment agreed to.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The next question is, that amendment S5M-23296.1, in the name of Donald Cameron, which seeks to amend motion S5M-23296, in the name of Monica Lennon, on rout...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The next question is, that motion S5M-23296, in the name of Monica Lennon, on routine Covid-19 testing for all health and social care workers, as amended, be...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The next question is, that amendment S5M-23299.2, in the name of Fergus Ewing, which seeks to amend motion S5M-23299, in the name of Richard Leonard, on addi...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
There will be a division. The vote is closed. Members should let me know if they have a point of order. I call Gil Paterson.
Gil Paterson (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP)
SNP
Hello, Presiding Officer. Can you hear me? I do not see you. I see you now. Inaudible.—at all, and I would have voted yes.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Thank you, Mr Paterson. I will ensure that your yes vote is noted and that your name is added to the voting roll. For Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) Adamson...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The result of the division is: For 60, Against 63, Abstentions 0. Amendment disagreed to.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The next question is, that amendment S5M-23299.1, in the name of Oliver Mundell, which seeks to amend motion S5M-23299, in the name of Richard Leonard, be ag...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
There will be a division. The vote is closed. If any members have had difficulty voting, please let me know. For Baillie, Jackie (Dumbarton) (Lab) Baker,...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The result of the division is: For 57, Against 66, Abstentions 0. Amendment disagreed to.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The next question is, that motion S5M-23299, in the name of Richard Leonard, on additional support for Scotland’s tourism and hospitality sectors during the ...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
There will be a division. The vote is closed. I call Keith Brown, who wishes to make a point of order. I again call Keith Brown to make his point of order...
Shona Robison (Dundee City East) (SNP)
SNP
Inaudible.—I would have voted no.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Thank you, Ms Robison. You would have noted no in the division. Is that right?
Shona Robison
SNP
That is correct.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Thank you very much. I will ensure that your vote is added to the roll. Before I call Clare Adamson to make a point of order, I advise her that her vote has...
Clare Adamson (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP)
SNP
Thank you, Presiding Officer. That took a little bit of time. The sound quality has been particularly challenging today. We were only just able to hear one ...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Thank you for those points of order, Ms Adamson. I call Kate Forbes to make a point of order.
Kate Forbes (Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) (SNP)
SNP
I echo Clare Adamson’s point that the sound has been very poor tonight. I should have voted no. I understand that the vote has been recorded as yes because ...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Thank you, Ms Forbes. That is noted and it will be on the record, although I cannot change your vote for that reason. It will be noted and it will be on the ...
Clare Haughey (Rutherglen) (SNP)
SNP
Thank you, Presiding Officer. I had similar problems to Kate Forbes in that I would have voted no, but the screen froze and I was unable to change my vote.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Thank you, Clare Haughey. That is also noted and will be a matter of record, although I cannot change the vote for that reason. I call Angela Constance to m...
Angela Constance (Almond Valley) (SNP)
SNP
Thank you, Presiding Officer. Like other colleagues, I have had problems with frozen screens and I could not hear your instructions. For the record, my vote ...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Thank you, Ms Constance. That is noted. I call Gil Paterson. Members: Aw naw!
The Presiding Officer
NPA
This is important, colleagues.
Gil Paterson
SNP
It is more of a point of information, Presiding Officer. I managed to contact Keith Brown to alert him that we could not hear him. I advised him to make cont...