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Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 03 February 2021

03 Feb 2021 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Decision Time
Macintosh, Ken NPA West Scotland Watch on SPTV

I advise Ben Macpherson and Angela Constance, who are online, that their votes have been registered. I also advise John Swinney and Shona Robison that their votes have been counted. In fact, I can tell every member that their vote has been registered.

For

Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP)
Adamson, Clare (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP)
Allan, Dr Alasdair (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP)
Arthur, Tom (Renfrewshire South) (SNP)
Beattie, Colin (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP)
Brown, Keith (Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) (SNP)
Campbell, Aileen (Clydesdale) (SNP)
Coffey, Willie (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP)
Cole-Hamilton, Alex (Edinburgh Western) (LD)
Constance, Angela (Almond Valley) (SNP)
Crawford, Bruce (Stirling) (SNP)
Cunningham, Roseanna (Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) (SNP)
Denham, Ash (Edinburgh Eastern) (SNP)
Dey, Graeme (Angus South) (SNP)
Doris, Bob (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (SNP)
Dornan, James (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP)
Ewing, Annabelle (Cowdenbeath) (SNP)
Ewing, Fergus (Inverness and Nairn) (SNP)
Fabiani, Linda (East Kilbride) (SNP)
FitzPatrick, Joe (Dundee City West) (SNP)
Forbes, Kate (Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) (SNP)
Freeman, Jeane (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (SNP)
Gibson, Kenneth (Cunninghame North) (SNP)
Gilruth, Jenny (Mid Fife and Glenrothes) (SNP)
Gougeon, Mairi (Angus North and Mearns) (SNP)
Grahame, Christine (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP)
Harper, Emma (South Scotland) (SNP)
Haughey, Clare (Rutherglen) (SNP)
Hepburn, Jamie (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP)
Hyslop, Fiona (Linlithgow) (SNP)
Kidd, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP)
Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP)
Lyle, Richard (Uddingston and Bellshill) (SNP)
MacDonald, Angus (Falkirk East) (SNP)
MacDonald, Gordon (Edinburgh Pentlands) (SNP)
MacGregor, Fulton (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP)
Mackay, Rona (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP)
Macpherson, Ben (Edinburgh Northern and Leith) (SNP)
Maguire, Ruth (Cunninghame South) (SNP)
Martin, Gillian (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP)
Mason, John (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP)
Matheson, Michael (Falkirk West) (SNP)
McAlpine, Joan (South Scotland) (SNP)
McArthur, Liam (Orkney Islands) (LD)
McDonald, Mark (Aberdeen Donside) (Ind)
McKee, Ivan (Glasgow Provan) (SNP)
McKelvie, Christina (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) (SNP)
McMillan, Stuart (Greenock and Inverclyde) (SNP)
Neil, Alex (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP)
Paterson, Gil (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP)
Rennie, Willie (North East Fife) (LD)
Robison, Shona (Dundee City East) (SNP)
Ross, Gail (Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) (SNP)
Rumbles, Mike (North East Scotland) (LD)
Russell, Michael (Argyll and Bute) (SNP)
Somerville, Shirley-Anne (Dunfermline) (SNP)
Stevenson, Stewart (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP)
Stewart, Kevin (Aberdeen Central) (SNP)
Swinney, John (Perthshire North) (SNP)
Todd, Maree (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)
Torrance, David (Kirkcaldy) (SNP)
Watt, Maureen (Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) (SNP)
Wheelhouse, Paul (South Scotland) (SNP)
White, Sandra (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP)
Wishart, Beatrice (Shetland Islands) (LD)
Yousaf, Humza (Glasgow Pollok) (SNP)

Against

Baillie, Jackie (Dumbarton) (Lab)
Baker, Claire (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)
Balfour, Jeremy (Lothian) (Con)
Ballantyne, Michelle (South Scotland) (Reform)
Beamish, Claudia (South Scotland) (Lab)
Bibby, Neil (West Scotland) (Lab)
Bowman, Bill (North East Scotland) (Con)
Boyack, Sarah (Lothian) (Lab)
Briggs, Miles (Lothian) (Con)
Burnett, Alexander (Aberdeenshire West) (Con)
Cameron, Donald (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Carlaw, Jackson (Eastwood) (Con)
Carson, Finlay (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con)
Chapman, Peter (North East Scotland) (Con)
Corry, Maurice (West Scotland) (Con)
Davidson, Ruth (Edinburgh Central) (Con)
Fee, Mary (West Scotland) (Lab)
Findlay, Neil (Lothian) (Lab)
Finnie, John (Highlands and Islands) (Green)
Fraser, Murdo (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
Golden, Maurice (West Scotland) (Con)
Grant, Rhoda (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)
Gray, Iain (East Lothian) (Lab)
Greene, Jamie (West Scotland) (Con)
Greer, Ross (West Scotland) (Green)
Griffin, Mark (Central Scotland) (Lab)
Hamilton, Rachael (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con)
Harris, Alison (Central Scotland) (Con)
Harvie, Patrick (Glasgow) (Green)
Johnson, Daniel (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab)
Halcro Johnston, Jamie (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Kelly, James (Glasgow) (Lab)
Kerr, Liam (North East Scotland) (Con)
Lamont, Johann (Glasgow) (Lab)
Lennon, Monica (Central Scotland) (Lab)
Leonard, Richard (Central Scotland) (Lab)
Lindhurst, Gordon (Lothian) (Con)
Lockhart, Dean (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
Macdonald, Lewis (North East Scotland) (Lab)
Marra, Jenny (North East Scotland) (Lab)
Mason, Tom (North East Scotland) (Con)
McNeill, Pauline (Glasgow) (Lab)
Mitchell, Margaret (Central Scotland) (Con)
Mountain, Edward (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Mundell, Oliver (Dumfriesshire) (Con)
Rowley, Alex (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)
Ruskell, Mark (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green)
Sarwar, Anas (Glasgow) (Lab)
Scott, John (Ayr) (Con)
Simpson, Graham (Central Scotland) (Con)
Smith, Elaine (Central Scotland) (Lab)
Smith, Liz (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
Smyth, Colin (South Scotland) (Lab)
Stewart, Alexander (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
Stewart, David (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)
Tomkins, Adam (Glasgow) (Con)
Wells, Annie (Glasgow) (Con)
Whittle, Brian (South Scotland) (Con)
Wightman, Andy (Lothian) (Ind)

In the same item of business

The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh) NPA
Before I put the first question, I remind members that, if the amendment in the name of Shirley-Anne Somerville is agreed to, the amendments in the name of R...
The Presiding Officer NPA
There will be a division. I suspend the meeting to allow members, both in the chamber and externally, to access the voting app. 17:31 Meeting suspended. 1...
The Presiding Officer NPA
We move to the first vote. I remind members that the Government amendment pre-empts the Conservative and Labour amendments. I also remind members that we are...
David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) Lab
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I was unable to connect to the digital platform. I would have voted no.
The Presiding Officer NPA
Thank you. It will be noted that you would have voted no to the Government amendment. Your vote will be added to the register.
The Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People (Shirley-Anne Somerville) SNP
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My screen went blank. I would have voted yes, but I was unable to.
The Presiding Officer NPA
I assure Ms Somerville that her vote was registered.
Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP) SNP
Inaudible.
The Presiding Officer NPA
Could you switch on your microphone, Ms Mackay, or could you put it up, please? We cannot hear you. Interruption. If it will save you the trouble, Ms Mackay,...
Rona Mackay SNP
Okay. Thank you.
The Presiding Officer NPA
I advise Ben Macpherson and Angela Constance, who are online, that their votes have been registered. I also advise John Swinney and Shona Robison that their ...
The Presiding Officer NPA
The result of the division on amendment S5M-24029.2, in the name of Shirley-Anne Somerville, which seeks to amend motion S5M-24029, in the name of Mark Ruske...
The Presiding Officer NPA
The next question is therefore that motion S5M-24029, in the name of Mark Ruskell, on universal support for self-isolation, as amended, be agreed to. Are we ...
The Presiding Officer NPA
There will be a one-minute division. Members may cast their votes now. The vote is now closed. I believe that a number of members may have had difficulty in...
David Stewart Lab
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I had difficulties again, and I would—Inaudible.
The Presiding Officer NPA
I am sorry, Mr Stewart, but I did not quite catch that. Please repeat it.
David Stewart Lab
I am sorry. I had difficulties again in logging in, and I would have voted no.
The Presiding Officer NPA
You would have voted no. Thank you. That will be noted and added to the register.
The Minister for Drugs Policy (Angela Constance) SNP
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Despite refreshing the app on my phone, I was not given the opportunity to vote. I would have voted yes.
The Presiding Officer NPA
Thank you very much, Ms Constance. You would have voted yes. I will make sure that that is noted and added to the register.
Shona Robison (Dundee City East) (SNP) SNP
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I was not able to vote, either. I would have voted yes.
The Presiding Officer NPA
Thank you very much, Ms Robison. You would have voted yes. I will make sure that that, too, is added to the register.
The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills (John Swinney) SNP
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Like my colleagues, I was unable to refresh the app, and I would have voted yes.
The Presiding Officer NPA
Thank you, Mr Swinney. Your yes vote will be added to the register, too.
Joan McAlpine (South Scotland) (SNP) SNP
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I, too, had connectivity problems and would have voted yes.
The Presiding Officer NPA
Thank you, Ms McAlpine. You would have voted yes. That will be added to the register, too. For Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) Adamson, Clare (Motherwell and...
The Presiding Officer NPA
The result of the division on motion S5M-24029, in the name of Mark Ruskell, on universal support for self-isolation, as amended, is: For 71, Against 53, Abs...
The Presiding Officer NPA
The next question is, that amendment S5M-24030.1, in the name of Humza Yousaf, which seeks to amend motion S5M-24030, in the name of Patrick Harvie, on unexp...
The Presiding Officer NPA
There will be a division. This is a one-minute division. The vote is now closed. If any member was not able to vote, please let me know through a point of o...
Angela Constance SNP
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I am sorry but, once again, I was not given an opportunity to vote. I would have voted yes.