Motion
Free Bus Travel for Asylum Seekers
S6M-14823 · Motion For Debate · lodged by Chapman, Maggie
Lodged on
07 Oct 2024Heard / answered on
09 Oct 2024Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 09 Oct 2024
That the Parliament believes that the Scottish Government should extend free bus travel to people seeking asylum as soon as possible and at least before the end of the current parliamentary session.
Backed by
Supported by 7 additional MSPs
Green 6
Lab 1
Lodged by
Chapman, Maggie
(Scottish Green Party).
- Burgess, Ariane (Green)
- Greer, Ross (Green)
- Harvie, Patrick (Green)
- Mackay, Gillian (Green)
- Ruskell, Mark (Green)
- Slater, Lorna (Green)
- Sweeney, Paul (Lab)
Final vote on motion (as amended)
09 Oct 2024
Carried
Show MSPs
For
68Against
27Abstain
20Not voted
14Amendments incorporated
- S6M-14823.1 Baker, Claire — carried 89/28: As an amendment to motion S6M-14823 in the name of Maggie Chapman (Free Bus Travel for Asylum Seekers), insert at end ", and further believes that public transport should be affordable, accessible and reliable for everyone."
- S6M-14823.3 Hyslop, Fiona — carried 68/48: As an amendment to motion S6M-14823 in the name of Maggie Chapman (Free Bus Travel for Asylum Seekers), insert at end ", and urges the UK Government to provide adequate financial support to local authorities and asylum seekers to ensure that they are not pushed further into hardship."
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Possible final motion text after carried amendments
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That the Parliament believes that the Scottish Government should extend free bus travel to people seeking asylum as soon as possible and at least before the end of the current parliamentary session. , and further believes that public transport should be affordable, accessible and reliable for everyone. , and urges the UK Government to provide adequate financial support to local authorities and asylum seekers to ensure that they are not pushed further into hardship.
Applied by the parser
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S6M-14823.1: insert at end As an amendment to motion S6M-14823 in the name of Maggie Chapman (Free Bus Travel for Asylum Seekers), insert at end ", and further believes that public transport should be affordable, accessible and reliable for everyone."
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S6M-14823.3: insert at end As an amendment to motion S6M-14823 in the name of Maggie Chapman (Free Bus Travel for Asylum Seekers), insert at end ", and urges the UK Government to provide adequate financial support to local authorities and asylum seekers to ensure that they are not pushed further into hardship."
In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 6 contributions reference this
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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing)
SNP
Chamber
· 09 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 09 October 2024
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-14823, in the name of Maggie Chapman, on free bus travel for asylum seekers. I invite members who wish to speak in the debate to press their reques…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 09 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 09 October 2024
The question is, that amendment S6M-14823.3, in the name of Fiona Hyslop, which seeks to amend motion S6M-14823, in the name of Maggie Chapman, on free bus travel for asylum seekers, be agreed to. Ar…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 09 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 09 October 2024
The next question is, that amendment S6M-14823.2, in the name of Sue Webber, which seeks to amend motion S6M-14823, in the name of Maggie Chapman, on free bus travel for asylum seekers, be agreed to.…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 09 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 09 October 2024
The next question is, that amendment S6M-14823.1, in the name of Claire Baker, which seeks to amend motion S6M-14823, in the name of Maggie Chapman, on free bus travel for asylum seekers, be agreed t…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 09 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 09 October 2024
The next question is, that motion S6M-14823, in the name of Maggie Chapman, on free bus travel for asylum seekers, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 09 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 09 October 2024
The result of the division on motion S6M-14823, in the name of Maggie Chapman, on free bus travel for asylum seekers, as amended, is: For 68, Against 27, Abstentions 20. Motion, as amended, agreed t…
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-14823Selected itemCarried 68/2707 Oct 2024 · Motion For Debate · Chapman, MaggieThat the Parliament believes that the Scottish Government should extend free bus travel to people seeking asylum as soon as possible and at least before the end of the current parliamentary session.
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S6M-14823.1Linked amendment/itemCarried 89/2808 Oct 2024 · Amendment · Baker, ClaireAs an amendment to motion S6M-14823 in the name of Maggie Chapman (Free Bus Travel for Asylum Seekers), insert at end ", and further believes that public transport should be affordable, accessible and reliable for everyone."
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S6M-14823.2Linked amendment/itemDefeated 28/8808 Oct 2024 · Amendment · Webber, SueAs an amendment to motion S6M-14823 in the name of Maggie Chapman (Free Bus Travel for Asylum Seekers), leave out from "extend" to end and insert "ensure that there are reliable and affordable bus services in every community across Scotland; acknowledges that the Scottish Government has failed to make the ‘public transport network cleaner, smarter a...
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S6M-14823.3Linked amendment/itemCarried 68/4808 Oct 2024 · Amendment · Hyslop, FionaAs an amendment to motion S6M-14823 in the name of Maggie Chapman (Free Bus Travel for Asylum Seekers), insert at end ", and urges the UK Government to provide adequate financial support to local authorities and asylum seekers to ensure that they are not pushed further into hardship."