Motion
Free Bus Travel for Asylum Seekers
S6M-14823.2 · Amendment · lodged by Webber, Sue
Lodged on
08 Oct 2024Heard / answered on
09 Oct 2024Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 09 Oct 2024
As 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 and more accessible than ever before’, as was the stated aim of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019, and calls on the Scottish Government to introduce a national £2 bus fare for any single ticket on a bus route, to fully support the Community Bus Fund to allow local authorities to propose bus services in their area, and to implement integrated ticketing across all public transport.”
Lodged by
Webber, Sue
alone — no additional MSPs have signed on.
Amendment division result
09 Oct 2024
Defeated
Show MSPs
For
28Against
88Abstain
0Not voted
13In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 3 contributions reference this
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Sue Webber
Con
Chamber
· 09 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 09 October 2024
I remind Ms Mackay that our pensioners are some of the most vulnerable people in Scotland. I am standing up for them. This plan shows what is wrong with Scottish politics and what needs to change. My…
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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 result of the division on amendment S6M-14823.2, in the name of Sue Webber, is: For 28, Against 88, Abstentions 0. Amendment disagreed to.
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-14823Original motion07 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-14823.2Selected 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...