Motion
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee Debate: SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review
S6M-18936 · Motion For Debate · lodged by Macpherson, Ben
Lodged on
16 Sep 2025Heard / answered on
18 Sep 2025Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 18 Sep 2025
That the Parliament welcomes and notes the SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee's 1st Report, 2025 (Session 6), SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review (SP Paper 828); recognises the Committee's conclusions and recommendations, including concerns that expanding the number of SPCB supported bodies risks further fragmenting the current landscape, increasing complexity for service users, and placing additional strain on the SPCB and parliamentary committee resources, and agrees with the Committee’s recommendations that:(a) the SPCB supported body landscape should not be expanded to include new advocacy-type SPCB supported bodies;(b) any future proposals for new SPCB supported bodies must satisfy two-tier criteria, as set out in paragraph 150 of the report, comprising both justification and effectiveness tests, and that a parliamentary committee should be given the remit of assessing proposals against these criteria; and(c) a parliamentary committee should be given the specific responsibility for the accountability and scrutiny of SPCB supported bodies for a fixed period as a pilot exercise in Session 7.
Backed by
Supported by 4 additional MSPs
Con 1
SNP 1
Alba 1
Green 1
Lodged by
Macpherson, Ben
(Scottish National Party).
- Fraser, Murdo (Con)
- Adamson, Clare (SNP)
- Regan, Ash (Alba)
- Slater, Lorna (Green)
Final vote on motion (no amendments carried)
18 Sep 2025
Carried
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For
101Against
1Abstain
3Not voted
24Amendments were lodged but none were carried; the motion was decided as originally lodged.
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That the Parliament welcomes and notes the SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee's 1st Report, 2025 (Session 6), SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review (SP Paper 828); recognises the Committee's conclusions and recommendations, including concerns that expanding the number of SPCB supported bodies risks further fragmenting the current landscape, increasing complexity for service users, and placing additional strain on the SPCB and parliamentary committee resources, and agrees with the Committee’s recommendations that:(a) the SPCB supported body landscape should not be expanded to include new advocacy-type SPCB supported bodies;(b) any future proposals for new SPCB supported bodies must satisfy two-tier criteria, as set out in paragraph 150 of the report, comprising both justification and effectiveness tests, and that a parliamentary committee should be given the remit of assessing proposals against these criteria; and(c) a parliamentary committee should be given the specific responsibility for the accountability and scrutiny of SPCB supported bodies for a fixed period as a pilot exercise in Session 7.
In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 5 contributions reference this
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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur)
LD
Chamber
· 18 Sep 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 18 September 2025
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-18936, in the name of Ben Macpherson, on behalf of the SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee, on the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Bo…
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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
Chamber
· 18 Sep 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 18 September 2025
That concludes the debate on motion S6M-18936, on behalf of the SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee, on the SPCB-supported bodies landscape review.
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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
Chamber
· 18 Sep 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 18 September 2025
There are two questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S6M-18936.1, in the name of Martin Whitfield, which seeks to amend motion S6M-18936, in the na…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 18 Sep 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 18 September 2025
The final question is, that motion S6M-18936, in the name of Ben Macpherson, on behalf of the SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee, on the SPCB-supported bodies landscape review, be agree…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 18 Sep 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 18 September 2025
The result of the division on motion S6M-18936, in the name of Ben Macpherson, on behalf of the SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee, on the SPCB-supported bodies landscape review, is: Fo…
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-18936Selected itemCarried 101/116 Sep 2025 · Motion For Debate · Macpherson, BenThat the Parliament welcomes and notes the SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee's 1st Report, 2025 (Session 6), SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review (SP Paper 828); recognises the Committee's conclusions and recommendations, including concerns that expanding the number of SPCB supported bodies risks further fragmenting th...
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S6M-18936.1Linked amendment/itemDefeated 22/8117 Sep 2025 · Amendment · Whitfield, MartinAs an amendment to motion S6M-18936 in the name of Ben Macpherson (SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee Debate: SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review), leave out from “, and agrees” to end.