Motion
Mobile Phones in Schools
S6M-19123 · Motion For Debate · lodged by Duncan-Glancy, Pam
Lodged on
29 Sep 2025Heard / answered on
01 Oct 2025Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 01 Oct 2025
That the Parliament agrees that mobile phones should be banned for learners in school classrooms.
Lodged by
Duncan-Glancy, Pam
alone — no additional MSPs have signed on.
Final vote on motion (as amended)
01 Oct 2025
Carried
Show MSPs
For
85Against
26Abstain
0Not voted
18Amendments incorporated
- S6M-19123.2 Gilruth, Jenny — carried 85/26: As an amendment to motion S6M-19123 in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy (Mobile Phones in Schools), insert at end “, and acknowledges that the Scottish Government’s Guidance on Mobile Phones in Scotland's Sch...
In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 5 contributions reference this
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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur)
LD
Chamber
· 01 Oct 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 01 October 2025 [Draft]
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-19123, in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy, on mobile phones in schools. 14:52
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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
Chamber
· 01 Oct 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 01 October 2025 [Draft]
There are seven questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S6M-19123.2, in the name of Jenny Gilruth, which seeks to amend motion S6M-19123, in the nam…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 01 Oct 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 01 October 2025 [Draft]
The next question is, that amendment S6M-19123.1, in the name of Miles Briggs, which seeks to amend motion S6M-19123, in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy, on mobile phones in schools, be agreed to. Are …
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 01 Oct 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 01 October 2025 [Draft]
The next question is, that motion S6M-19123, in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy, on mobile phones in schools, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 01 Oct 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 01 October 2025 [Draft]
The result of the division on motion S6M-19123, in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy, on mobile phones in schools, as amended, is: For 85, Against 26, Abstentions 0. Motion, as amended, agreed to, That…
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-19123Selected itemCarried 85/2629 Sep 2025 · Motion For Debate · Duncan-Glancy, PamThat the Parliament agrees that mobile phones should be banned for learners in school classrooms.
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S6M-19123.1Linked amendment/itemDefeated 49/6230 Sep 2025 · Amendment · Briggs, MilesAs an amendment to motion S6M-19123 in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy (Mobile Phones in Schools), leave out from “banned” to end and insert "subject to a clear national ban in classrooms, recognising the strong evidence of how distracting they are and how disruptive they can be to pupils’ ability to learn and teachers’ ability to te...
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S6M-19123.2Linked amendment/itemCarried 85/2630 Sep 2025 · Amendment · Gilruth, JennyAs an amendment to motion S6M-19123 in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy (Mobile Phones in Schools), insert at end “, and acknowledges that the Scottish Government’s Guidance on Mobile Phones in Scotland's Schools makes clear that headteachers are empowered to implement full bans, should their professional judgment see fit to do so.”