Amendment · S7M-01200.2 · Session 7
Addressing the Harms of Health Misinformation
Amendment to S7M-01200 Addressing the Harms of Health Misinformation
The amendment
As an amendment to Motion S7M-01200 in the name of Angela Constance (Addressing the Harms of Health Misinformation), insert at end "; supports the development of a new national approach to health literacy, that enables people to find, understand and use public health information to make informed decisions about their health and to support others to do so; notes the recent Movember report on men's health in Scotland and its call for a public health approach to addressing the online harms and disinformation affecting boys and young men, building on the Scottish Government's Online Safety Taskforce Action Plan; further notes that such an approach should be adopted as a cross-government priority, and calls on the Scottish Government to review how all public health information can build trust, improve health literacy and open routes into support and services, as part of a more coherent national approach to service redesign and public policy."
Vote
No recorded vote on this amendment. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.
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In the Official Report
3 contributions mention S7M-01200.2-
17 Sep 2026Health Misinformation
I call Miles Briggs to speak to and move amendment S7M-01200.2. You have up to six minutes.15:36
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17 Sep 2026Health Misinformation
This is an important debate and a reminder of how our society and we as individuals are seeing a significant change in how we access—and how we can trust—information in relation to our health. Misleading information can lead to real harms,…
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17 Sep 2026Decision Time
The next question is, that amendment S7M-01200.2, in the name of Miles Briggs, which seeks to amend motion S7M-01200, in the name of Angela Constance, be agreed to.Amendment agreed to.