Amendment · S7M-01881.4 · Session 7
Strengthening Scotland’s Bus Network
Amendment to S7M-01881 Strengthening Scotland’s Bus Network
The amendment
As an amendment to motion S7M-01881 in the name of Stephen Flynn (Strengthening Scotland’s Bus Network), insert at end "; regrets the reduction in bus services across Scotland, including in rural areas, over the past decade; believes that true public control through regional bus franchising must ensure that money raised through passenger fares is retained by the public sector and reinvested directly into the network rather than extracted as profit by private operators; further believes that public control will also enable integrated smart ticketing across Scottish public transport; calls on the Scottish Government to reform taxpayer-funded bus grant processes to give significantly greater weighting to meaningful social value criteria, including measurable commitments relating to domestic jobs, apprenticeships, skills and supply chain growth, and urges the Scottish Government to adopt institutional patient capital leasing models for zero-emission bus fleets, learning from the financing approach being deployed by Transport for London, to reduce upfront financial barriers for franchised or publicly-owned bus operators and secure a long-term order pipeline for Scotland's domestic bus manufacturing base."
Vote
1 division- 5 Nov 2026Defeated31 for, 86 against
Other amendments
4Supporters
No MSP has added their name to this amendment.
In the Official Report
4 contributions mention S7M-01881.4-
5 Nov 2026Strengthening Scotland’s Bus Network
I take Mr Rennie’s point. As Keynes said,“Anything we can actually do, we can afford.”I think that we need to make the change.Our amendment seeks to bolt on more ambition to the Government’s motion. Although Labour entirely supports the £2…
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5 Nov 2026Decision Time
There are six questions to be put as a result of today’s business. We have some pre-emptions. If the amendment in the name of Graham Simpson is agreed to, the amendments in the name of Tim Eagle and Willie Rennie will fall. If the amendmen…
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5 Nov 2026Decision Time
We come to the vote on amendment S7M-01881.4, in the name of Paul Sweeney. Members should cast their votes now.Voting is closed.
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5 Nov 2026Decision Time
The result of the division on amendment S7M-01881.4, in the name of Paul Sweeney, is: For 31, Against 86, Abstentions 0.Amendment disagreed to.