Access by Senior Citizens to Physical Activity

The motion

That the Parliament is concerned at the current disparity in access to swimming facilities for senior citizens across Scotland; believes that any barriers to positive physical activity for older people are unacceptable, particularly financial barriers which result in the exclusion of groups such as senior citizens who are on low or fixed incomes; agrees that all local authorities should provide free access to activities like swimming, in light of the Scottish Executive’s strategy of improving the public health of Scotland through diet and physical activity; congratulates South Lanarkshire Council on offering free swimming to all senior citizens residing in the local authority area, and therefore calls on the Executive to ensure that all local authorities positively promote physical activity amongst older people by also offering free swimming.


No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

SNP 8 SSP 6 Green 4 Ind 3 LD 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2M-01543 by reference.