Standard Motion · S2M-02204 · Session 2
Ritalin Concern
The motion
That the Parliament is deeply concerned at the 10-fold increase in Ritalin prescribing found by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland; notes that 13% of all prescriptions for 6 to 14-year-olds in Fife were for Ritalin; does not believe that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder occurs at these levels amongst children, and calls for an urgent review to be conducted into why Ritalin prescribing has been adopted as a blanket response to adults’ difficulties with children’s behaviour and into the long-term effects on mental health of medically-induced drug dependency in young children.
Signatures by party
10 MSPs besides the lodger · 7 from other partiesSNP 4SSP 3Ind 2Lab 1
Party on the day each MSP signed. Signing a motion is voluntary and not whipped. Who signs whose motions
Vote
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.
Supporters
10 MSPsSNP 4 SSP 3 Ind 2 Lab 1
Show all 10 supporters by party
SNP 4
SSP 3
Ind 2
Lab 1
Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2M-02204 by reference.