Scottish Premier League Decision to Allow Terracing

The motion

That the Parliament notes that many football supporters have been calling for terracing to be reintroduced at Scottish Premier League (SPL) grounds; understands that many supporters from Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and across Scotland would prefer to stand when attending a football game and feels that such standing areas generate a better atmosphere as a backdrop to the sport; believes that terracing can be provided at football stadia perfectly safely and that this is the case at football matches in Scotland outwith the SPL and in top-flight football divisions of many other European countries; recognises that, while there is a legislative prohibition on such standing areas in the top two divisions of English competitive football, there has never been any such legal restriction on Scottish clubs and that the ban was a decision of the football authorities themselves; welcomes the decision of the SPL general meeting on 19 December 2011 to approve requests from member clubs to pilot safe standing areas for SPL matches; considers that the safety of spectators at football matches has to be paramount and understands that this is recognised by the SPL, as any club undertaking a pilot of a safe standing area must also gain the approval of local safety committees and the police; looks forward to pilots of safe standing areas being conducted, and hopes that such pilots will be a success so that, in the long-term, terracing can return as a normal feature of top-flight Scottish football grounds.

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 15 Lab 2

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

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4M-01633 by reference.