S4M-04061: Consultation on the Proposed Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the current exploratory consultation on the proposed Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill and the commitment to ensuring that Scotland’s communities are supported to take independent action to achieve their goals and to have their voices heard in the decisions that affect them; commends the Scottish Government’s continued efforts to work in partnership with COSLA, local authorities and the wider public, private, third and community sectors to further this aim; congratulates the many individuals and organisations from across Scotland who are making a positive difference in their communities through community-led action, and encourages everyone with an interest to get involved and share their ideas on how to empower Scotland’s communities by responding to the consultation paper.

What MSPs voted on: the motion as amended

The SNP’s motion was changed by a Labour amendment (S4M-04061.2) before this vote. A vote ‘for’ was a vote for the SNP’s motion with Labour’s changes.

That the Parliament welcomes the current exploratory consultation on the proposed Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill and the commitment to ensuring that Scotland’s communities are supported to take independent action to achieve their goals and to have their voices heard in the decisions that affect them; commends the Scottish Government’s continued efforts to work in partnership with COSLA, local authorities and the wider public, private, third and community sectors to further this aim; congratulates the many individuals and organisations from across Scotland who are making a positive difference in their communities through community-led action, and encourages everyone with an interest to get involved and share their ideas on how to empower Scotland’s communities by responding to the consultation paper.S4M-04061.2 Labour , and notes in particular the need to learn lessons from the successes and experiences of rural communities exercising their right to buy using the legislation introduced in the first parliamentary session and acknowledges that support for communities and access to finance was critical and that effective community management and cooperative models are key to the long-term success of empowering and renewing communities.

Final wording as read into the Official Report at Decision Time. The marked changes are worked out by this site from the amendment texts and match that wording.

Amendments

S4M-04061.2 Labour Sarah Boyack Agreed vote, 108–0
S4M-04061.1 Conservative Margaret Mitchell Defeated vote, 18–66

Signatures by party

1 MSP besides the lodger · 0 from other parties

SNP 1

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Vote

1 division

12 Sep 2012
Consultation on the Proposed Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill
S4M-04061as amended by Labour
Carried
107 for, 0 against, 12 abstained

Amendments

2

S4M-04061.1

Consultation on the Proposed Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill
Margaret Mitchell Con Lodged 11 Sep 2012

Defeated
18 for, 66 against
S4M-04061.2

As an amendment to motion S4M-04061 in the name of Derek Mackay (Consultation on the Proposed Community Empow…
Sarah Boyack Lab Lodged 11 Sep 2012

Carried
108 for, 0 against

Supporters

1 MSP

SNP 1

Show all 1 supporter by party

SNP 1

Fergus Ewing

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

In the Official Report

4 contributions mention S4M-04061

12 Sep 2012

Proposed Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill
John Scott Con Meeting of the Parliament

The next item of business is a debate on motion S4M-04061, in the name of Derek Mackay, on the consultation on the proposed community empowerment and renewal bill. I invite members who wish to speak in the debate to press their request-to-…
12 Sep 2012

Decision Time
Tricia Marwick Meeting of the Parliament

There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S4M-04061.2, in the name of Sarah Boyack, which seeks to amend motion S4M-04061, in the name of Derek Mackay, on the consultation on…
12 Sep 2012

Decision Time
Tricia Marwick Meeting of the Parliament

The next question is, that amendment S4M-04061.1, in the name of Margaret Mitchell, which seeks to amend motion S4M-04061, in the name of Derek Mackay, on the consultation on the proposed community empowerment and renewal bill, be agreed t…
12 Sep 2012

Decision Time
Tricia Marwick Meeting of the Parliament

The next question is, that motion S4M-04061, in the name of Derek Mackay, as amended, on the consultation on the proposed community empowerment and renewal bill, be agreed to. Are we agreed?Members: No.