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Amendment · S4M-15432.2 · Session 4

Fuel Poverty

Defeated Lodged by Ken Macintosh Lab Lodged 26 Jan 2016 Debate 27 Jan 2016 3 supporters

Amendment to S4M-15432 Fuel Poverty

The amendment

As an amendment to motion S4M-15432 in the name of Jim Hume (Fuel Poverty), insert at end “; recognises the particular fuel poverty challenges faced by rural communities, and commits to delivering a Scottish warm homes bill that will create jobs, tackle fuel poverty and mean that Scotland lives up to its aspirations to be a world leader in tackling climate change”.

Vote

1 division
  1. 27 Jan 2016
    Fuel Poverty
    S4M-15432.2
    Defeated
    40 for, 73 against

Other amendments

2
  1. Fuel Poverty
    Gavin Brown Con Lodged 26 Jan 2016
    No recorded vote
  2. Fuel Poverty
    Margaret Burgess SNP Lodged 26 Jan 2016
    Carried
    60 for, 53 against

Supporters

3 MSPs

Lab 3

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In the Official Report

2 contributions mention S4M-15432.2
  1. 27 Jan 2016
    Fuel Poverty
    Ken Macintosh Lab Meeting of the Parliament

    It bears comparison with the SNP’s record. This is not just a social problem or about poverty—it is about the environment, too. I will end on this note. It is very fitting that we are having this debate in January, which is named after Jan…

  2. 27 Jan 2016
    Decision Time
    Tricia Marwick Meeting of the Parliament

    The amendment in the name of Gavin Brown therefore falls. The next question is, that amendment S4M-15432.2, in the name of Ken Macintosh, which seeks to amend motion S4M-15432, in the name of Jim Hume, on fuel poverty, as amended, be agree…