World Suicide Prevention Day 2016

The motion

That the Parliament marks World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September 2016, which carries the theme, Connect, Communicate, Care; is saddened that, according to the National Records of Scotland, 672 people in Scotland are believed to have committed suicide in 2015; notes with concern that, in every year since 1986, approximately 75% of those who committed suicide were male, and that suicides are approximately three times more likely among people from the most deprived areas than those in the least; considers that, although 2015 saw 24 fewer suicides than the previous year and 127 fewer suicides than 2013, each and every suicide attempt is a tragedy and there can never be any complacency in prevention efforts; welcomes the Scottish Government's commitment to suicide prevention through prioritisation in its forthcoming mental health strategy and the renewed suicide prevention strategy in 2017, which will build on the results of the Suicide Prevention Strategy 2013-2016, and commends individuals, as well as organisations such as SAMH, Samaritans and Scottish Government initiatives, Breathing Space and Choose Life, for their work to prevent suicide attempts through offering support and by raising awareness of suicide prevention.

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 19 Con 5 Lab 2 Green 1 LD 1

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