Standard Motion · S5M-06863 · Session 5
MSM Blood Donor Change
The motion
That the Parliament welcomes changes to blood donation rules that are being introduced by the Scottish Government, in light of information from the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs, to make it easier for men who have sex with men (MSM) to donate blood; notes that ministers have asked the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service for the period of sexual abstinence for MSM is to be reduced from 12 months to three; understands that this will help increase Scotland desperately needed blood supplies, and agrees that donors should not be judged on their sexual preferences, but their behaviours, and that this change in guidelines is a step towards ending discrimination against potential MSM blood donors.
Signatures by party
23 MSPs besides the lodger · 5 from other partiesSNP 18Con 3LD 1Lab 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
23 MSPsSNP 18 Con 3 LD 1 Lab 1
Show all 23 supporters by party
SNP 18
- George Adam
- Tom Arthur
- Colin Beattie
- Jenny Gilruth
- Christine Grahame
- Emma Harper
- Clare Haughey
- Bill Kidd
- Richard Lyle
- Fulton MacGregor
- Ben Macpherson
- Ruth Maguire
- Joan McAlpine
- Ivan McKee
- Ash Regan
- Gail Ross
- David Torrance
- Sandra White
Con 3
LD 1
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 S5M-06863 by reference.