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Amendment · S5M-08497.4 · Session 5

The Promotion of Active Travel in Scotland

Lodged by Neil Bibby Lab Lodged 30 Oct 2017 Debate 31 Oct 2017

Amendment to S5M-08497 The Promotion of Active Travel in Scotland

The amendment

As an amendment to motion S5M-08497 in the name of Humza Yousaf (The Promotion of Active Travel in Scotland), insert at end ";
further notes with concern research by Sustrans Scotland, which found that 1.1 million people in Scotland occupy datazones where there is a high risk of transport poverty, and calls on the Scottish Government to set out how the increased active travel funding will specifically be used to reduce transport poverty."

Vote

No recorded vote on this amendment. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

Other amendments

3
  1. No recorded vote
  2. Defeated
    55 for, 58 against
  3. Defeated
    6 for, 108 against

Supporters

No MSP has added their name to this amendment.

In the Official Report

2 contributions mention S5M-08497.4
  1. 31 Oct 2017
    Promoting Active Travel
    Neil Bibby Lab Meeting of the Parliament

    There are good examples of local authorities, including Labour and SNP local authorities, that prioritise active travel. However, specifically on the increase in funding from £40 million to £80 million, local authorities have told me and, …

  2. 31 Oct 2017
    Decision Time
    Ken Macintosh Meeting of the Parliament

    I do not think that Mr Arthur’s vote would have made a difference. If there is any doubt, I ask him to check afterwards that his vote was recorded. I do not think that it would have affected the outcome. I think that it should have been re…