International Human Rights Days

The amendment

As an amendment to motion S6M-07133 in the name of Christina McKelvie (International Human Rights Days), leave out from "agrees" to end and insert “expresses concern for the abuse of human rights across the world, particularly in Ukraine, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the People’s Republic of China; welcomes the UK Government’s commitment of £2.3 billion in military aid towards Ukraine; recognises that the UK Government has been at the forefront of developing human rights laws and norms and expresses disappointment that the Scottish Government has politicised human rights, particularly when it comes to the rights of children, and, to this end, regrets that the Parliament has still not been provided with a timescale for the return of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill, over one year after the Supreme Court declared that the Bill had been drafted in terms that 'deliberately exceed the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament', and calls on the Scottish Government to make the necessary amendments to the Bill as a matter of urgency."

1. 8 Dec 2022
   International Human Rights Days

   S6M-07133.2
   Defeated

   29 for, 88 against

1. S6M-07133.1
   International Human Rights Days

   Pam Duncan-Glancy Lab Lodged 7 Dec 2022
   Defeated

   23 for, 94 against

Con 1

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

1. 8 Dec 2022
   International Human Rights Days

   Rachael Hamilton Con Meeting of the Parliament

   I completely agree with Alex Cole-Hamilton’s comments, which are supported by Bruce Adamson—the Children and Young People’s Commissioner—and others, who are specifically looking for the bill to be brought forward and for the Government to …
2. 8 Dec 2022
   Decision Time

   Alison Johnstone Meeting of the Parliament

   There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S6M-07133.2, in the name of Rachael Hamilton, which seeks to amend motion S6M-07133, in the name of Christina McKelvie, on internati…
3. 8 Dec 2022
   Decision Time

   Alison Johnstone Meeting of the Parliament

   We come to the vote on amendment S6M-07133.2, in the name of Rachael Hamilton, which seeks to amend motion S6M-07133, in the name of Christina McKelvie, on international human rights days. Members should cast their votes now. For Balfour, …