Amendment · S7M-01200.3 · Session 7
Addressing the Harms of Health Misinformation
Amendment to S7M-01200 Addressing the Harms of Health Misinformation
The amendment
As an amendment to S7M-01200 in the name of Angela Constance (Addressing the Harms of Health Misinformation), insert at end "; agrees that in addition to being factual and evidence-based, information must be unbiased and balanced to allow people to make fully informed decisions and calls on the Scottish Government, in its own decision-making, to follow the example it expects others to; notes that a 2023 study, commissioned by the Scottish Government, found that only 29% of the public believed that its own current COVID-19 guidance was trustworthy, demonstrating the need for the Scottish Government to understand the role that it has played in the public losing trust in health information that it issues; believes that health information covers everything related to health, and considers statements that the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital was safe, when some wards were known and later found not to be, to constitute misinformation."
Vote
1 division- 17 Sep 2026Defeated18 for, 95 against
Other amendments
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No recorded vote
Supporters
No MSP has added their name to this amendment.
In the Official Report
4 contributions mention S7M-01200.3-
17 Sep 2026Health Misinformation
I am setting an example for the people who have been ignored.Was it misinformation when the health board said at the inquiry that the hospital was safe, and then admitted later that it knew it was unsafe?The Government is either responsibl…
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17 Sep 2026Decision Time
There are four questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first is, that amendment S7M-01200.3, in the name of Helen McDade, which seeks to amend motion S7M-01200, in the name of Angela Constance, on addressing the harms of h…
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17 Sep 2026Decision Time
We move to the vote on amendment S7M-01200.3, in the name of Helen McDade. Members should cast their votes now.The vote is closed.
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17 Sep 2026Decision Time
The result of the division on amendment S7M-01200.3, in the name of Helen McDade, is: For 18, Against 95, Abstentions 0.Amendment disagreed to.