Amendment · S7M-01766.2 · Session 7
Strengthening Scotland's Public Health Approach to Preventing Alcohol and Drug Deaths
Amendment to S7M-01766 Strengthening Scotland's Public Health Approach to Preventing Alcohol and Drug Deaths
The amendment
As an amendment to motion S7M-01766 in the name of Maree Todd (Strengthening Scotland's Public Health Approach to Preventing Alcohol and Drug Deaths), leave out from “affirms” to "public health approach" and insert "regrets that over 7,000 lives have been lost to drugs since the Scottish Government declared a public health emergency, with drug-related deaths rising in 2025; affirms Scotland’s commitment to a public health and human-rights based approach; supports the expansion of evidence-based harm reduction initiatives as well as the expansion of recovery and rehabilitation both within residential settings and in communities themselves; agrees that an urgent response is required to tackle dangerously potent synthetic opioids and other emerging synthetic drug threats, including through optimising Scotland’s surveillance system and early warning response; further agrees that the Scottish Government should continue to work constructively with the UK Government on substance use policy and tackling the drug gangs, as well as simplifying oversight of substance misuse services; agrees that the Scottish Government should recoup the profits from minimum unit pricing from large retailers to fund frontline rehabilitation services”
Vote
1 division- 29 Oct 2026Defeated22 for, 91 against
Other amendments
4Supporters
No MSP has added their name to this amendment.
In the Official Report
4 contributions mention S7M-01766.2-
29 Oct 2026Alcohol and Drug Deaths (Public Health Approach)
I am aware of that and I want the Government to receive that money, because it would spend it effectively. We have previously set out the mechanism by which it would do that: taking that money—which is additional—back from large retailers.…
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29 Oct 2026Decision Time
There are seven questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S7M-01766.2, in the name of Jackie Baillie, which seeks to amend motion S7M-01766, in the name of Maree Todd, on strengthening Scotl…
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29 Oct 2026Decision Time
We come to the vote on amendment S7M-01766.2, in the name of Jackie Baillie. Members should cast their votes now.The vote is closed.
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29 Oct 2026Decision Time
The result of the division on amendment S7M-01766.2, in the name of Jackie Baillie, is: For 22, Against 91, Abstentions 0.Amendment disagreed to.