Amendment · S7M-01881.1 · Session 7
Strengthening Scotland’s Bus Network
Amendment to S7M-01881 Strengthening Scotland’s Bus Network
The amendment
As an amendment to motion S7M-01881 in the name of Stephen Flynn (Strengthening Scotland’s Bus Network), leave out from first “welcomes” to end and insert “calls on the Scottish Government to introduce legislation that will speed up the process of franchising where it is wanted as well as assisting regional transport partnerships that want to introduce franchising; further calls on the Scottish Government to introduce a trial multi-modal smart ticketing scheme in order that it can be rolled out nationally by 2031, and urges the Scottish Government to set out how it sees bus service improvement partnerships progressing.”
Vote
1 division- 5 Nov 2026Defeated29 for, 89 against
Other amendments
4Supporters
No MSP has added their name to this amendment.
In the Official Report
3 contributions mention S7M-01881.1-
5 Nov 2026Strengthening Scotland’s Bus Network
Yes. I will finish by mentioning the final part of my amendment, which is about multimodal smart ticketing. That was first promised by the Scottish National Party in 2007, when Stephen Flynn was still a teenager, but we are still waiting. …
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5 Nov 2026Decision Time
The next question is, that amendment S7M-01881.1, in the name of Graham Simpson, which seeks to amend motion S7M-01881, in the name of Stephen Flynn, on strengthening Scotland’s bus network, be agreed to. Are we agreed?Members: No.
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5 Nov 2026Decision Time
The result of the division on amendment S7M-01881.1, in the name of Graham Simpson, is: For 29, Against 89, Abstentions 0.Amendment disagreed to.