Ferries

This vote was on an SNP amendment (S4M-02421.1) to Labour’s motion (S4M-02421). It was agreed, so the motion’s final vote was on the wording as amended, with words from the original removed. The final vote, on the motion as amended, was carried 74–35.

If agreed, the motion would read:

Worked out by this site by applying the amendment to the motion as lodged. It is not an official text.

The amendment as lodged

leave out from “is disappointed” to end and insert “welcomes the Scottish Ferry Services: Draft Plan for consultation; in particular the focus of the Scottish Ferries Review and the draft plan on the issues that matter most to island and remote communities and their central theme of further improving Scotland’s ferry services; welcomes the wide engagement and consultation that has taken place throughout the Scottish Ferries Review; notes the Scottish Government’s commitment to fully consider the consultation responses from communities representing their local interests, including those advocating the introduction of a service between Lochboisdale and Mallaig, and looks forward to the publication of the final ferries plan in 2012.”

All amendments to S4M-02421

1. S4M-02421.1 SNP Alex Neil Agreed vote, 61–37
2. S4M-02421.2 Liberal Democrat Jim Hume Not put to a vote (worked out by this site: never called at Decision Time: not selected or not moved)