Student Support

This vote was on an SNP amendment (S4M-06843.2) to Labour’s motion (S4M-06843). 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 65–44.

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 first “notes” to end and insert "believes that access to university should be based on ability to learn, not ability to pay; further believes that neither upfront nor backdoor tuition fees have any place in Scotland; welcomes the removal of tuition fees, saving around 125,000 students up to £27,000 compared with England; further welcomes the introduction of the minimum income guarantee to give the poorest students a minimum income of £7,250 per year in maintenance support from 2013-14 and the increase in the minimum level of student loan to £4,500 a year for every eligible student, and agrees with comments by the National Union of Students Scotland that Scotland has ‘the best support package in the whole of the UK’.”

All amendments to S4M-06843

1. S4M-06843.2 SNP Michael Russell Agreed vote, 65–45
2. S4M-06843.1 Conservative Murdo Fraser Defeated vote, 45–63