Universal Services

This vote was on a Labour amendment (S4M-06225.3) to the SNP’s motion (S4M-06225). It was defeated, so it did not change the motion. The final vote on the motion was carried 62–48.

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 “and supports” to end and insert "; notes the conclusions of the Independent Budget Review Panel and the Christie Commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services and several comments by John Swinney in a Scottish Government Cabinet paper, including recognising that 'there are also inherent real terms cost pressures within public sector budgets'; considers that the Scottish Government has presided over a postcode lottery in care services, a rise in care charges and cuts to local bus services, decisions that have had a severe impact on people across Scotland, and calls on the Scottish Government to engage in an honest and constructive debate about the future of public services to ensure that Scotland’s future public spending is both fair and sustainable."

All amendments to S4M-06225

1. S4M-06225.3 Labour Ken Macintosh Defeated vote, 38–72
2. S4M-06225.2 Conservative Gavin Brown Defeated vote, 15–94
3. S4M-06225.1 Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie Defeated vote, 15–95