Decision Time

– in the Scottish Parliament on 22 June 2023.

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There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S6M-09610, in the name of Natalie Don, on the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill at stage 1, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill.

The Presiding Officer:

The next question is, that motion S6M-09158, in the name of Shona Robison, on the financial resolution to the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members:

No.

The Presiding Officer:

There will be a division.

There will be a short suspension to allow members to access the digital voting system.

17:33 Meeting suspended.

17:35 On resuming—

The question is that motion S6M-09158, in the name of Shona Robison, on the financial resolution to the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members:

No.

The Presiding Officer:

There will be a division.

The vote is closed.

Division number 1 Decision Time

Aye: 84 MSPs

Abstained: 28 MSPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Abstained: A-Z by last name

The Presiding Officer:

The result of the division is: For 84, Against 0, Abstentions 28.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament, for the purposes of any Act of the Scottish Parliament resulting from the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill, agrees to any expenditure of a kind referred to in Rule 9.12.3A of the Parliament’s Standing Orders arising in consequence of the Act.

The final question is that motion S6M-09599, in the name of Angela Constance, on the Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members:

No.

The Presiding Officer:

There will be a division.

The vote is closed.

Division number 2 Decision Time

Aye: 66 MSPs

No: 44 MSPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

No: A-Z by last name

The Presiding Officer:

The result of the division is: For 66, Against 44, Abstentions 0.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees that the Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill be passed.

The Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill is passed.

That concludes decision time.

Meeting closed at 17:39.