Decision Time

– in the Scottish Parliament at 5:03 pm on 2 October 2024.

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Photo of Alison Johnstone Alison Johnstone Green 5:03, 2 October 2024

There are four questions to be put as a result of today’s business. I remind members that if the amendment in the name of Paul McLennan is agreed to, the amendment in the name of Miles Briggs will fall. The first question is, that amendment S6M-14719.4, in the name of Paul McLennan, which seeks to amend motion S6M-14719, in the name of Anas Sarwar, on the housing emergency, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members::

No.

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

Meeting suspended.

On resuming—

Photo of Alison Johnstone Alison Johnstone Green

I remind members that if the amendment in the name of Paul McLennan is agreed to, the amendment in the name of Miles Briggs will fall.

We move to the vote on amendment S6M-14719.4, in the name of Paul McLennan. Members should cast their votes now.

Division number 1 Decision Time

Aye: 60 MSPs

No: 54 MSPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

No: A-Z by last name

Abstained: 8 MSPs

Abstained: A-Z by last name

Photo of Alison Johnstone Alison Johnstone Green 5:17, 2 October 2024

The result of the division on amendment S6M-14719.4, in the name of Paul McLennan, is: For 60, Against 54, Abstentions 8.

Amendment agreed to.

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The next question is, that motion S6M-14719, in the name of Anas Sarwar, on the housing emergency, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members::

No.

Division number 2 Decision Time

Aye: 59 MSPs

No: 55 MSPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

No: A-Z by last name

Abstained: 8 MSPs

Abstained: A-Z by last name

Photo of Alison Johnstone Alison Johnstone Green 5:17, 2 October 2024

The result of the division on motion S6M-14719, in the name of Anas Sarwar, on the housing emergency, as amended, is: For 59, Against 55, Abstentions 8.

Motion, as amended , agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees that Scotland is in a housing emergency; notes the Scottish Government’s ongoing work with partners, including COSLA and the Housing to 2040 Board, on priorities in tackling the housing emergency; highlights the Scottish Government’s commitment to provide £80 million across 2024-25 and 2025-26 to support acquisitions and bring empty social homes back into use, bringing the Affordable Housing Supply Programme investment to almost £600 million this year, and its commitment to £100 million for 2,800 mid-market rent homes; welcomes the investment of £22 million in affordable housing through charitable bonds and the launch of a planning hub to improve capacity and skills; notes the Housing (Scotland) Bill, which includes key measures on preventing homelessness, including action through rent controls, and calls on the UK Government to reverse the 9% capital budget cut, to permanently uprate local housing allowance to the 30th percentile of local rents, and to scrap the so-called bedroom tax in its Autumn Budget.

Photo of Alison Johnstone Alison Johnstone Green

I propose to ask a single question on two Parliamentary Bureau motions, unless any member objects.

The question is, that motions S6M-14735, on approval of a Scottish statutory instrument, and S6M-14736, on designation of a lead committee, both in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, be agreed to.

Motions agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees that the Plant Health (Import Inspection Fees) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2024 [draft] be approved.

That the Parliament agrees that the Criminal Justice Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill at stage 1.

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That concludes decision time.

Members’ business will be published tomorrow, 3 October 2024, as soon as the text is available.