As an amendment to motion S5M-24292 in the name of Ruth Davidson (Motion of No Confidence), leave out from "has no confidence" to end and insert "expresses its deep concern at the Scottish Government’s failings documented in the Report of the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints; regrets that nobody has yet taken responsibility for the seriously flawed process that let down complainants; is dissatisfied with the fundamental contradictions in the evidence received by the committee and the attempts by the Scottish Government to withhold information; expresses its disappointment in the Scottish Conservatives for prejudging investigations and for undermining the gravity of the situation, and believes that Scotland deserves better opposition, and further believes that accountability and transparency in government has been eroded by the First Minister, which must be urgently restored, and that Scotland deserves better government."
Submitted by: Ruth Davidson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Thursday, March 4, 2021
Supported by: Jeremy Balfour, Bill Bowman, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Jackson Carlaw, Peter Chapman, Maurice Corry, Murdo Fraser, Maurice Golden, Jamie Greene, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Rachael Hamilton, Alison Harris, Liam Kerr, Gordon Lindhurst, Dean Lockhart, Tom Mason, Margaret Mitchell, Edward Mountain, Oliver Mundell, John Scott, Graham Simpson, Liz Smith, Alexander Stewart, Adam Tomkins, Annie Wells, Brian Whittle
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Result 31 for, 65 against, 27 abstained, 6 did not vote Vote Defeated