As an amendment to motion S6M-13091 in the name of Liam Kerr (Supporting Scotland’s Colleges), leave out from "in response" to end and insert "; believes that colleges have a critical role to play in building a fairer, greener Scotland, including in delivering on key priorities such as reaching net zero emissions and tackling child poverty; is concerned by the chronic problems in industrial relations in the college sector over the last decade; calls, therefore, on the Scottish Government to further support college staff by applying a wider range of fair work conditions to college funding and by adopting more robust mechanisms for ensuring that local fair work policies, agreed to by management and unions, are delivered on; welcomes the requirement that college boards must now include at least two trade union representatives; believes that college governance requires further strengthening and that consideration should be given to reserved places on boards for local councillors; further believes that the pay policy for chief executives, as set out in the Scottish Public Sector Pay Strategy, should apply to the principals of public colleges, and calls on the Scottish Government to publish before the summer recess its response to the recommendations made in the Strathesk Resolutions report on resetting industrial relations in the college sector and to reinstate the £26 million of transformation funding initially allocated but not delivered to the college sector in the 2023-24 budget."
Submitted by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Friday, May 3, 2024
Supported by: Tim Eagle, Roz McCall, Graham Simpson, Annie Wells
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Result 62 for, 59 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote Vote Passed
Submitted by: Graeme Dey, Angus South, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Supported by: Natalie Don-Innes, Jenny Gilruth
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Result 61 for, 58 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote Vote Passed
Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Supported by: Paul Sweeney, Martin Whitfield
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Result 60 for, 61 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote Vote Defeated