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Independent Review of Sentencing and Penal Policy - Amendment 2

  • Submitted by: Pauline McNeill, Glasgow, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2025
  • Motion reference: S6M-16532.2
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 20 February 2025

As an amendment to motion S6M-16532 in the name of Angela Constance (Independent Review of Sentencing and Penal Policy), leave out from "recognises" to end and insert "acknowledges that prisons remain severely overcrowded, with prisons operating above capacity even after the Scottish National Party (SNP) administration’s emergency early release of prisoners, impacting on the ability to rehabilitate offenders; is concerned by the high numbers of women in prisons; condemns the SNP administration’s failure to tackle high reoffending rates, which result in offenders returning to custody due to the lack of robust alternatives; agrees that the third sector can play a significant role in the effective delivery of justice services that reduce reoffending, and support reintegration into society; calls on the Scottish Government to urgently increase the availability of robust community payback orders, and invest in safe and secure GPS electronic monitoring to drive down the remand population and give more public confidence to non-custodial sentencing; further calls on the Scottish Government to expand access to throughcare services, which are essential in assisting offenders to reintegrate into society and to stop offending; believes that a review of sentencing and penal policy will not address the urgent crisis in Scotland’s justice system, and resolves that the SNP administration should take immediate action based on parameters set by the Parliament to address these concerns, rather than focus on a review that will not take the prompt action needed to fix the justice system and keep Scotland’s communities safe."


Vote

Result 16 for, 97 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote Vote Defeated

Scottish National Party

For
0
Against
  • Adam, George
  • Adam, Karen
  • Adamson, Clare
  • Allan, Dr Alasdair
  • Arthur, Tom
  • Brown, Keith
  • Brown, Siobhian
  • Constance, Angela
  • Dey, Graeme
  • Don-Innes, Natalie
  • Doris, Bob
  • Dornan, James
  • Dunbar, Jackie
  • Ewing, Annabelle
  • Ewing, Fergus
  • Fairlie, Jim
  • FitzPatrick, Joe
  • Forbes, Kate
  • Gibson, Kenneth
  • Gilruth, Jenny
  • Gougeon, Mairi
  • Grahame, Christine
  • Gray, Neil
  • Harper, Emma
  • Haughey, Clare
  • Hepburn, Jamie
  • Hyslop, Fiona
  • Kidd, Bill
  • Lochhead, Richard
  • MacDonald, Gordon
  • MacGregor, Fulton
  • Mackay, Rona
  • Macpherson, Ben
  • Maguire, Ruth
  • Matheson, Michael
  • McAllan, Màiri
  • McKee, Ivan
  • McKelvie, Christina
  • McLennan, Paul
  • McMillan, Stuart
  • McNair, Marie
  • Minto, Jenni
  • Nicoll, Audrey
  • Robertson, Angus
  • Robison, Shona
  • Roddick, Emma
  • Somerville, Shirley-Anne
  • Stevenson, Collette
  • Stewart, Kaukab
  • Stewart, Kevin
  • Sturgeon, Nicola
  • Swinney, John
  • Thomson, Michelle
  • Todd, Maree
  • Torrance, David
  • Tweed, Evelyn
  • Whitham, Elena
  • Yousaf, Humza
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Beattie, Colin
  • Callaghan, Stephanie
  • Coffey, Willie
  • Martin, Gillian

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
0
Against
  • Balfour, Jeremy
  • Briggs, Miles
  • Carlaw, Jackson
  • Carson, Finlay
  • Dowey, Sharon
  • Eagle, Tim
  • Findlay, Russell
  • Fraser, Murdo
  • Gallacher, Meghan
  • Golden, Maurice
  • Gosal, Pam
  • Gulhane, Sandesh
  • Halcro Johnston, Jamie
  • Hamilton, Rachael
  • Hoy, Craig
  • Kerr, Liam
  • Kerr, Stephen
  • Lumsden, Douglas
  • McCall, Roz
  • Mountain, Edward
  • Mundell, Oliver
  • Simpson, Graham
  • Smith, Liz
  • Webber, Sue
  • Wells, Annie
  • White, Tess
  • Whittle, Brian
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Burnett, Alexander
  • Greene, Jamie
  • Ross, Douglas
  • Stewart, Alexander

Scottish Labour

For
  • Baker, Claire
  • Bibby, Neil
  • Boyack, Sarah
  • Choudhury, Foysol
  • Clark, Katy
  • Griffin, Mark
  • Johnson, Daniel
  • Leonard, Richard
  • Marra, Michael
  • McNeill, Pauline
  • Mochan, Carol
  • Smyth, Colin
  • Sweeney, Paul
  • Villalba, Mercedes
  • Whitfield, Martin
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Baillie, Jackie
  • Duncan-Glancy, Pam
  • Grant, Rhoda
  • Lennon, Monica
  • O'Kane, Paul
  • Rowley, Alex
  • Sarwar, Anas

Scottish Green Party

For
0
Against
  • Burgess, Ariane
  • Chapman, Maggie
  • Greer, Ross
  • Harvie, Patrick
  • Mackay, Gillian
  • Ruskell, Mark
  • Slater, Lorna
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
0
Against
  • Cole-Hamilton, Alex
  • McArthur, Liam
  • Rennie, Willie
  • Wishart, Beatrice
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Johnstone, Alison

Alba Party

For
  • Regan, Ash
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Independent

For
0
Against
  • Mason, John
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Related motion

Motion ref. S6M-16532

Independent Review of Sentencing and Penal Policy

Submitted by: Angela Constance, Almond Valley, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Supported by: Siobhian Brown
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, February 20, 2025

Result 70 for, 42 against, 1 abstained, 16 did not vote Vote Passed


Defeated related amendments

Motion ref. S6M-16532.1

Independent Review of Sentencing and Penal Policy - Amendment 1 - Amendment

Submitted by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, February 20, 2025

Result 28 for, 69 against, 14 abstained, 18 did not vote Vote Defeated