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Education

  • Submitted by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 15 February 2021
  • Motion reference: S5M-24137
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Motions as amended

That the Parliament believes that the support, services and decision-making provided by Education Scotland and the SQA have not met the expectations or requirements of hardworking teachers, pupils or parents throughout the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; recalls that serious concerns existed about the performance and structure of these organisations for years before the pandemic struck, including those expressed by Parliament in its resolution on the debate on motion S5M-04920 on 29 March 2017; considers that there is compelling evidence that neither body is fit for purpose and that they have lost the confidence of teachers, pupils and parents, and therefore calls for substantial reform as part of the recovery of education, with Education Scotland separated into independent inspection and policy functions and the SQA to be grounded in the teaching profession and made more accountable; expresses concern about the reported involvement of both organisations and the Scottish Government in the ongoing OECD review, and, given the urgency of the matter and limited opportunity for scrutiny, and in the spirit of full transparency, calls on the Scottish Government to immediately release any findings already reportedly delivered to the Scottish Ministers by the OECD.


Supported by: Beatrice Wishart

Vote

Result 65 for, 58 against, 1 abstained, 5 did not vote Vote Passed

Scottish National Party

For
  • Doris, Bob
Against
  • Adam, George
  • Adamson, Clare
  • Allan, Dr Alasdair
  • Arthur, Tom
  • Beattie, Colin
  • Brown, Keith
  • Campbell, Aileen
  • Coffey, Willie
  • Constance, Angela
  • Crawford, Bruce
  • Cunningham, Roseanna
  • Dey, Graeme
  • Dornan, James
  • Ewing, Annabelle
  • Ewing, Fergus
  • Fabiani, Linda
  • FitzPatrick, Joe
  • Forbes, Kate
  • Gibson, Kenneth
  • Gilruth, Jenny
  • Gougeon, Mairi
  • Grahame, Christine
  • Harper, Emma
  • Haughey, Clare
  • Hepburn, Jamie
  • Hyslop, Fiona
  • Kidd, Bill
  • Lochhead, Richard
  • Lyle, Richard
  • MacDonald, Angus
  • MacDonald, Gordon
  • MacGregor, Fulton
  • Mackay, Rona
  • Macpherson, Ben
  • Maguire, Ruth
  • Martin, Gillian
  • Mason, John
  • Matheson, Michael
  • McAlpine, Joan
  • McKee, Ivan
  • McMillan, Stuart
  • Neil, Alex
  • Paterson, Gil
  • Regan, Ash
  • Robison, Shona
  • Ross, Gail
  • Russell, Michael
  • Somerville, Shirley-Anne
  • Stevenson, Stewart
  • Stewart, Kevin
  • Sturgeon, Nicola
  • Swinney, John
  • Todd, Maree
  • Torrance, David
  • Watt, Maureen
  • Wheelhouse, Paul
  • White, Sandra
  • Yousaf, Humza
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Freeman, Jeane
  • McKelvie, Christina

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
  • Balfour, Jeremy
  • Bowman, Bill
  • Briggs, Miles
  • Burnett, Alexander
  • Cameron, Donald
  • Carlaw, Jackson
  • Carson, Finlay
  • Chapman, Peter
  • Corry, Maurice
  • Fraser, Murdo
  • Golden, Maurice
  • Greene, Jamie
  • Halcro Johnston, Jamie
  • Hamilton, Rachael
  • Harris, Alison
  • Kerr, Liam
  • Lindhurst, Gordon
  • Lockhart, Dean
  • Mason, Tom
  • Mitchell, Margaret
  • Mountain, Edward
  • Mundell, Oliver
  • Scott, John
  • Simpson, Graham
  • Smith, Liz
  • Stewart, Alexander
  • Tomkins, Adam
  • Wells, Annie
  • Whittle, Brian
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Davidson, Ruth

Scottish Labour

For
  • Baillie, Jackie
  • Baker, Claire
  • Beamish, Claudia
  • Bibby, Neil
  • Boyack, Sarah
  • Fee, Mary
  • Findlay, Neil
  • Grant, Rhoda
  • Gray, Iain
  • Griffin, Mark
  • Johnson, Daniel
  • Kelly, James
  • Lamont, Johann
  • Lennon, Monica
  • Leonard, Richard
  • Macdonald, Lewis
  • Marra, Jenny
  • McNeill, Pauline
  • Rowley, Alex
  • Sarwar, Anas
  • Smith, Elaine
  • Smyth, Colin
  • Stewart, David
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Scottish Green Party

For
  • Finnie, John
  • Greer, Ross
  • Harvie, Patrick
  • Johnstone, Alison
  • Ruskell, Mark
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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

Independent

For
  • Wightman, Andy
Against
0
Abstained
  • McDonald, Mark
Did not vote
  • Mackay, Derek

Reform UK

For
  • Ballantyne, Michelle
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Macintosh, Ken

Original motion text

That the Parliament believes that the support, services and decision-making provided by Education Scotland and the SQA have not met the expectations or requirements of hardworking teachers, pupils or parents throughout the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; recalls that serious concerns existed about the performance and structure of these organisations for years before the pandemic struck, including those expressed by Parliament in its resolution on the debate on motion S5M-04920 on 29 March 2017; considers that there is compelling evidence that neither body is fit for purpose and that they have lost the confidence of teachers, pupils and parents, and therefore calls for substantial reform as part of the recovery of education, with Education Scotland separated into independent inspection and policy functions and the SQA to be grounded in the teaching profession and made more accountable, and expresses concern about the reported involvement of both organisations and the Scottish Government in the ongoing OECD review.

Accepted amendments

Motion ref. S5M-24137.1

Education - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Jamie Greene, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Result 64 for, 60 against, 1 abstained, 4 did not vote Vote Passed

Defeated amendments

Motion ref. S5M-24137.3

Education - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: John Swinney, Perthshire North, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Supported by: Richard Lochhead, Maree Todd
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Result 61 for, 64 against, 0 abstained, 4 did not vote Vote Defeated

Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S5M-24137.2

Education - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Iain Gray, East Lothian, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Motion ref. S5M-24137.4

Education - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Ross Greer, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001