National Drugs Mission: Cross-government Response to the Drug Deaths Taskforce Report, Changing Lives - Amendment
- Submitted by: Sue Webber, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
- Motion reference: S6M-07469.3
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 12 January 2023
As an amendment to motion S6M-07469 in the name of Angela Constance (National Drugs Mission: Cross-government Response to the Drug Deaths Taskforce Report, Changing Lives), leave out from "cross-government response" to end and insert "publication of the Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce final report, Changing Lives; supports the transformational principles of treating problem drug use as any other health condition is treated, and ensuring that people with lived and living experience of problem drug use are included in the co-production of policy and strategy development in any area of government policy or delivery that affects them; recognises that cross-government planning and activity is needed to support the National Mission, and that this has resulted in over 80 actions; acknowledges the publication of the stigma action plan, which will play a vital role in the culture change required, and recognises the role of the Scottish Parliament in this regard; believes that, with commitment across government, the Parliament and beyond, it is possible to save lives and improve health and wellbeing; welcomes many of the report’s recommendations, including that individuals should never be turned away from treatment and therefore urges the Scottish Government to back Douglas Ross’s Proposed Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill, which would enshrine in law a right to treatment, so that all people with addiction in Scotland can get the support they need; notes that the report states that “While we believe legislative change is required, more should – and can – be done in Scotland under current constitutional arrangements”; believes that the Scottish Government should accelerate its focus on tackling drug-related deaths until there is a meaningful and sustained downward trend in the number of drug-related deaths; regrets, therefore, the recent decision to cut the alcohol and drugs budget for 2022-23 by £1 million; notes, with disappointment, that the Scottish Government failed to introduce Medication Assisted Treatment standards by April 2022, and calls for urgent action to be taken to ensure standards 1-5 and 6-10 are fully implemented by April 2023 and April 2024, respectively."
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Result 29 for, 65 against, 23 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Defeated
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- Arthur, Tom
- Beattie, Colin
- Brown, Keith
- Brown, Siobhian
- Callaghan, Stephanie
- Coffey, Willie
- Constance, Angela
- Dey, Graeme
- Don, Natalie
- Doris, Bob
- Dornan, James
- Dunbar, Jackie
- Ewing, Annabelle
- Ewing, Fergus
- Fairlie, Jim
- FitzPatrick, Joe
- 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
- Martin, Gillian
- Mason, John
- Matheson, Michael
- McAllan, Màiri
- McKee, Ivan
- McKelvie, Christina
- McLennan, Paul
- McMillan, Stuart
- McNair, Marie
- Minto, Jenni
- Nicoll, Audrey
- Regan, Ash
- Robison, Shona
- Roddick, Emma
- Somerville, Shirley-Anne
- Stevenson, Collette
- Stewart, Kaukab
- Stewart, Kevin
- Thomson, Michelle
- Torrance, David
- Tweed, Evelyn
- Whitham, Elena
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- Hoy, Craig
- Kerr, Liam
- Kerr, Stephen
- Lumsden, Douglas
- McCall, Roz
- Mundell, Oliver
- Simpson, Graham
- Smith, Liz
- Stewart, Alexander
- Webber, Sue
- Wells, Annie
- White, Tess
- Whittle, Brian
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- Johnson, Daniel
- Lennon, Monica
- Leonard, Richard
- Marra, Michael
- Mochan, Carol
- O'Kane, Paul
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- Smyth, Colin
- Sweeney, Paul
- Villalba, Mercedes
- Whitfield, Martin
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National Drugs Mission: Cross-government Response to the Drug Deaths Taskforce Report, Changing Lives
Submitted by: Angela Constance, Almond Valley, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Supported by: Nicola Sturgeon
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, January 12, 2023
Result 29 for, 65 against, 23 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Defeated
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Result 23 for, 93 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Vote Defeated
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Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, January 12, 2023
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