That the Parliament agrees that the First Minister and Deputy First Minister should continue to ensure that the Scottish Government responds fully to requests for information from the UK COVID-19 Inquiry and from the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry; recognises that information has been provided to the Parliament in the contributions from the Deputy First Minister and First Minister on 31 October 2023 and 2 November 2023, and through written answers; notes that the Scottish Government has taken action to transfer messages to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry in compliance with its requests, and further notes that the Scottish Government has offered an apology to families that have lost loves ones to, or been impacted by, COVID-19 for any distress that has been caused.
Result 62 for, 54 against, 1 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour
Scottish Green Party
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Alba Party
No Party Affiliation
That the Parliament agrees that the First Minister and Deputy First Minister should refer themselves to the independent adviser on the Scottish Ministerial Code for a potential breach of paragraph 1.3(c) of that code, which requires ministers to give "accurate and truthful information to the Parliament", on account of their statements misleading the Parliament on 31 October 2023 and 2 November 2023, relating to the date of requests for information from the UK COVID-19 Inquiry.
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Supported by: George Adam, Tom Arthur, Joe FitzPatrick
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Result 63 for, 53 against, 1 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Passed
Submitted by: Anas Sarwar, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Supported by: Jackie Baillie, Daniel Johnson, Paul Sweeney, Martin Whitfield
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Result 53 for, 64 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Defeated