A New Plan for Scotland’s Teaching Workforce - Amendment 3
Submitted by:
Jenny Gilruth
Date lodged:
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Motion reference: S6M-17669.3
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 28 May 2025
As an amendment to motion S6M-17669 in the name of Willie Rennie (A New Plan for Scotland’s Teaching Workforce), leave out from "further notes" to end and insert "recognises that local workforce planning is led by local government and must be undertaken in partnership with it; supports local authorities, as the employers of teachers, to use the significant additional funding made available, including £186.5 million in the 2025-26 Budget, to increase teacher numbers and create more permanent posts, and calls for the Scottish Government to commit to working in partnership with COSLA, through the joint education and assurance board, to develop a joint evidence-led education workforce strategy with stakeholders."
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64 for, 49 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
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Related motion
Motion ref. S6M-17669
Submitted by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Thursday, May 22, 2025
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Result
89 for, 23 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote
Vote Passed
Amendments that have not been voted on
Motion ref. S6M-17669.1
Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Motion ref. S6M-17669.2
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Supported by: Roz McCall