Scotland’s Maternity Services - Amendment 3
Submitted by:
Neil Gray
Date lodged:
Tuesday, 04 November 2025
Motion type: Amendment
Motion reference: S6M-19512.3
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 05 November 2025
As an amendment to motion S6M-19512 in the name of Jackie Baillie (Scotland’s Maternity Services), leave out from “, and calls” to end and insert “; agrees that a national investigation into the design and delivery of maternity services should take place if Scotland’s new Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce recommends it, and that it should give full consideration to staff and patient welfare; notes that the taskforce will review the findings of Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s inspections into all maternity units in Scotland; recognises that no neonatal unit in Scotland is closing, and notes that the new model of neonatal intensive care in Scotland was recommended by the Best Start 2017 report, following robust clinical evidence on the safest and best possible model for the sickest babies.”
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Result
67 for, 53 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote
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Scottish National Party
58 for
0 against
0 abstained
2 did not vote
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Constance, Angela Haughey, Clare Robison, Shona Doris, Bob Harper, Emma Adamson, Clare McKee, Ivan Allan, Dr Alasdair Ewing, Annabelle Macpherson, Ben Somerville, Shirley-Anne Stevenson, Collette Callaghan, Stephanie Swinney, John Sturgeon, Nicola Dey, Graeme Adam, Karen Kidd, Bill Whitham, Elena McAllan, Màiri McMillan, Stuart Fairlie, Jim Gougeon, Mairi Gray, Neil Dunbar, Jackie Thomson, Michelle Hyslop, Fiona Minto, Jenni Stewart, Kevin Coffey, Willie Hepburn, Jamie Dornan, James Brown, Keith FitzPatrick, Joe MacGregor, Fulton Todd, Maree Forbes, Kate Robertson, Angus Stewart, Kaukab Adam, George Torrance, David Gilruth, Jenny Maguire, Ruth Lochhead, Richard Brown, Siobhian McNair, Marie Gibson, Kenneth MacDonald, Gordon Tweed, Evelyn Roddick, Emma Nicoll, Audrey McLennan, Paul Mackay, Rona Martin, Gillian Beattie, Colin Arthur, Tom Don-Innes, Natalie Matheson, Michael
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0
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Kerr, Stephen Lumsden, Douglas Webber, Sue Mountain, Edward Fraser, Murdo Eagle, Tim Wells, Annie Findlay, Russell Dowey, Sharon Carlaw, Jackson Stewart, Alexander Hoy, Craig Gosal, Pam Halcro Johnston, Jamie Gallacher, Meghan Kerr, Liam Carson, Finlay Golden, Maurice Smith, Liz Gulhane, Sandesh Ross, Douglas Hamilton, Rachael Burnett, Alexander Briggs, Miles White, Tess McCall, Roz
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Scottish Labour
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20 against
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Rowley, Alex Whitfield, Martin Clark, Katy Johnson, Daniel Mochan, Carol Villalba, Mercedes Bibby, Neil Marra, Michael Griffin, Mark Grant, Rhoda Sarwar, Anas Sweeney, Paul Boyack, Sarah O'Kane, Paul Duncan-Glancy, Pam Lennon, Monica Baker, Claire Leonard, Richard Baillie, Jackie Russell, Davy
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Scottish Green Party
7 for
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Independent
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1 against
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Reform UK
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Related motion
Motion ref. S6M-19512
Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, November 3, 2025
Supported by: Carol Mochan, Paul Sweeney
Amendments that have not been voted on
Motion ref. S6M-19512.1
Submitted by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Motion ref. S6M-19512.2
Submitted by: Dr Sandesh Gulhane, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, November 5, 2025