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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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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McAllan, Màiri
McMillan, Stuart
Fairlie, Jim
Gray, Neil
Dunbar, Jackie
Minto, Jenni
Hepburn, Jamie
MacGregor, Fulton
Todd, Maree
Robertson, Angus
Stewart, Kaukab
Brown, Keith
FitzPatrick, Joe
Forbes, Kate
Gougeon, Mairi
Hyslop, Fiona
Coffey, Willie
Dornan, James
Whitham, Elena
Thomson, Michelle
Stewart, Kevin
Constance, Angela
Haughey, Clare
Robison, Shona
Doris, Bob
Harper, Emma
Adamson, Clare
McKee, Ivan
Allan, Dr Alasdair
Macpherson, Ben
Stevenson, Collette
Swinney, John
Adam, Karen
Somerville, Shirley-Anne
Kidd, Bill
Ewing, Annabelle
Callaghan, Stephanie
Dey, Graeme
Sturgeon, Nicola
Adam, George
Torrance, David
Gilruth, Jenny
Brown, Siobhian
McNair, Marie
Gibson, Kenneth
Roddick, Emma
Martin, Gillian
Beattie, Colin
Arthur, Tom
McLennan, Paul
Don-Innes, Natalie
Maguire, Ruth
Lochhead, Richard
MacDonald, Gordon
Mackay, Rona
Matheson, Michael
Tweed, Evelyn
Nicoll, Audrey
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Grahame, Christine
Yousaf, Humza
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
0 for
26 against
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Halcro Johnston, Jamie
Gallacher, Meghan
Kerr, Liam
Carson, Finlay
Kerr, Stephen
Lumsden, Douglas
Webber, Sue
Fraser, Murdo
Eagle, Tim
Wells, Annie
Findlay, Russell
Hoy, Craig
Gosal, Pam
Dowey, Sharon
Carlaw, Jackson
Stewart, Alexander
Mountain, Edward
Gulhane, Sandesh
Hamilton, Rachael
Burnett, Alexander
Briggs, Miles
McCall, Roz
Golden, Maurice
White, Tess
Smith, Liz
Ross, Douglas
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Whittle, Brian
Mundell, Oliver
Scottish Labour
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Sarwar, Anas
Sweeney, Paul
O'Kane, Paul
Lennon, Monica
Boyack, Sarah
Duncan-Glancy, Pam
Whitfield, Martin
Clark, Katy
Johnson, Daniel
Bibby, Neil
Marra, Michael
Griffin, Mark
Mochan, Carol
Grant, Rhoda
Villalba, Mercedes
Rowley, Alex
Baker, Claire
Baillie, Jackie
Russell, Davy
Leonard, Richard
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Scottish Green Party
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Harvie, Patrick
Burgess, Ariane
Ruskell, Mark
Mackay, Gillian
Greer, Ross
Chapman, Maggie
Slater, Lorna
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Independent
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1 against
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Mason, John
Ewing, Fergus
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Balfour, Jeremy
Regan, Ash
Smyth, Colin
Scottish Liberal Democrats
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5 against
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Cole-Hamilton, Alex
Rennie, Willie
Greene, Jamie
Wishart, Beatrice
McArthur, Liam
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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
Result
73 for, 27 against, 20 abstained, 9 did not vote
Agreed
Amendments
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
Result
54 for, 67 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote
Disagreed
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