Better Bus Services - Amendment 3
Submitted by:
Jim Fairlie
Date lodged:
Tuesday, 11 November 2025
Motion type: Amendment
Motion reference: S6M-19632.3
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 12 November 2025
As an amendment to motion S6M-19632 in the name of Mark Ruskell (Better Bus Services), leave out from “calls” to end and insert “agrees that, should there be any expansion of free bus travel to more young people in the future, it must be affordable, sustainable and ensure accessibility, bearing in mind that the current cost of the free bus pass to under-22s is £200.5 million per year.”
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Result
65 for, 34 against, 19 abstained, 11 did not vote
Agreed
Scottish National Party
56 for
0 against
0 abstained
4 did not vote
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Gougeon, Mairi Harper, Emma Kidd, Bill Roddick, Emma Allan, Dr Alasdair Nicoll, Audrey Gilruth, Jenny Minto, Jenni Macpherson, Ben Coffey, Willie Stewart, Kevin Swinney, John Hepburn, Jamie Gibson, Kenneth Brown, Siobhian McNair, Marie Don-Innes, Natalie Callaghan, Stephanie Robison, Shona Grahame, Christine Robertson, Angus Mackay, Rona Whitham, Elena Lochhead, Richard Somerville, Shirley-Anne MacGregor, Fulton Tweed, Evelyn Forbes, Kate Dunbar, Jackie MacDonald, Gordon FitzPatrick, Joe Brown, Keith Todd, Maree Adam, George Arthur, Tom Hyslop, Fiona Torrance, David Adam, Karen McKee, Ivan Doris, Bob Beattie, Colin Stevenson, Collette Constance, Angela Maguire, Ruth Stewart, Kaukab Thomson, Michelle McLennan, Paul Ewing, Annabelle Fairlie, Jim McMillan, Stuart Gray, Neil Dey, Graeme Adamson, Clare Dornan, James Haughey, Clare McAllan, Màiri
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0
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0
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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26 against
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Stewart, Alexander Mundell, Oliver Gosal, Pam Gulhane, Sandesh Wells, Annie Ross, Douglas Burnett, Alexander Eagle, Tim Hoy, Craig Briggs, Miles Carlaw, Jackson McCall, Roz White, Tess Carson, Finlay Smith, Liz Gallacher, Meghan Mountain, Edward Kerr, Liam Lumsden, Douglas Whittle, Brian Golden, Maurice Hamilton, Rachael Dowey, Sharon Halcro Johnston, Jamie Webber, Sue Kerr, Stephen
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Scottish Labour
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18 abstained
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Mochan, Carol Russell, Davy Rowley, Alex Boyack, Sarah Bibby, Neil Duncan-Glancy, Pam Marra, Michael Sweeney, Paul Whitfield, Martin Baker, Claire Johnson, Daniel McNeill, Pauline Sarwar, Anas O'Kane, Paul Leonard, Richard Griffin, Mark Grant, Rhoda Clark, Katy
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Scottish Green Party
0 for
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0 abstained
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Independent
3 for
1 against
1 abstained
1 did not vote
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
5 for
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0 abstained
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Reform UK
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Related motion
Motion ref. S6M-19632
Submitted by: Mark Ruskell, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Monday, November 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Result
81 for, 35 against, 2 abstained, 11 did not vote
Agreed
Amendments that have not been voted on
Motion ref. S6M-19632.1
Submitted by: Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Motion ref. S6M-19632.2
Submitted by: Sue Webber, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, November 12, 2025