Education - Amendment 1
Submitted by:
Miles Briggs
Date lodged:
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Motion type: Amendment
Motion reference: S6M-19754.1
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 19 November 2025
As an amendment to motion S6M-19754 in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy (Education), insert at end “; notes with deep concern the decline in standards and increasing pupil violence, which are intensifying pressures on teachers and support staff; believes that these trends reflect years of underinvestment and a failure to provide the support and resources needed to maintain safe and effective learning environments, and calls on the Scottish Government to deliver urgent action to raise attainment, improve discipline in classrooms and support teachers to deliver the high-quality education that every young person in Scotland deserves.”
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Related motion
Motion ref. S6M-19754
Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, November 17, 2025
Supported by: Paul Sweeney, Martin Whitfield
Result
63 for, 54 against, 1 abstained, 11 did not vote
Agreed
Amendments
Motion ref. S6M-19754.2
Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Supported by: Natalie Don-Innes, Ben Macpherson