[S1M-675.1 (Amendment)] Decision Time — 23 Mar 2000 at 17:13

Dennis Canavan MP, Falkirk West abstained

This looks like the vote on S1M-675.1

The description in the bulletin on 2000-03-23 is:

*S1M-675.1 Alex Johnstone: Genetic Modification Science—As an amendment to motion (S1M-675) in the name of Susan Deacon, leave out from "commends" to end and insert "and, while recognising the excellence of the Scottish biotechnology industry and the benefits that GM technology has the potential to provide, calls upon the Scottish Executive to delay the recently announced farm scale trials until evidence from previous scientific tests, proving beyond any reasonable doubt that such trials pose no threat to the environment or public health, has been thoroughly evaluated by a range of independent assessors and placed in the public domain." Supported by: Alex Fergusson*  

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Text Introducing Division:

The fifth question is, that amendment S1M-675.1, in the name of Alex Johnstone, which seeks to amend motion S1M-675, in the name of Susan Deacon, on genetic modification science, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

No.

There will be a division.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)AbstentionsTurnout
Con0 16084.2%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 21100.0%
Lab44 0080.0%
LDem13 0081.3%
SNP0 29087.9%
Total:57 48183.5%

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