[S1M-905] Decision Time — 15 Jun 2000 at 16:53

Kenny MacAskill MP, Lothians voted in the minority (No).

This looks like the vote on S1M-905

The description in the bulletin on 2000-05-25 is:

*S1M-905 Bill Aitken: Announcements made by the Scottish Executive—That the Parliament agrees that considerable confusion has been caused by a number of recent Scottish Executive announcements, particularly funding announcements; believes that the way funding announcements are made by the Scottish Executive has done little to further open government; notes that the Executive has allowed the same resources to be announced as "new funding" on more than one occasion, thus damaging public scrutiny, and calls upon the Scottish Executive to institute a new protocol for all public and press announcements in order that these make clear whether funding announced is additional resources or whether it is part of a previous funding package and, if it is, when and through what statement the funding was previously announced.

The description in the bulletin on 2000-05-30 is:

S1M-905 Bill Aitken: Announcements made by the Scottish Executive—That the Parliament agrees that considerable confusion has been caused by a number of recent Scottish Executive announcements, particularly funding announcements; believes that the way funding announcements are made by the Scottish Executive has done little to further open government; notes that the Executive has allowed the same resources to be announced as "new funding" on more than one occasion, thus damaging public scrutiny, and calls upon the Scottish Executive to institute a new protocol for all public and press announcements in order that these make clear whether funding announced is additional resources or whether it is part of a previous funding package and, if it is, when and through what statement the funding was previously announced. Supported by: Tommy Sheridan*

The description in the bulletin on 2000-05-31 is:

S1M-905 Announcements made by the Scottish Executive (lodged on 24 May 2000) David Mundell*, Donald Gorrie*, Ms Sandra White*, Dorothy-Grace Elder*

The description in the bulletin on 2000-06-01 is:

S1M-905 Announcements made by the Scottish Executive (lodged on 24 May 2000) John Scott*, Alex Neil*, Nick Johnston*, Christine Grahame*, David McLetchie*

The description in the bulletin on 2000-06-02 is:

S1M-905 Announcements made by the Scottish Executive (lodged on 24 May 2000) Mr Murray Tosh*, Ben Wallace*

The description in the bulletin on 2000-06-05 is:

S1M-905 Bill Aitken: Announcements made by the Scottish Executive-That the Parliament agrees that considerable confusion has been caused by a number of recent Scottish Executive announcements, particularly funding announcements; believes that the way funding announcements are made by the Scottish Executive has done little to further open government; notes that the Executive has allowed the same resources to be announced as "new funding" on more than one occasion, thus damaging public scrutiny, and calls upon the Scottish Executive to institute a new protocol for all public and press announcements in order that these make clear whether funding announced is additional resources or whether it is part of a previous funding package and, if it is, when and through what statement the funding was previously announced. Supported by: Tommy Sheridan, David Mundell, Donald Gorrie, Ms Sandra White, Dorothy-Grace Elder, John Scott, Alex Neil, Nick Johnston, Christine Grahame, David McLetchie, Mr Murray Tosh, Ben Wallace, Mary Scanlon*, Alex Fergusson*, Lord James Douglas-Hamilton*

The description in the bulletin on 2000-06-06 is:

S1M-905 Announcements made by the Scottish Executive (lodged on 24 May 2000) Shona Robison*

The description in the bulletin on 2000-06-07 is:

S1M-905 Announcements made by the Scottish Executive (lodged on 24 May 2000) Fergus Ewing*, Mr Keith Harding*

The description in the bulletin on 2000-06-08 is:

S1M-905 Announcements made by the Scottish Executive (lodged on 24 May 2000) Mr Brian Monteith*, Mr Duncan Hamilton*

The description in the bulletin on 2000-06-12 is:

S1M-905 Bill Aitken: Announcements made by the Scottish Executive-That the Parliament agrees that considerable confusion has been caused by a number of recent Scottish Executive announcements, particularly funding announcements; believes that the way funding announcements are made by the Scottish Executive has done little to further open government; notes that the Executive has allowed the same resources to be announced as "new funding" on more than one occasion, thus damaging public scrutiny, and calls upon the Scottish Executive to institute a new protocol for all public and press announcements in order that these make clear whether funding announced is additional resources or whether it is part of a previous funding package and, if it is, when and through what statement the funding was previously announced. Supported by: Tommy Sheridan, David Mundell, Donald Gorrie, Ms Sandra White, Dorothy-Grace Elder, John Scott, Alex Neil, Nick Johnston, Christine Grahame, David McLetchie, Mr Murray Tosh, Ben Wallace, Mary Scanlon, Alex Fergusson, Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, Shona Robison, Fergus Ewing, Mr Keith Harding, Mr Brian Monteith, Mr Duncan Hamilton

The description in the bulletin on 2000-06-13 is:

S1M-905 Announcements made by the Scottish Executive (lodged on 24 May 2000) Mr Lloyd Quinan*

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Text Introducing Division:

The second question is, that motion S1M-905, in the name of Bill Aitken, on announcements made by the Scottish Executive, as amended, 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 (Aye)Minority (No)AbstentionsTurnout
Con0 18094.7%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent0 30100.0%
Lab48 0087.3%
LDem15 0093.8%
SNP0 27081.8%
SSP0 10100.0%
Total:64 49088.3%

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