[S2M-889] Decision Time — 11 Feb 2004 at 17:03

This looks like the vote on S2M-889

The description in the bulletin on 2004-02-10 is:

*S2M-889 Mr Kenny MacAskill: The Future of Scottish Football-That the Parliament notes the crisis faced by Scottish football; recognises football's importance in terms of its economic, social and health benefits and also its contribution to our culture and identity; sympathises with the backroom and playing staff of those clubs worst affected; calls on professional football clubs to work with their supporters to harness the emotional and financial investment they make in their clubs; calls on the football authorities and clubs to ensure better business planning and financial management; believes that public funding for the game is essential but not the bail out of individual clubs; welcomes current and proposed financial support from the Scottish Executive but calls for such support to be matched by structural change; calls for the Scottish Football Association (SFA) to be a more integrated governing body for the game; calls for the SFA to review the professional league structure in Scotland and the criteria for membership, and further calls for the SFA to regulate and develop participation by all ages and at all levels from grassroots in the community through to the national team.

The description in the bulletin on 2004-02-11 is:

*S2M-889 Mr Kenny MacAskill: The Future of Scottish Football-That the Parliament notes the crisis faced by Scottish football; recognises football's *significant contribution and potential impact* in terms of its economic, social and health benefits and *its role* in our culture and identity; sympathises with the backroom and playing staff of those clubs worst affected; calls on professional football clubs to work with their supporters to harness the emotional and financial investment they make in their clubs; calls on the football authorities and clubs to ensure better business planning and financial management; believes that public funding for the game is essential but not the bail out of individual clubs; welcomes current and proposed financial support from the Scottish Executive but calls for such support to be matched by structural change; calls for the Scottish Football Association (SFA) to be a more integrated governing body for the game; calls for *a review of* the professional league structure in Scotland and the criteria for membership, and further calls for the SFA to regulate and develop participation by all ages and at all levels from grassroots in the community through to the national team.

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Text Introducing Division:

The third question is, that motion S2M-889, in the name of Kenny MacAskill, on the future of Scottish football, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

No.

There will be a division.

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