[S3M-3675] Decision Time — 12 Mar 2009 at 17:00

Angela Constance MP, Livingston voted in the minority (No).

This looks like the vote on S3M-3675

The description in the bulletin on 2009-03-11 is:

*S3M-3675 Margaret Smith: Minimum Income Guarantee for Students—That the Parliament recognises the importance of the higher and further education sector; notes the outcome of the New Horizons: responding to the challenges of the 21st century report and the need to involve key stakeholders in discussions about the funding of the university sector; believes that Scotland’s students have been let down by the SNP’s government failure to deliver on its manifesto pledge to dump student debt; notes the Supporting a Smarter Scotland consultation on student support and rejects its proposals for not adequately addressing student hardship, and calls on the Scottish Government to deliver a simplified support system, which includes a minimum income guarantee of £7,000 per annum for full-time higher education students made up from a combination of grants, loans and parental contributions.

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Text Introducing Division:

The next question is, that motion S3M-3675, in the name of Margaret Smith, on a minimum income guarantee for students, 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
Con16 00100.0%
Green0 20100.0%
Lab39 0084.8%
LDem15 0093.8%
SNP0 46097.9%
Total:70 48092.9%

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