[S1M-639.1 (Amendment)] Decision Time — 8 Mar 2000 at 17:03

This looks like the vote on S1M-639.1

The description in the bulletin on 2000-03-08 is:

*S1M-639.1 Sarah Boyack: Water Charges—As an amendment to motion (S1M-639) in the name of Bruce Crawford, leave out from "believes" to end and insert "recognises that the Scottish public water authorities need to make very significant investments to deliver the high quality, safe and reliable water and sewerage service that the Scottish public and Scottish business need; recognises also that Scotland must meet the standards to protect health and the environment laid down in European and national legislation; welcomes the additional external finance made available by the Scottish Executive for the water authorities in the recent spending round; notes that the current system already provides a degree of protection for the most vulnerable through the link to Council Tax banding; welcomes the review of these arrangements that has been announced; welcomes the Water Industry Commissioner’s initiatives to increase efficiency, customer service and accountability in the water industry; and therefore endorses the strategic framework for the industry set out by the Scottish Executive in January."  

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Text Introducing Division:

The first question is, that amendment S1M-639.1, in the name of Sarah Boyack, which seeks to amend motion S1M-639, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on water charges, be agreed to. Are we all 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 13072.2%
Green1 00100.0%
Independent0 30100.0%
Lab49 0089.1%
LDem14 0087.5%
SNP0 25075.8%
SSP0 10100.0%
Total:64 42083.5%

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