[S1M-1299] Decision Time — 1 Nov 2000 at 17:06

This looks like the vote on S1M-1299

The description in the bulletin on 2000-10-31 is:

*S1M-1299 Henry McLeish: Official Information and Accountability to Parliament - The Executive's Policy—That the Parliament notes that the Executive is committed to a policy of openness, accessibility and accountability in all its dealings with the Parliament and its Committees; further notes both the Parliament’s right and duty to hold the Executive to account including the power to invoke section 23 of the Scotland Act and the public interest in maintaining the confidentiality of exchanges between officials and Ministers concerning policy advice; observes that other Parliaments with strong freedom of information regimes do not disclose the terms of such exchanges; calls, to that end, for the Executive and the Parliament to observe the following principles: (i) consistent with its policy of openness, the Executive should always seek to make as much information as possible publicly available as a matter of course and should respond positively to requests for information from the Parliament and its Committees; (ii) officials are accountable to Ministers and Ministers in turn are accountable to the Parliament and it follows that, while officials can provide Committees with factual information, Committees should look to Ministers to account for the policy decisions they have taken; (iii) where, exceptionally, Committees find it necessary to scrutinise exchanges between officials and Ministers on policy issues, arrangements should be made to ensure that the confidentiality of these exchanges is respected, and commends these principles to Committees as guidelines to be followed in their dealings with the Executive. Supported by: Mr Jim Wallace*

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Text Introducing Division:

The third question is, that motion S1M-1299, in the name of the First Minister, on the Executive's policy on official information and accountability to Parliament, 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 01894.7%
Green0 10100.0%
Independent0 1033.3%
Lab51 0094.4%
LDem15 0093.8%
SNP0 27184.8%
Total:66 291990.5%

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Includes MPs who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Lord James [Missing last name for 80261]LothiansConabstention
Lord David [Missing last name for 80277]LothiansNone (front bench)absent
Brian AdamNorth East ScotlandSNPno
Bill AitkenGlasgowConabstention
Wendy AlexanderPaisley NorthLabaye
Jackie BaillieDumbartonLabaye
Scott BarrieDunfermline WestLabaye
Sarah BoyackEdinburgh CentralLabaye
Rhona BrankinMidlothianLabaye
Robert BrownGlasgowLDemaye
Colin CampbellWest of ScotlandSNPno
Dennis CanavanFalkirk WestIndependentabsent
Malcolm ChisholmEdinburgh North and LeithLabaye
Cathie CraigieCumbernauld and KilsythLabaye
Bruce CrawfordMid Scotland and FifeSNPno
Roseanna CunninghamPerthSNPno
Margaret CurranGlasgow BailliestonLabaye
David DavidsonNorth East ScotlandConabstention
Susan DeaconEdinburgh East and MusselburghLabaye
Helen EadieDunfermline EastLabaye
Dorothy-Grace ElderGlasgowwhilst Independentabsent
Fergus EwingInverness East, Nairn and LochaberSNPno
Margaret EwingMoraySNPabsent
Dr Winnie EwingHighlands and IslandsSNPabsent
Linda FabianiCentral ScotlandSNPno
John Farquhar MunroRoss, Skye and Inverness WestLDemaye
Patricia FergusonGlasgow MaryhillLabaye
Alex FergussonSouth of ScotlandConabsent
Ross FinnieWest of ScotlandLDemaye
Sam GalbraithStrathkelvin and BearsdenLabaye
Phil GallieSouth of ScotlandConabstention
Kenneth GibsonGlasgowSNPno
Karen GillonClydesdaleLababsent
Trish GodmanWest RenfrewshireLabaye
Annabel GoldieWest of ScotlandConabstention
Donald GorrieCentral ScotlandLDemaye
Christine GrahameSouth of ScotlandSNPno
Rhoda GrantHighlands and IslandsLabaye
Iain GrayEdinburgh PentlandsLababsent
Duncan HamiltonHighlands and IslandsSNPno
Keith HardingMid Scotland and FifeConabstention
Robin HarperLothiansGreenno
Hugh HenryPaisley SouthLabaye
John Home RobertsonEast LothianLabaye
Janis HughesGlasgow RutherglenLabaye
Fiona HyslopLothiansSNPabstention
Adam IngramSouth of ScotlandSNPno
Gordon JacksonGlasgow GovanLabaye
Sylvia JacksonStirlingLabaye
Cathy JamiesonCarrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleyLabaye
Margaret JamiesonKilmarnock and LoudounLabaye
Ian JenkinsTweeddale, Ettrick and LauderdaleLDemaye
Nick JohnstonMid Scotland and FifeConabstention
Alex JohnstoneNorth East ScotlandConabstention
Andy KerrEast KilbrideLabaye
Johann LamontGlasgow PollokLabaye
Marilyn LivingstoneKirkcaldyLabaye
Richard LochheadNorth East ScotlandSNPno
George LyonArgyll and ButeLDemaye
Kenny MacAskillLothiansSNPno
Lewis MacdonaldAberdeen CentralLabaye
Margo MacDonaldLothianswhilst Independentno
Kenneth MacintoshEastwoodLabaye
Angus MacKayEdinburgh SouthLabaye
Kate MacleanDundee WestLabaye
Maureen MacmillanHighlands and IslandsLabaye
Paul MartinGlasgow SpringburnLabaye
Tricia MarwickMid Scotland and FifeSNPno
Michael MathesonCentral ScotlandSNPabsent
John McAllionDundee EastLabaye
Frank McAveetyGlasgow ShettlestonLabaye
Tom McCabeHamilton SouthLabaye
Rt Hon Jack McConnellMotherwell and WishawLabaye
Jamie McGrigorHighlands and IslandsConabstention
Irene McGuganNorth East ScotlandSNPno
Lyndsay McIntoshCentral ScotlandConabstention
Henry McLeishCentral FifeLabaye
Fiona McLeodWest of ScotlandSNPno
David McLetchieLothiansConabstention
Michael McMahonHamilton North and BellshillLabaye
Duncan McNeilGreenock and InverclydeLabaye
Pauline McNeillGlasgow KelvinLabaye
Des McNultyClydebank and MilngavieLabaye
Brian MonteithMid Scotland and FifeConabstention
Alasdair MorganGalloway and Upper NithsdaleSNPabsent
Alasdair MorrisonWestern IslesLabaye
Bristow MuldoonLivingstonLabaye
Mary MulliganLinlithgowLabaye
David MundellSouth of ScotlandConabstention
Elaine MurrayDumfriesLabaye
Alex NeilCentral ScotlandSNPno
Irene OldfatherCunninghame SouthLababsent
Gil PatersonCentral ScotlandSNPno
Peter PeacockHighlands and IslandsLabaye
Cathy PeattieFalkirk EastLabaye
Lloyd QuinanWest of ScotlandSNPno
Nora RadcliffeGordonLDemaye
Keith RaffanMid Scotland and FifeLDemabsent
George ReidMid Scotland and FifeSNPno
Shona RobisonNorth East ScotlandSNPno
Euan RobsonRoxburgh and BerwickshireLDemaye
Mike RumblesWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineLDemaye
Michael RussellSouth of ScotlandSNPno
Alex SalmondBanff and BuchanSNPno
Mary ScanlonHighlands and IslandsConabstention
John ScottAyrConabstention
Tavish ScottShetland IslandsLDemaye
Tommy SheridanGlasgowSSPabsent
Richard SimpsonOchilLabaye
Elaine SmithCoatbridge and ChrystonLabaye
Iain SmithNorth East FifeLDemaye
Margaret SmithEdinburgh WestLDemaye
Nicol StephenAberdeen SouthLDemaye
Jamie StoneCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLDemaye
Nicola SturgeonGlasgowSNPno
John SwinneyNorth TaysideSNPno
Elaine ThomsonAberdeen NorthLabaye
Murray ToshSouth of ScotlandConabstention
Kay UllrichWest of ScotlandSNPno
Ben WallaceNorth East ScotlandConabstention
Jim WallaceOrkney IslandsLDemaye
Mike WatsonGlasgow CathcartLabaye
Andrew WelshAngusSNPabsent
Sandra WhiteGlasgowSNPno
Karen WhitefieldAirdrie and ShottsLabaye
Allan WilsonCunninghame NorthLabaye
Andrew WilsonCentral ScotlandSNPno
John YoungWest of ScotlandConabstention

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