[S2M-1091] Decision Time — 25 Mar 2004 at 17:01

This looks like the vote on S2M-1091

The description in the bulletin on 2004-03-24 is:

*S2M-1091 Mr Mark Ruskell: GM Crops-That the Parliament notes with concern the preliminary legal opinion of independent counsel that the Scottish Executive had discretion to use legal powers to refuse the next stage of GM maize commercialisation which it chose not to exercise; calls for the Executive to review its own legal advice on which its decision over GM maize was based and to reassess the extent of its discretion accordingly, and calls on the Executive to put on hold the decision on final consent to the placement of GM maize on the UK National Seeds List, at least until it has reported back to the Parliament on the outcome of such a legal review and satisfied the Parliament that the most legally-restrictive policy possible toward GM commercialisation has been used. Supported by: Patrick Harvie*, Mark Ballard*

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Text Introducing Division:

The next question is, that motion S2M-1091, in the name of Mark Ruskell, on GM crops, 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 180100.0%
Green0 70100.0%
Independent0 1166.7%
Lab46 0092.0%
LDem15 0194.1%
SNP0 25096.2%
SSP0 5083.3%
Total:61 56293.7%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
John Farquhar MunroRoss, Skye and Inverness WestLDemabstention

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