[S2M-3490] Decision Time — 3 Nov 2005 at 17:00

This looks like the vote on S2M-3490

The description in the bulletin on 2005-11-01 is:

*S2M-3490 Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: Children with Special Needs—That the Parliament recognises that many children with additional support needs draw educational and social benefit from being educated in a mainstream setting; acknowledges, however, that in order for such children to flourish, appropriate resources and support must be available; further believes that the educational and social development of some children with multiple and complex needs can best be promoted through the concentrated support provided in special schools; notes with concern that 33 special schools have been closed since 1997; believes that there should be no presumption, statutory or otherwise, in favour of or against mainstreaming and that parents should be able to make a genuine informed choice between mainstream schools and special school provision, so that they can decide on the educational provision that is best suited to the needs of their child, and calls on the Scottish Executive to put in place a moratorium on the closure of special schools until the series of assumptions behind the mainstreaming policy is reviewed.

The description in the bulletin on 2005-11-02 is:

S2M-3490 Children with Special Needs (lodged on 31 October 2005) Phil Gallie*

The description in the bulletin on 2005-11-03 is:

S2M-3490 Children with Special Needs (lodged on 31 October 2005) Mr David Davidson*

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Text Introducing Division:

The third question is, that motion S2M-3490, in the name of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, on children with special needs, as amended by Robert Brown's amendment, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

No.

There will be a division.

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