[S2M-5581.4 (Amendment)] Decision Time — 15 Feb 2007 at 17:00

This looks like the vote on S2M-5581.4

The description in the bulletin on 2007-02-15 is:

*S2M-5581.4 Allan Wilson: Workers’ Rights—As an amendment to motion (S2M-5581) in the name of Ms Rosemary Byrne, leave out from "supports" to end and insert "believes that the right to work is a fundamental human right; supports the objective of full employment and welcomes the 150,000 new jobs created in Scotland since devolution in 1999; further supports the Simclar workers and calls for an appropriate redundancy package for them; supports the Scottish Executive’s call for a DTI investigation into the circumstances surrounding the closure of the Ayrshire plants; condemns poor employment practices that result in workers being sacked via text messages and factory gate notices and denied real and proper consultation and appropriate redundancy payments, illustrated by the recent example at Simclar Ayrshire; recognises the need to further improve workers’ rights and entitlements and agrees that the Parliament supports the enhancement of employee rights on consultation in a redundancy situation; reaffirms its commitment to providing appropriate resources to meet the costs of retraining and upskilling workers affected, and recognises the role that the Irvine Bay Regeneration Company will have in creating new job opportunities for the workforce." Supported by: Nicol Stephen*

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Text Introducing Division:

The first question is, that amendment S2M-5581.4, in the name of Allan Wilson, which seeks to amend motion S2M-5581, in the name of Rosemary Byrne, on workers' rights, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

No.

There will be a division.

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