[S3M-4748.1 (Amendment)] Decision Time — 2 Sep 2009 at 17:00
This looks like the vote on S3M-4748.1
The description in the bulletin on 2009-09-02 is:
*S3M-4748.1 Richard Baker: Decision on Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi—As an amendment to motion (S3M-4748) in the name of Kenny MacAskill, leave out from second "notes" to end and insert "believes that the process of making this crucial decision was mishandled by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice; believes that it was wrong for the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to meet Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi in prison while considering his application for compassionate release to Libya and that this potentially sets an inappropriate precedent; also believes that it was unacceptable that the media was made aware of the decision a week before it was formally announced; does not accept that the Cabinet Secretary for Justice received or sought sufficient medical advice to make his judgement on Megrahi’s prognosis; further believes that the Cabinet Secretary for Justice did not sufficiently explore options to take account of Megrahi’s illness other than compassionate release to Libya; recognises that Scotland’s international reputation has been damaged not simply by the decision to release Megrahi on compassionate grounds to Libya but also because of the way that taking the decision was mishandled, and, given the mishandling of this process by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, does not agree with his decision to return Megrahi to Libya on compassionate release." Supported by: Paul Martin*
The description in the bulletin on 2009-09-07 is:
S3M-4748.1 Richard Baker: Decision on Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi—As an amendment to motion (S3M-4748) in the name of Kenny MacAskill, leave out from second "notes" to end and insert "believes that the process of making this crucial decision was mishandled by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice; believes that it was wrong for the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to meet Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi in prison while considering his application for compassionate release to Libya and that this potentially sets an inappropriate precedent; also believes that it was unacceptable that the media was made aware of the decision a week before it was formally announced; does not accept that the Cabinet Secretary for Justice received or sought sufficient medical advice to make his judgement on Megrahi’s prognosis; further believes that the Cabinet Secretary for Justice did not sufficiently explore options to take account of Megrahi’s illness other than compassionate release to Libya; recognises that Scotland’s international reputation has been damaged not simply by the decision to release Megrahi on compassionate grounds to Libya but also because of the way that taking the decision was mishandled, and, given the mishandling of this process by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, does not agree with his decision to return Megrahi to Libya on compassionate release." Supported by: Paul Martin
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Text Introducing Division:
The second question is, that amendment 4748.1.2, in the name of Robert Brown, which also seeks to amend amendment S3M-4748.1, be agreed to. Are we agreed?
No.
There will be a division.
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
Party | Majority (Aye) | Minority (No) | Abstentions | Turnout |
Con | 14 | 0 | 0 | 87.5% |
Green | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
Lab | 44 | 1 | 0 | 97.8% |
LDem | 15 | 0 | 0 | 93.8% |
SNP | 0 | 47 | 0 | 100.0% |
Total: | 73 | 50 | 1 | 96.9% |
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
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
Malcolm Chisholm | Edinburgh North and Leith | Lab | no |