Legal Advice
- Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2020
- Motion reference: S5M-23445
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 25 November 2020
That the Parliament recalls the vote on motion S5M-23218 on 4 November 2020, in which it called on the Scottish Government to publish the legal advice it received regarding the judicial review into the handling of harassment complaints against the former First Minister, Alex Salmond; notes that the legal advice sought has not yet been published, despite the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints requesting this by 13 November 2020, and calls on the Scottish Government to respect the will of the Parliament by providing the legal advice without any further delay.
Supported by:
Jackie Baillie
Vote
Result 65 for, 55 against, 4 abstained, 5 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
- 0 for
- 55 against
- 4 abstained
- 2 did not vote
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- Adam, George
- Adamson, Clare
- Arthur, Tom
- Beattie, Colin
- Brown, Keith
- Campbell, Aileen
- Coffey, Willie
- Crawford, Bruce
- Cunningham, Roseanna
- Dey, Graeme
- Doris, Bob
- Dornan, James
- Ewing, Annabelle
- Ewing, Fergus
- FitzPatrick, Joe
- Forbes, Kate
- Freeman, Jeane
- Gibson, Kenneth
- Gilruth, Jenny
- Gougeon, Mairi
- Grahame, Christine
- Harper, Emma
- Haughey, Clare
- Hepburn, Jamie
- Hyslop, Fiona
- Kidd, Bill
- Lochhead, Richard
- Lyle, Richard
- MacDonald, Angus
- MacDonald, Gordon
- MacGregor, Fulton
- Mackay, Rona
- Macpherson, Ben
- Maguire, Ruth
- Martin, Gillian
- Mason, John
- Matheson, Michael
- McKee, Ivan
- McKelvie, Christina
- McMillan, Stuart
- Neil, Alex
- Paterson, Gil
- Regan, Ash
- Robison, Shona
- Ross, Gail
- Russell, Michael
- Somerville, Shirley-Anne
- Stevenson, Stewart
- Stewart, Kevin
- Swinney, John
- Todd, Maree
- Torrance, David
- Wheelhouse, Paul
- White, Sandra
- Yousaf, Humza
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Did not vote
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- 30 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 0 did not vote
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- Balfour, Jeremy
- Bowman, Bill
- Briggs, Miles
- Burnett, Alexander
- Cameron, Donald
- Carlaw, Jackson
- Carson, Finlay
- Chapman, Peter
- Corry, Maurice
- Davidson, Ruth
- Fraser, Murdo
- Golden, Maurice
- Greene, Jamie
- Halcro Johnston, Jamie
- Hamilton, Rachael
- Harris, Alison
- Kerr, Liam
- Lindhurst, Gordon
- Lockhart, Dean
- Mason, Tom
- Mitchell, Margaret
- Mountain, Edward
- Mundell, Oliver
- Scott, John
- Simpson, Graham
- Smith, Liz
- Stewart, Alexander
- Tomkins, Adam
- Wells, Annie
- Whittle, Brian
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0Abstained
0Did not vote
0Scottish Labour
- 22 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 1 did not vote
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- Baillie, Jackie
- Baker, Claire
- Beamish, Claudia
- Bibby, Neil
- Boyack, Sarah
- Fee, Mary
- Findlay, Neil
- Grant, Rhoda
- Gray, Iain
- Griffin, Mark
- Johnson, Daniel
- Kelly, James
- Lamont, Johann
- Lennon, Monica
- Leonard, Richard
- Macdonald, Lewis
- McNeill, Pauline
- Rowley, Alex
- Sarwar, Anas
- Smith, Elaine
- Smyth, Colin
- Stewart, David
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0Abstained
0Did not vote
Scottish Green Party
- 6 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 0 did not vote
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0Abstained
0Did not vote
0Scottish Liberal Democrats
- 5 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 0 did not vote
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0Abstained
0Did not vote
0Independent
- 2 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 1 did not vote
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No Party Affiliation
- 0 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 1 did not vote
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Defeated amendments
Legal Advice - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: John Swinney, Perthshire North, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Result 58 for, 65 against, 1 abstained, 5 did not vote Vote Defeated
Amendments that have not been voted on
Legal Advice - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Supported by: Jackie Baillie, Murdo Fraser
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, November 25, 2020