As an amendment to motion S4M-02639 in the name of Elaine Murray (Transport), leave out from first "notes" to end and insert "calls on the Scottish Government to review its priorities in order to achieve more effective utilisation of its existing budget for the support of bus services throughout Scotland."
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As an amendment to motion S4M-02639 in the name of Elaine Murray (Transport), leave out from first "notes" to end and insert "calls on the Scottish Government to review its priorities in order to achieve more effective utilisation of its existing budget for the support of bus services throughout Scotland."
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As an amendment to motion S4M-02407 in the name of Keith Brown (Housing Benefit Reform), leave out from "the UK Government's plan" to end and insert "that the coalition government’s Welfare Reform Act received Royal Assent on 8 March 2012 and that it will introduce the biggest reforms for 60 years, including the introduction of the universal credit, which will replace the current, complex myriad of means-tested benefits with a single benefit system, making it simpler for people to navigate, harder for people to defraud and ensure that it is no longer possible to be better-off on benefits than in work, while, at the same time, protecting the most vulnerable in society; understands that the changes to housing benefit are part of this essential reform, which will promote individual responsibility and ensure that better use is made of the social housing stock, and further notes that the coalition government is working with councils on the transition and has announced an additional £10 million in 2011-12 and £40 million in each year from 2012 to 2015 in additional discretionary housing payments to allow local authorities to provide additional support where it is most needed.”
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As an amendment to motion S4M-02407 in the name of Keith Brown (Housing Benefit Reform), leave out from "the UK Government's plan" to end and insert "that the coalition government’s Welfare Reform Act received Royal Assent on 8 March 2012 and that it will introduce the biggest reforms for 60 years, including the introduction of the universal credit, which will replace the current, complex myriad of means-tested benefits with a single benefit system, making it simpler for people to navigate, harder for people to defraud and ensure that it is no longer possible to be better-off on benefits than in work, while, at the same time, protecting the most vulnerable in society; understands that the changes to housing benefit are part of this essential reform, which will promote individual responsibility and ensure that better use is made of the social housing stock, and further notes that the coalition government is working with councils on the transition and has announced an additional £10 million in 2011-12 and £40 million in each year from 2012 to 2015 in additional discretionary housing payments to allow local authorities to provide additional support where it is most needed.”
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As an amendment to motion S4M-01893 in the name of Alex Neil (Scotland’s Next Generation Broadband Infrastructure Plan), leave out from "local authorities" to "funding" and insert "‘the UK Government, local authorities and the public and private sectors to deliver open access future-proofed infrastructure and to support measures to increase take-up and participation in the digital economy and".
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As an amendment to motion S4M-01893 in the name of Alex Neil (Scotland’s Next Generation Broadband Infrastructure Plan), leave out from "local authorities" to "funding" and insert "‘the UK Government, local authorities and the public and private sectors to deliver open access future-proofed infrastructure and to support measures to increase take-up and participation in the digital economy and".
Supported by: Mary Scanlon
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As an amendment to motion S4M-01824 in the name of Richard Baker (Public Transport), leave out from "is concerned" to end and insert, "encourages the Scottish Government to explore innovative solutions to the provision of cost-effective bus services such as demand-led transport in rural areas, and believes that the dogmatic demands to re-regulate bus services are inappropriate and potentially counter-productive."
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As an amendment to motion S4M-01824 in the name of Richard Baker (Public Transport), leave out from "is concerned" to end and insert, "encourages the Scottish Government to explore innovative solutions to the provision of cost-effective bus services such as demand-led transport in rural areas, and believes that the dogmatic demands to re-regulate bus services are inappropriate and potentially counter-productive."
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As an amendment to motion S4M-01584 in the name of Alex Neil (Infrastructure and Investment Plan), leave out from "to help" to end and insert "and, while welcoming the publication of the Scottish Government’s Infrastructure Investment Plan 2011, notes with interest that most of the projects have been deferred till after 2016, and further calls on ministers to set out a detailed timetable of projects with allocated budgets, along with their preferred funding option for each."
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As an amendment to motion S4M-01584 in the name of Alex Neil (Infrastructure and Investment Plan), leave out from "to help" to end and insert "and, while welcoming the publication of the Scottish Government’s Infrastructure Investment Plan 2011, notes with interest that most of the projects have been deferred till after 2016, and further calls on ministers to set out a detailed timetable of projects with allocated budgets, along with their preferred funding option for each."
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As an amendment to motion S4M-01406 in the name of Stewart Stevenson (Scotland's Contribution to UN Climate Summit), insert at end “and encourages collaboration with other UK delegates to agree a common policy in advance of the conference.”
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As an amendment to motion S4M-01406 in the name of Stewart Stevenson (Scotland's Contribution to UN Climate Summit), insert at end “and encourages collaboration with other UK delegates to agree a common policy in advance of the conference.”
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That the Parliament recognises the pivotal role of the housing market to the Scottish economy; is concerned that housebuilding in Scotland has fallen to a 30-year low; further recognises the need to ensure that there is an adequate supply of good quality housing to buy and rent in the private and social sectors; notes the success of the right to buy policy in that it empowered people to choose their preferred form of housing tenure, allowed over half a million households to own their own home and strengthened local communities; encourages the Scottish Government to remove the limitations on the right to buy contained in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 and to provide higher discounts under the modernised right to buy as a means of increasing capital receipts to invest in building affordable homes for those on low incomes and to boost jobs in the construction industry; further encourages the Scottish Government to consider legislative reform to ensure fairness and equity in public housing and also to allow social houses to be allocated to people with local connections so as to protect the long-term sustainability of Scotland’s communities, and further calls on the Scottish Government to ensure that landlords make greater use of the enforcement of tenancy agreements to tackle antisocial behaviour.
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That the Parliament recognises the pivotal role of the housing market to the Scottish economy; is concerned that housebuilding in Scotland has fallen to a 30-year low; further recognises the need to ensure that there is an adequate supply of good quality housing to buy and rent in the private and social sectors; notes the success of the right to buy policy in that it empowered people to choose their preferred form of housing tenure, allowed over half a million households to own their own home and strengthened local communities; encourages the Scottish Government to remove the limitations on the right to buy contained in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 and to provide higher discounts under the modernised right to buy as a means of increasing capital receipts to invest in building affordable homes for those on low incomes and to boost jobs in the construction industry; further encourages the Scottish Government to consider legislative reform to ensure fairness and equity in public housing and also to allow social houses to be allocated to people with local connections so as to protect the long-term sustainability of Scotland’s communities, and further calls on the Scottish Government to ensure that landlords make greater use of the enforcement of tenancy agreements to tackle antisocial behaviour.
Supported by: Annabel Goldie, Liz Smith, Jackson Carlaw, Murdo Fraser, Jamie McGrigor, Nanette Milne
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17/11/2011
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As an amendment to motion S4M-01336 in the name of Alex Neil (Regeneration Strategy), insert at end ", and further acknowledges that, where difficult choices must be made, regeneration spending should be targeted where it will bring most benefit to the wider community."
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As an amendment to motion S4M-01336 in the name of Alex Neil (Regeneration Strategy), insert at end ", and further acknowledges that, where difficult choices must be made, regeneration spending should be targeted where it will bring most benefit to the wider community."
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As an amendment to motion S4M-01022 in the name of Keith Brown (Housing), leave out from "recognises" to end and insert “is concerned that housebuilding in Scotland has slumped to its lowest level in almost 30 years while the number of house sales is 10% lower than last year; is further concerned that, against this background, the Scottish Government has chosen to cut spending in housing and regeneration by 30%, with a 40% cut in the Supporting Economic Growth/Housing Supply budget line, and therefore calls on the Scottish Government to take action to free up the planning system to boost the construction industry and to scrap home reports to boost house sales.”
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As an amendment to motion S4M-01022 in the name of Keith Brown (Housing), leave out from "recognises" to end and insert “is concerned that housebuilding in Scotland has slumped to its lowest level in almost 30 years while the number of house sales is 10% lower than last year; is further concerned that, against this background, the Scottish Government has chosen to cut spending in housing and regeneration by 30%, with a 40% cut in the Supporting Economic Growth/Housing Supply budget line, and therefore calls on the Scottish Government to take action to free up the planning system to boost the construction industry and to scrap home reports to boost house sales.”
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As an amendment to motion S4M-00902 in the name of Fergus Ewing (Low-carbon Energy), insert at end "; recognises the Scottish Government's responsibility in the positioning of offshore wind turbines and wave and tidal machinery with respect to the safety and sustainability of marine species, both migratory and non-migratory, and the marine environment, and the potential impact on cetaceans; further notes that, by accepting the importance of lifetime extension, the Scottish Government has now acknowledged the vital role that nuclear power stations play in achieving Scotland’s carbon emission targets, but believes that, for this to be carried through to 2050, the Scottish Government must now bring forward a plan for the inclusion of new nuclear generating capacity to replace Hunterston B and Torness at the end of their working lives."
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As an amendment to motion S4M-00902 in the name of Fergus Ewing (Low-carbon Energy), insert at end "; recognises the Scottish Government's responsibility in the positioning of offshore wind turbines and wave and tidal machinery with respect to the safety and sustainability of marine species, both migratory and non-migratory, and the marine environment, and the potential impact on cetaceans; further notes that, by accepting the importance of lifetime extension, the Scottish Government has now acknowledged the vital role that nuclear power stations play in achieving Scotland’s carbon emission targets, but believes that, for this to be carried through to 2050, the Scottish Government must now bring forward a plan for the inclusion of new nuclear generating capacity to replace Hunterston B and Torness at the end of their working lives."
Current Status: Fallen on 05/12/2011
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