As an amendment to motion S6M-02838 in the name of Miles Briggs (Protecting Local Government Funding in Scotland), insert at end "; believes that this set percentage of the Scottish Government budget each year should be for essential and non-ringfenced services to afford local councils maximum flexibility in delivering local priorities; notes that the 2022-23 offer comes on top of the damaging effects of a cumulative Scottish Government cut to local authority revenue budgets of £937 million between 2013-14 and 2021-22, and agrees that the heroic effort of local government workers to keep the country going during the COVID-19 pandemic must be recognised in the 2022-23 financial settlement from the Scottish Government, giving local authorities the opportunity to offer a fair pay settlement to their staff."
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, January 17, 2022
Supported by: Sharon Dowey
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Result 65 for, 56 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote Vote Passed
Submitted by: Tom Arthur, Renfrewshire South, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Supported by: Kate Forbes, Richard Lochhead, Ivan McKee, Lorna Slater
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Result 67 for, 54 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote Vote Passed