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Scotland Values its EU Workforce and their Contribution to Health and Social Care

  • Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2016
  • Motion reference: S5M-02355
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 08 November 2016

Motions as amended

That the Parliament believes that Scotland’s interests are best served by protecting its existing relationship in Europe, maintaining membership of the single market; recognises the valuable contribution that health and care staff from across the EU, and beyond, make to Scotland; notes that around 1 in 20 NHS doctors in Scotland come from other parts of the EU; resolves to continue promoting Scotland as a welcoming place for Europeans to work in the health and social care sector; is concerned that the outcome of the EU referendum will make it harder to recruit and retain EU citizens to work in health and care services in Scotland, and to study medicine, nursing and dentistry here, particularly as the health and social care workforce already face significant challenges, as highlighted in the recent Audit Scotland report, NHS in Scotland 2016, and considers that Brexit will only add to the pressures facing staff; deplores the potential threat that Brexit poses to social and employment protection, which are vital to NHS staff; demands that the UK Government stops using NHS staff from the EU as “bargaining chips”, and calls on the UK Government to ensure that Scotland is fully involved in decision-making, and in all negotiations between the UK Government and the EU to protect the interests of the health and social care workforce in Scotland.


Supported by: Michael Russell

Vote

Result 87 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Vote Passed

Scottish National Party

For
  • Aileen Campbell
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Alex Neil
  • Angela Constance
  • Angus MacDonald
  • Annabelle Ewing
  • Ash Regan
  • Ben Macpherson
  • Bill Kidd
  • Bob Doris
  • Bruce Crawford
  • Christina McKelvie
  • Christine Grahame
  • Clare Adamson
  • Clare Haughey
  • Colin Beattie
  • Derek Mackay
  • Emma Harper
  • Fiona Hyslop
  • Fulton MacGregor
  • Gail Ross
  • George Adam
  • Gil Paterson
  • Gillian Martin
  • Gordon MacDonald
  • Graeme Dey
  • Humza Yousaf
  • Ivan McKee
  • James Dornan
  • Jamie Hepburn
  • Jeane Freeman
  • Jenny Gilruth
  • Joan McAlpine
  • Joe FitzPatrick
  • John Mason
  • John Swinney
  • Kenneth Gibson
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Linda Fabiani
  • Mairi Gougeon
  • Maree Todd
  • Mark McDonald
  • Maureen Watt
  • Michael Matheson
  • Michael Russell
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • Paul Wheelhouse
  • Richard Lochhead
  • Richard Lyle
  • Rona Mackay
  • Roseanna Cunningham
  • Ruth Maguire
  • Sandra White
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville
  • Shona Robison
  • Stewart Stevenson
  • Tom Arthur
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • David Torrance
  • Fergus Ewing
  • Kate Forbes
  • Keith Brown
  • Stuart McMillan
  • Willie Coffey

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
0
Against
  • Adam Tomkins
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Alexander Stewart
  • Annie Wells
  • Brian Whittle
  • Dean Lockhart
  • Donald Cameron
  • Douglas Ross
  • Edward Mountain
  • Finlay Carson
  • Gordon Lindhurst
  • Graham Simpson
  • Jackson Carlaw
  • Jamie Greene
  • Jeremy Balfour
  • John Scott
  • Liam Kerr
  • Liz Smith
  • Margaret Mitchell
  • Maurice Corry
  • Maurice Golden
  • Miles Briggs
  • Murdo Fraser
  • Oliver Mundell
  • Peter Chapman
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Ross Thomson
  • Ruth Davidson
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Alex Johnstone
  • Alison Harris
  • John Lamont

Scottish Labour

For
  • Alex Rowley
  • Anas Sarwar
  • Claire Baker
  • Claudia Beamish
  • Colin Smyth
  • Daniel Johnson
  • David Stewart
  • Iain Gray
  • James Kelly
  • Jenny Marra
  • Johann Lamont
  • Lewis Macdonald
  • Mark Griffin
  • Mary Fee
  • Monica Lennon
  • Neil Bibby
  • Neil Findlay
  • Pauline McNeill
  • Rhoda Grant
  • Richard Leonard
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Elaine Smith
  • Jackie Baillie
  • Kezia Dugdale

Scottish Green Party

For
  • Alison Johnstone
  • Andy Wightman
  • John Finnie
  • Mark Ruskell
  • Patrick Harvie
  • Ross Greer
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
  • Alex Cole-Hamilton
  • Mike Rumbles
  • Tavish Scott
  • Willie Rennie
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Liam McArthur

Original motion text

That the Parliament believes that Scotland’s interests are best served by protecting its existing relationship in Europe, maintaining membership of the single market; recognises the valuable contribution that health and care staff from across the EU, and beyond, make to Scotland; notes that around 1 in 20 NHS doctors in Scotland come from other parts of the EU; resolves to continue promoting Scotland as a welcoming place for Europeans to work in the health and social care sector; is concerned that the outcome of the EU referendum will make it harder to recruit and retain EU citizens to work in health and care services in Scotland, and to study medicine, nursing and dentistry here; deplores the potential threat that Brexit poses to social and employment protection, which are vital to NHS staff; demands that the UK Government stops using NHS staff from the EU as "bargaining chips", and calls on the UK Government to ensure that Scotland is fully involved in decision-making, and in all negotiations between the UK Government and the EU to protect the interests of the health and social care workforce in Scotland.

Accepted amendments

Motion ref. S5M-02355.1

Scotland Values its EU Workforce and their Contribution to Health and Social Care - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Anas Sarwar, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, November 7, 2016

Supported by: Colin Smyth
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Result 86 for, 29 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Vote Passed

Defeated amendments

Motion ref. S5M-02355.2

Scotland Values its EU Workforce and their Contribution to Health and Social Care - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Donald Cameron, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, November 7, 2016

Supported by: Finlay Carson
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Result 28 for, 87 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Vote Defeated