Scotland Session S5 Status: Introduced

SP Bill 7 — Seat Belts on School Transport (Scotland) Bill

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Scottish Parliament
  4. 4
    To Executive
  5. 5
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Scottish Parliament. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

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Prognosis

Not enough signal yet

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In plain language

The bill requires the use of seat belts on school transport in Scotland.

This bill mandates that all school transport in Scotland must have seat belts installed and used. It aims to enhance the safety of students during transit.

What this means for you
  • Families: This means that your children will have an added layer of safety while traveling on school transport.

Bill Text

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Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 129 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (129)

129 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Seat Belts on School Transport (Scotland) Bill — S5M-08706

Passed 102 Yea · 0 Nay · 27 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1020027
Total 1020027
% of votes cast 79%0%0%21%
How each member voted (129)
Member Party Vote
Adam, George — Yea
Adamson, Clare — Yea
Allan, Dr Alasdair — Yea
Arthur, Tom — Yea
Baillie, Jackie — Yea
Baker, Claire — Yea
Balfour, Jeremy — Yea
Ballantyne, Michelle — Yea
Beamish, Claudia — Yea
Beattie, Colin — Yea
Bibby, Neil — Yea
Bowman, Bill — Yea
Briggs, Miles — Yea
Brown, Keith — Not Voting
Burnett, Alexander — Yea
Cameron, Donald — Yea
Campbell, Aileen — Yea
Carlaw, Jackson — Not Voting
Carson, Finlay — Yea
Chapman, Peter — Yea
Coffey, Willie — Yea
Cole-Hamilton, Alex — Yea
Constance, Angela — Yea
Corry, Maurice — Yea
Crawford, Bruce — Yea
Cunningham, Roseanna — Yea
Davidson, Ruth — Not Voting
Dey, Graeme — Yea
Doris, Bob — Yea
Dornan, James — Not Voting
Dugdale, Kezia — Not Voting
Ewing, Annabelle — Yea
Ewing, Fergus — Yea
Fabiani, Linda — Yea
Fee, Mary — Yea
Findlay, Neil — Not Voting
Finnie, John — Yea
FitzPatrick, Joe — Yea
Forbes, Kate — Yea
Fraser, Murdo — Yea
Freeman, Jeane — Yea
Gibson, Kenneth — Yea
Gilruth, Jenny — Not Voting
Golden, Maurice — Not Voting
Gougeon, Mairi — Yea
Grahame, Christine — Yea
Grant, Rhoda — Yea
Gray, Iain — Yea
Greene, Jamie — Yea
Greer, Ross — Yea
Griffin, Mark — Yea
Halcro Johnston, Jamie — Yea
Hamilton, Rachael — Yea
Harper, Emma — Yea
Harris, Alison — Not Voting
Harvie, Patrick — Yea
Haughey, Clare — Yea
Hepburn, Jamie — Yea
Hyslop, Fiona — Not Voting
Johnson, Daniel — Yea
Johnstone, Alison — Yea
Kelly, James — Yea
Kerr, Liam — Yea
Kidd, Bill — Yea
Lamont, Johann — Yea
Lennon, Monica — Yea
Leonard, Richard — Not Voting
Lindhurst, Gordon — Yea
Lochhead, Richard — Yea
Lockhart, Dean — Yea
Lyle, Richard — Yea
MacDonald, Angus — Yea
MacDonald, Gordon — Not Voting
MacGregor, Fulton — Yea
Macdonald, Lewis — Yea
Macintosh, Ken — Not Voting
Mackay, Derek — Yea
Mackay, Rona — Yea
Macpherson, Ben — Yea
Maguire, Ruth — Yea
Marra, Jenny — Not Voting
Martin, Gillian — Yea
Mason, John — Yea
Mason, Tom — Not Voting
Matheson, Michael — Yea
McAlpine, Joan — Yea
McArthur, Liam — Not Voting
McDonald, Mark — Not Voting
McKee, Ivan — Yea
McKelvie, Christina — Not Voting
McMillan, Stuart — Yea
McNeill, Pauline — Not Voting
Mitchell, Margaret — Yea
Mountain, Edward — Yea
Mundell, Oliver — Yea
Neil, Alex — Yea
Paterson, Gil — Not Voting
Regan, Ash — Yea
Rennie, Willie — Yea
Robison, Shona — Yea
Ross, Gail — Yea
Rowley, Alex — Not Voting
Rumbles, Mike — Yea
Ruskell, Mark — Yea
Russell, Michael — Not Voting
Sarwar, Anas — Not Voting
Scott, John — Yea
Scott, Tavish — Not Voting
Simpson, Graham — Yea
Smith, Elaine — Yea
Smith, Liz — Yea
Smyth, Colin — Yea
Somerville, Shirley-Anne — Yea
Stevenson, Stewart — Yea
Stewart, Alexander — Yea
Stewart, David — Yea
Stewart, Kevin — Yea
Sturgeon, Nicola — Not Voting
Swinney, John — Not Voting
Todd, Maree — Yea
Tomkins, Adam — Yea
Torrance, David — Yea
Watt, Maureen — Yea
Wells, Annie — Yea
Wheelhouse, Paul — Yea
White, Sandra — Not Voting
Whittle, Brian — Yea
Wightman, Andy — Yea
Yousaf, Humza — Yea

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Subjects

public-safety education
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