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Employment Rights Bill - UK Legislation

  • Submitted by: Tom Arthur, Renfrewshire South, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 September 2025
  • Motion type: Motion For Debate
  • Motion reference: S6M-18704
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 04 September 2025

That the Parliament agrees that the amendments tabled on 7 July 2025 to clauses 44 to 46 and 49 of the Employment Rights Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 10 October 2024, in relation to the establishment of the Social Care Negotiating Body for Scotland, so far as these amendments further alter the executive competence of the Scottish Ministers, should be considered by the UK Parliament.


Supported by: Neil Gray, Jenni Minto, Paul Sweeney, Maree Todd


Vote

Result 71 for, 0 against, 26 abstained, 32 did not vote Agreed

Scottish National Party

For
  • George Adam
  • Karen Adam
  • Clare Adamson
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Tom Arthur
  • Colin Beattie
  • Keith Brown
  • Siobhian Brown
  • Willie Coffey
  • Angela Constance
  • Natalie Don-Innes
  • Bob Doris
  • James Dornan
  • Jackie Dunbar
  • Jim Fairlie
  • Joe FitzPatrick
  • Kate Forbes
  • Kenneth Gibson
  • Neil Gray
  • Emma Harper
  • Clare Haughey
  • Jamie Hepburn
  • Fiona Hyslop
  • Bill Kidd
  • Gordon MacDonald
  • Fulton MacGregor
  • Rona Mackay
  • Ben Macpherson
  • Ruth Maguire
  • Gillian Martin
  • Michael Matheson
  • Màiri McAllan
  • Ivan McKee
  • Paul McLennan
  • Stuart McMillan
  • Marie McNair
  • Jenni Minto
  • Audrey Nicoll
  • Shona Robison
  • Emma Roddick
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville
  • Kaukab Stewart
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • Maree Todd
  • David Torrance
  • Evelyn Tweed
  • Elena Whitham
  • Humza Yousaf
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Stephanie Callaghan
  • Graeme Dey
  • Annabelle Ewing
  • Jenny Gilruth
  • Mairi Gougeon
  • Christine Grahame
  • Richard Lochhead
  • Angus Robertson
  • Collette Stevenson
  • John Swinney
  • Michelle Thomson

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
  • Miles Briggs
  • Jackson Carlaw
  • Finlay Carson
  • Sharon Dowey
  • Tim Eagle
  • Russell Findlay
  • Murdo Fraser
  • Meghan Gallacher
  • Maurice Golden
  • Dr Pam Gosal MBE
  • Dr Sandesh Gulhane
  • Jamie Halcro Johnston
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Craig Hoy
  • Liam Kerr
  • Stephen Kerr
  • Douglas Lumsden
  • Roz McCall
  • Oliver Mundell
  • Douglas Ross
  • Liz Smith
  • Alexander Stewart
  • Sue Webber
  • Annie Wells
  • Tess White
  • Brian Whittle
Did not vote
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Edward Mountain

Scottish Labour

For
  • Neil Bibby
  • Sarah Boyack
  • Katy Clark
  • Mark Griffin
  • Daniel Johnson
  • Monica Lennon
  • Richard Leonard
  • Carol Mochan
  • Alex Rowley
  • Davy Russell
  • Mercedes Villalba
  • Martin Whitfield
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Jackie Baillie
  • Claire Baker
  • Foysol Choudhury
  • Pam Duncan-Glancy
  • Rhoda Grant
  • Michael Marra
  • Pauline McNeill
  • Paul O'Kane
  • Anas Sarwar
  • Paul Sweeney

Scottish Green Party

For
  • Maggie Chapman
  • Ross Greer
  • Patrick Harvie
  • Gillian Mackay
  • Mark Ruskell
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Ariane Burgess
  • Lorna Slater

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
  • Jamie Greene
  • Liam McArthur
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Alex Cole-Hamilton
  • Willie Rennie
  • Beatrice Wishart

Independent

For
  • John Mason
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Jeremy Balfour
  • Fergus Ewing
  • Colin Smyth

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Alison Johnstone

Reform UK

For
  • Graham Simpson
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Alba Party

For
  • Ash Regan
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0