Extract from Scottish Parliament Decision Time: Bluejeans - Jan 21
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Decision Time The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh): There are two
questions to be put as a result of today’s business. This is our
first attempt at entirely remote voting. We will do it all through
the chat box function of the bluejeans app. The first question is,
that motion S5M-23917, in the name of Claire Baker, on the Culpable
Homicide (Scotland) Bill at stage 1, be agreed to. Members who do
not agree should put an N...Request free
trial
Decision TimeThe Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh): There are two questions to be put as a result of today’s business. This is our first attempt at entirely remote voting. We will do it all through the chat box function of the bluejeans app. The first question is, that motion S5M-23917, in the name of Claire Baker, on the Culpable Homicide (Scotland) Bill at stage 1, be agreed to. Members who do not agree should put an N in the chat box. That is not agreed. There will be a division. In order to vote, we must temporarily suspend the broadcast to allow members to access the voting app. 17:19 Meeting suspended.17:26 On resuming— The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh): We will go straight to the vote. I remind members that the question is, that motion S5M-23917, in the name of Claire Baker, on the Culpable Homicide (Scotland) Bill at stage 1, be agreed to. This will be a two-minute division. Let me, or information technology colleagues, know through the chat box—[Inaudible.]. I see a message from Jamie Greene. The vote is in progress, Jamie. You should be able to vote now. There are 20 seconds left in which to do so. Thank you, colleagues. The vote has closed. I will allow a few moments to make sure that everyone has been able to vote, so just be patient. If you think that your vote was not registered, I ask you to alert me using the chat box function in bluejeans. If your vote has been registered, the clerks will tell you through the chat box. If it has not been registered, I will call you to make a point of order. I will allow time to ensure that all members’ votes have been registered. Any member who thinks that their vote has not been registered should let me know in the chat box. I will then call them to make a point of order. I believe that some members are having connection problems and so might not be able to see or hear everything on the bluejeans chat function. At this stage, the most important thing is for them simply to let us know if they think that their vote has not been registered. For guidance, I advise members that we think that nearly every vote has been registered. I advise colleagues that we are not still voting. We are now in the period after the vote but before I call the result. We are just ensuring that all votes were registered and that all members have had a chance to check whether their votes have been registered. I assure members that only one vote was not registered. I call Dean Lockhart to make a point of order. [Interruption.] I see that Michael Matheson wishes to make a point of order, but I assure him that his vote was registered. Before I announce the result of the division, I again confirm to Michael Matheson that his vote was registered. Of all those who were logged in, there was only one member whose vote did not register. That member might wish to make a point of order to clarify that at a later stage, but it will not make any difference to the result For
Baker, Claire (Mid Scotland and Fife)
(Lab) Against
Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) The Presiding Officer: The result of the division on motion S5M-23917, in the name of Claire Baker, is: For 26, Against 89, Abstentions 0. Motion disagreed to. The Presiding Officer: We move to the second, and final, question. The final question is, that motion S5M-23916, in the name of Emma Harper, on the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill at stage 1, be agreed to. Again, at this stage, I ask any member who objects to say no. I do not need any member to put yes in the chat box. The only thing that they should put in the chat box is no, if they disagree. I do not need to see any yeses; this is just for anybody who wants to say no. There will be a short pause to allow members to say no. I think that some members may be having connection problems. I reiterate that I am calling the second vote. The question is, that motion S5M-23916, in the name of Emma Harper, on the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill at stage 1, be agreed to. Members only have to put no or an N in the chat box if they disagree. I do not need to know if members agree. I am assuming that members agree unless they disagree. Members should put an N in the chat box if they disagree. [Interruption.] I am going to give this one more go. This is the vote on the second question. I gather that there are some connectivity problems in different parts of the country tonight. The question is, that motion S5M-23916, in the name of Emma Harper, on the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill at stage 1, be agreed to. I just need to know if members disagree. If they disagree, they should put an N in the chat box. I should also just say that I will not open the vote—we will use the voting app only if there is disagreement and we need to call a vote. At this stage, as far as I can see, nobody disagrees and therefore there will be no use of the voting app. Colleagues, there seems to be a glitch. If you do not mind, I will suspend for a few moments. I will come back, so do not leave. I am going to switch off broadcasting at this point, but do not leave the bluejeans function. We will try to sort out the sound and vision problems, and then we will come back. 17:38 Meeting suspended.17:41 On resuming— The Presiding Officer: Unfortunately, we have not been able to satisfy ourselves that the problem with the bluejeans platform is entirely resolved. We think that there is potential for some members to have been excluded from bluejeans. On that basis, I am afraid that I will have to defer the second vote this evening, on stage 1 of Emma Harper’s member’s bill. That vote will be deferred to a future meeting of Parliament. We will let all members know when the vote will be held. I am afraid that we are not going to be able to finish it tonight. On that note, I close the meeting. We will meet again in the chamber next week. |