SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 1298 Title : Scottish Parliament: Motions and Amendments: 2001 S1M-1890 Author(s): Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Copyright holder(s): Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body: © Scottish Parliamentary copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Queen's Printer for Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. Text S1M-1890 Mr Jim Wallace (Orkney) (LD) : Crime— That the Parliament welcomes the reduction in recorded crime and notes the further steps being taken by the Executive to combat crime. Supported by: Iain Gray Lodged on 30 April 2001; taken in the Chamber on 02 May 2001 See S1M-1890.1 S1M-1890.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S1M-1890.1 Roseanna Cunningham (Perth) (SNP) : Crime— As an amendment to motion S1M-1890 in the name of Mr Jim Wallace (Crime), leave out from "welcomes" to end and insert "asserts that since 1997 the UK Government and the Scottish Executive have failed the Scottish criminal justice system and the Scottish people in (a) presiding over an increase in both the levels of crime and the fear of crime, (b) providing insufficient numbers of police officers at the front line, (c) failing to alleviate the serious public concern over the levels of youth offending and (d) overseeing a collapse in morale in the Scottish prison system and calls upon the Scottish Executive to bring forward a coherent programme which will both tackle the major problems currently being experienced across the Scottish criminal justice system and deliver a safer Scotland for everyone." Supported by: Ms Margo MacDonald, Mr Michael Matheson, Mr Gil Paterson, Dorothy-Grace Elder Lodged on 01 May 2001; taken in the Chamber on 02 May 2001 See S1M-1890 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S1M-1890.2 Phil Gallie (South of Scotland) (Con) : Crime— As an amendment to motion S1M-1890 in the name of Mr Jim Wallace (Crime), leave out from "welcomes" to end and insert "regrets the rise in crime that followed the change of UK government in 1997, welcomes the reversal of this trend recently recorded and notes the further steps, albeit inadequate, taken by the Scottish Executive to combat crime." Lodged on 01 May 2001; taken in the Chamber on 02 May 2001 See S1M-1890 This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Document source: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/sch/motions Information about document and author: Text Text audience General public: Audience size: 1000+ Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Year of composition: 2001 Word count: 312 General description: Motions and Amendments. See http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/motionsAndAmendments/index.htm Text medium Web (webpages, discussion boards, newsgroups, chat rooms): Text publication details Published: Publisher: Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Publication year: 2001 Place of publication: www.scottish.parliament.uk Text setting Government/politics: Text type Prose: nonfiction: Author Author details Author id: 908 Surname: Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body