Scotland's Future

As an amendment to motion S4M-04340 in the name of Johann Lamont (Scotland's Future) leave out from first "cuts" to end and insert “demographic and social pressures are increasing; agrees with the Commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services that "Contentious issues such as the continuation of universal entitlements must be considered openly and transparently, rather than in the current polarised terms"; calls on all members to consider how to fully fund and sustain high quality public services in Scotland that best support the needs of Scots now and in the future, and calls on the Scottish Government to publish, by the end of 2012, the most accurate possible forecasts for spending on universal services in Scotland for each of the next 10 years."