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Chamber and committees

Police Scotland

  • Submitted by: Hugh Henry, Renfrewshire South, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2015
  • Motion reference: S4M-13800

That the Parliament expresses its shock and sadness at the deaths of Lamara Bell and John Yuill following a car crash on the M9; calls on the Scottish Government to publish, in full and as quickly as possible, the inquiry by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland into call handling at Police Scotland; expresses concern at what it sees as a number of failings by Police Scotland and the Scottish Government's ministers, including reductions in the number of services and civilian staff and a lack of transparency over armed officers and stop and search policy; considers that incidents such as this recent tragedy have had a negative impact on public confidence in policing; believes that the Scottish Police Authority has proved to be inadequate, and reluctantly concludes that, in the interests of restoring public trust in Police Scotland, the Chief Constable, Sir Stephen House, should resign with immediate effect.


Supported by: Jayne Baxter, Claudia Beamish, Sarah Boyack, Kezia Dugdale, Mary Fee, Patricia Ferguson, Neil Findlay, Iain Gray, Mark Griffin, Cara Hilton, James Kelly, Lewis Macdonald, Hanzala Malik, Jenny Marra, Paul Martin, Margaret McCulloch, Margaret McDougall, Michael McMahon, Siobhan McMahon, Duncan McNeil, Anne McTaggart, Elaine Murray, Graeme Pearson, John Pentland, Richard Simpson, Drew Smith, Elaine Smith