division_name: [S2M-2597] Decision Time
motion: <p>This looks like the vote on S2M-2597</p><p>The description in the <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/businessBulletin/bb-05/bb-03-16f.htm">bulletin on 2005-03-16</a> is:</p><p class="bulletin-quote">
  *S2M-2597 Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: EducationâThat the Parliament acknowledges that, as a result of the current governmentâs centralising agenda and top-down approach, education in Scotland is characterised by low levels of attainment, alarming levels of indiscipline in too many of our schools, inadequate vocational provision and over-regulation; believes that developing a system of independently-managed but publicly-funded schools will reduce inequality by giving all parents a choice of school for their children; believes that, as well as supporting alternatives to exclusion, headteachers should have the right in statute to exclude violent and disruptive pupils permanently; opposes the repeal of the School Boards Act 1988 and believes that parents should retain their statutory rights regarding the appointment of headteachers and deputy headteachers; supports the retention of charitable status for independent schools and the extension of this status to all schools that wish it; believes that schools for children with special educational needs are vital to ensure that all are catered for and should be maintained where there is a demand, and notes that the direct funding of schools by the Scottish Executive on a per capita basis will create competition, drive up standards and benefit the council tax payer. 
  </p><p>You can <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?s=&phrase=S2M-2597&exclude=&from=2005-03-17&to=2005-03-17">search for this motion (S2M-2597) on TheyWorkForYou</a></p><p><b>Text Introducing Division:</b></p><p><p>The next question is, that motion S2M-2597, in the name of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, on education, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed?</p>
  
  <p> No.</p>
  
  <p>There will be a division.</p></p>