My Bill has now passed Stage 1, with 99 MSPs voting in favour of the general principles of the Bill, 4 MSPs voting against and 18 MSPs abstaining.

You can read the Official Report of the debate here.  Further information about the Bill can be found here.

Stage 2 will begin shortly and will examine the Bill line by line.  If you are supportive of my Bill, please write to or email your local constituency and list MSPs and ask that they support it at stage 3.