MSPs are urging the Scottish Government to reconsider its decision to abandon plans to set up a community court in Glasgow.

Conservative, LibDem and Labour MSPs joined forces to condemn the decision which was branded "disappointing, dangerous and daft".

The call followed the Scottish Government suffering a defeat last night in Parliament over its decision.

MSPs voted 73 to 46 in favour of reversing the decision and moving to implement the court.

Last month plans for a pilot court in the East End were dropped, with the costs of a building deemed too expensive.

Glasgow MSPs pointed to the success of community courts in New York, the need for swift justice within days of an offence being committed, and sentences carried out in the community.

Bill Aitken, Conservative MSP for Glasgow, led the attack and said the move was disappointing.

He said: "The government has carried out an exercise in accountancy and decided it wouldn't work but the revenue costs could, with a bit of imagination, be met."

Mr Aitken wants the court to bring people to account quicker and have power to jail those who breach orders.

He said: "We have fines not being paid, appalling levels of breach of probation and community service order.

"It is unacceptable and is not working. In the New York courts, justice is visible and justice is swift."

The plan would have built a courthouse in the East End, which would have been based on New York's Red Hook model which houses treatment services, domestic violence counselling, job training and a medical unit, available to victims and offenders.

LibDem Glasgow MSP, Robert Brown, said the New York courts cut offending, whereas in Scotland 42% of those given community sentences re-offend.

He said: "It is a model that has worked well in other parts of the world. The justice secretary must listen and act."

Shettleston MSP Frank McAveety said he was "angry" at the decision not to go ahead.

He said of the current situation: "People can cause problems and then not face the consequences for three months.

"We could move from a three-month system, before a court appearance to a one-day system."

However, the government said the issue was not about building a new court, but about reforming procedures to deliver community justice.

Fergus Ewing, community safety minister, said: "We do not dismiss the community justice concept out of hand, but the feasibility study showed it would cost £3.75m a year in building costs."

He said the government would be meeting with officials from Glasgow City Council to take the issue forward.