Climate Emergency - Amendment
- Submitted by: Roseanna Cunningham, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2019
- Motion reference: S5M-16555.4
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 27 March 2019
As an amendment to motion S5M-16555 in the name of Mark Ruskell (Climate Emergency), leave out from "further supports" to end and insert "recognises the concerns expressed by the 1.4 million young people around the world, including in Scotland, who chose to strike in order to seek urgent and radical action to prevent the damaging effects of climate change; acknowledges the moral duty on the Parliament to act in the interests of young people and future generations, as well as communities on the front line of climate breakdown around the world; understands that the Just Transition Commission is presently exploring how to maximise the social and economic opportunities offered by moving to a carbon-neutral economy while ensuring no one is left behind; welcomes the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee’s stage 1 report on the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill, and notes the Scottish Government’s commitment to act on the advice of its statutory advisers, the Committee on Climate Change, should it conclude that an even higher target ambition is now credible."
Vote
Result 58 for, 59 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Defeated
Scottish National Party
- 57 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 5 did not vote
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- Adam, George
- Adamson, Clare
- Allan, Dr Alasdair
- Arthur, Tom
- Beattie, Colin
- Brown, Keith
- Campbell, Aileen
- Coffey, Willie
- Constance, Angela
- Crawford, Bruce
- Cunningham, Roseanna
- Dey, Graeme
- Doris, Bob
- Dornan, James
- Ewing, Annabelle
- Ewing, Fergus
- Fabiani, Linda
- FitzPatrick, Joe
- Forbes, Kate
- Freeman, Jeane
- Gibson, Kenneth
- Gilruth, Jenny
- Gougeon, Mairi
- Grahame, Christine
- Harper, Emma
- Haughey, Clare
- Hepburn, Jamie
- Hyslop, Fiona
- Kidd, Bill
- Lochhead, Richard
- Lyle, Richard
- MacDonald, Angus
- MacGregor, Fulton
- Mackay, Derek
- Mackay, Rona
- Maguire, Ruth
- Martin, Gillian
- Mason, John
- Matheson, Michael
- McAlpine, Joan
- McKee, Ivan
- McKelvie, Christina
- McMillan, Stuart
- Neil, Alex
- Paterson, Gil
- Regan, Ash
- Robison, Shona
- Ross, Gail
- Somerville, Shirley-Anne
- Stevenson, Stewart
- Stewart, Kevin
- Swinney, John
- Todd, Maree
- Torrance, David
- Watt, Maureen
- Wheelhouse, Paul
- White, Sandra
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- 0 for
- 28 against
- 0 abstained
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- Balfour, Jeremy
- Ballantyne, Michelle
- Bowman, Bill
- Briggs, Miles
- Burnett, Alexander
- Cameron, Donald
- Carlaw, Jackson
- Chapman, Peter
- Corry, Maurice
- Fraser, Murdo
- Golden, Maurice
- Greene, Jamie
- Halcro Johnston, Jamie
- Hamilton, Rachael
- Harris, Alison
- Kerr, Liam
- Lindhurst, Gordon
- Lockhart, Dean
- Mason, Tom
- Mountain, Edward
- Mundell, Oliver
- Scott, John
- Simpson, Graham
- Smith, Liz
- Stewart, Alexander
- Tomkins, Adam
- Wells, Annie
- Whittle, Brian
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Scottish Labour
- 0 for
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- Baillie, Jackie
- Baker, Claire
- Beamish, Claudia
- Bibby, Neil
- Fee, Mary
- Findlay, Neil
- Grant, Rhoda
- Gray, Iain
- Griffin, Mark
- Johnson, Daniel
- Kelly, James
- Lamont, Johann
- Lennon, Monica
- Macdonald, Lewis
- Marra, Jenny
- McNeill, Pauline
- Rowley, Alex
- Sarwar, Anas
- Smyth, Colin
- Stewart, David
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Scottish Green Party
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- 0 abstained
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0Scottish Liberal Democrats
- 0 for
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- 0 abstained
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0Independent
- 1 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
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No Party Affiliation
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Related motion
Climate Emergency
Submitted by: Mark Ruskell, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Monday, March 25, 2019
Supported by: Alison Johnstone
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Result 6 for, 111 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Defeated
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Climate Emergency - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Maurice Golden, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Result 28 for, 90 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote Vote Defeated
Climate Emergency - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Claudia Beamish, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Result 22 for, 96 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote Vote Defeated
Amendments that have not been voted on
Climate Emergency - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Liam McArthur, Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001