Supporting Scottish Industry During Turbulent Economic Times - Amendment 3
Submitted by:
Murdo Fraser,
Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
Date lodged:
Monday, 28 April 2025
Motion reference: S6M-17352.3
Current status:Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 29 April 2025
As an amendment to motion S6M-17352 in the name of Kate Forbes (Supporting Scottish Industry During Turbulent Economic Times), leave out from “welcomes” to end and insert “condemns the UK Labour administration’s increase to employer national insurance contributions, which broke an explicit manifesto promise and put a large additional burden on industry in already challenging circumstances, putting jobs at risk; regrets that the Scottish Government’s Budget chose to keep Scotland as the highest taxed part of the UK and failed to pass on business rates relief in full, hitting workers, consumers and businesses; calls on the Scottish Government to prioritise common-sense policies for economic growth that develop skills in the workforce and ensure that the tax system is competitive, efficient, simple and fair; notes that the UK Government’s intervention in British Steel provides necessary support for the resilience of a strategic supply chain; recognises that the Grangemouth oil refinery is also part of a strategic supply chain that is important to both national resilience and high-quality job opportunities, and invites further consideration by both the Scottish Government and the UK Government of means to preserve this important national asset.”
Vote
Result30 for, 84 against, 5 abstained, 9 did not voteVote Defeated