Supporting Scottish Exports in Response to Global Uncertainty - Amendment 1
Submitted by:
Daniel Johnson
Date lodged:
Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Motion type: Amendment
Motion reference: S6M-18795.1
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 11 September 2025
As an amendment to motion S6M-18795 in the name of Kate Forbes (Supporting Scottish Exports in Response to Global Uncertainty), leave out from first "notes" to end and insert "welcomes UK Government action to strengthen international alliances and reduce trade barriers with economies around the world through diplomacy and the delivery of trade deals with India, the US and the EU; calls on the Scottish Government to stop contributing to instability for business through its repeated calls for an independence referendum, and believes that exporting to the rest of the UK, Scotland's biggest trading partner, is a key stepping stone for international exports, and that both should be imbedded in business support from day one."
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23 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
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Scottish National Party
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McKee, Ivan Lochhead, Richard Hepburn, Jamie Dornan, James Dey, Graeme McNair, Marie Arthur, Tom Swinney, John Brown, Keith Allan, Dr Alasdair Callaghan, Stephanie Hyslop, Fiona Whitham, Elena Todd, Maree Thomson, Michelle McLennan, Paul MacGregor, Fulton Dunbar, Jackie Grahame, Christine Torrance, David Gray, Neil Adamson, Clare McAllan, Màiri Brown, Siobhian Gibson, Kenneth Nicoll, Audrey Mackay, Rona Stewart, Kaukab Somerville, Shirley-Anne Maguire, Ruth Stewart, Kevin Beattie, Colin Yousaf, Humza Doris, Bob Robertson, Angus Ewing, Annabelle Kidd, Bill Martin, Gillian McMillan, Stuart Sturgeon, Nicola Fairlie, Jim Tweed, Evelyn MacDonald, Gordon Gilruth, Jenny Constance, Angela Roddick, Emma Forbes, Kate Harper, Emma Coffey, Willie Gougeon, Mairi Don-Innes, Natalie Robison, Shona Adam, Karen Minto, Jenni Macpherson, Ben Matheson, Michael Adam, George Haughey, Clare
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Related motion
Motion ref. S6M-18795
Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Supported by: Richard Lochhead
Defeated related amendments
Motion ref. S6M-18795.3
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Supported by: Roz McCall
Result
26 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote
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Amendments that have not been voted on
Motion ref. S6M-18795.2
Submitted by: Jamie Greene, West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, September 11, 2025