Scotland's Skills System
Submitted by:
Daniel Johnson
Date lodged:
Monday, 17 November 2025
Motion type: Motion For Debate
Motion reference: S6M-19756
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 19 November 2025
That the Parliament believes that Scotland’s skills system is letting down young people and holding back economic
growth, and further believes that there needs to be a new partnership between education and industry, with better careers advice in schools central to it, and new Scottish industrial pathways to link school subjects to future careers, guaranteed industrial
placements for secondary school pupils including in industry and a clearing
system for apprenticeships, so that good candidates do not fall out of the system.
Supported by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Paul Sweeney
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Result
61 for, 57 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
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Scottish National Party
0 for
56 against
0 abstained
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Fairlie, Jim
McAllan, Màiri
MacGregor, Fulton
Gray, Neil
Gilruth, Jenny
Dunbar, Jackie
Adam, Karen
McMillan, Stuart
Haughey, Clare
Coffey, Willie
Gougeon, Mairi
Forbes, Kate
Matheson, Michael
Mackay, Rona
MacDonald, Gordon
Robison, Shona
Todd, Maree
Doris, Bob
Brown, Siobhian
Brown, Keith
Somerville, Shirley-Anne
Minto, Jenni
Hepburn, Jamie
Arthur, Tom
Beattie, Colin
Adam, George
Whitham, Elena
Kidd, Bill
Callaghan, Stephanie
Grahame, Christine
Dornan, James
Hyslop, Fiona
FitzPatrick, Joe
Nicoll, Audrey
Sturgeon, Nicola
Stewart, Kevin
Harper, Emma
Robertson, Angus
McKee, Ivan
Adamson, Clare
McLennan, Paul
Gibson, Kenneth
Torrance, David
Macpherson, Ben
McNair, Marie
Martin, Gillian
Don-Innes, Natalie
Dey, Graeme
Ewing, Annabelle
Maguire, Ruth
Lochhead, Richard
Yousaf, Humza
Tweed, Evelyn
Thomson, Michelle
Stewart, Kaukab
Allan, Dr Alasdair
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Constance, Angela
Stevenson, Collette
Swinney, John
Roddick, Emma
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
26 for
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Briggs, Miles
Hoy, Craig
Burnett, Alexander
Ross, Douglas
Smith, Liz
Mountain, Edward
Golden, Maurice
White, Tess
Stewart, Alexander
Webber, Sue
Gosal, Pam
Hamilton, Rachael
Eagle, Tim
Carson, Finlay
Kerr, Stephen
Findlay, Russell
Kerr, Liam
Fraser, Murdo
Mundell, Oliver
Halcro Johnston, Jamie
Dowey, Sharon
Wells, Annie
McCall, Roz
Lumsden, Douglas
Carlaw, Jackson
Whittle, Brian
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Gulhane, Sandesh
Gallacher, Meghan
Scottish Labour
21 for
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Russell, Davy
Clark, Katy
Rowley, Alex
Lennon, Monica
Whitfield, Martin
McNeill, Pauline
Sweeney, Paul
Marra, Michael
Baker, Claire
Baillie, Jackie
Johnson, Daniel
Mochan, Carol
Grant, Rhoda
Bibby, Neil
Griffin, Mark
Sarwar, Anas
Duncan-Glancy, Pam
Villalba, Mercedes
Leonard, Richard
Boyack, Sarah
O'Kane, Paul
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Scottish Green Party
7 for
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Harvie, Patrick
Burgess, Ariane
Mackay, Gillian
Greer, Ross
Ruskell, Mark
Slater, Lorna
Chapman, Maggie
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Independent
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Regan, Ash
Balfour, Jeremy
Choudhury, Foysol
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Smyth, Colin
Ewing, Fergus
Scottish Liberal Democrats
3 for
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Wishart, Beatrice
McArthur, Liam
Rennie, Willie
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Greene, Jamie
Cole-Hamilton, Alex
No Party Affiliation
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Reform UK
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Amendments
Motion ref. S6M-19756.1
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Result
53 for, 64 against, 1 abstained, 11 did not vote
Disagreed
Motion ref. S6M-19756.2
Submitted by: Ben Macpherson, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Supported by: Natalie Don-Innes, Kate Forbes, Jenny Gilruth
Result
58 for, 60 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote
Disagreed