Stopping the Scottish Government’s Business Tax Increases - Amendment 2
Submitted by:
Daniel Johnson
Date lodged:
Tuesday, 06 January 2026
Motion type: Amendment
Motion reference: S6M-20295.2
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 07 January 2026
As an amendment to motion S6M-20295 in the name of Murdo Fraser (Stopping the Scottish Government’s Business Tax Increases), insert at end "; believes that the current business rates system is not fit for purpose, and calls on the Scottish Government to create a new system that levels the playing field between the high street and online giants, better incentivises investment, tackles empty properties and supports entrepreneurship."
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27 for, 58 against, 32 abstained, 12 did not vote
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Scottish National Party
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Martin, Gillian Dunbar, Jackie Gray, Neil Hyslop, Fiona Beattie, Colin Hepburn, Jamie Robison, Shona Nicoll, Audrey McNair, Marie Brown, Siobhian McMillan, Stuart Minto, Jenni Allan, Dr Alasdair Forbes, Kate Mackay, Rona Ewing, Annabelle Coffey, Willie McAllan, Màiri Doris, Bob McLennan, Paul Swinney, John Sturgeon, Nicola Brown, Keith Gibson, Kenneth Gougeon, Mairi Tweed, Evelyn FitzPatrick, Joe Gilruth, Jenny Todd, Maree Yousaf, Humza McKee, Ivan Stewart, Kevin Roddick, Emma Constance, Angela Thomson, Michelle Stewart, Kaukab Somerville, Shirley-Anne Arthur, Tom Dey, Graeme Dornan, James Macpherson, Ben Kidd, Bill Haughey, Clare Don-Innes, Natalie Torrance, David Adam, George Matheson, Michael Stevenson, Collette MacGregor, Fulton Whitham, Elena Callaghan, Stephanie Lochhead, Richard MacDonald, Gordon Maguire, Ruth Robertson, Angus Harper, Emma
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McCall, Roz Hoy, Craig Briggs, Miles Wells, Annie Stewart, Alexander Golden, Maurice Halcro Johnston, Jamie Dowey, Sharon Ross, Douglas Carlaw, Jackson Kerr, Liam Smith, Liz Fraser, Murdo Kerr, Stephen Mountain, Edward Gosal, Pam White, Tess Gallacher, Meghan Carson, Finlay Hamilton, Rachael Webber, Sue Gulhane, Sandesh Mundell, Oliver Eagle, Tim Findlay, Russell
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Sweeney, Paul Lennon, Monica Bibby, Neil Whitfield, Martin Baillie, Jackie Leonard, Richard Mochan, Carol Johnson, Daniel O'Kane, Paul Clark, Katy Grant, Rhoda McNeill, Pauline Boyack, Sarah Russell, Davy Villalba, Mercedes Baker, Claire Marra, Michael Griffin, Mark
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Related motion
Motion ref. S6M-20295
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, January 5, 2026
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Result
64 for, 47 against, 6 abstained, 12 did not vote
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Amendments that have not been voted on
Motion ref. S6M-20295.1
Submitted by: Ivan McKee, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Supported by: Richard Lochhead, Shona Robison