Energy and Climate Change
- Submitted by: Alison Johnstone, Lothian, Scottish Green Party.
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 May 2014
- Motion reference: S4M-09927
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 07 May 2014
Motions as amended
S4M-09927 Alison Johnstone: Energy and Climate Change—That the Parliament notes that Scotland has a rich diversity of energy sources including a very successful oil and gas sector and growing expertise in renewables including wind, wave and tidal; welcomes Scotland’s evidence-based approach to unconventional fossil fuels; supports the ongoing review of the scientific evidence by the expert scientific panel in relation to unconventional fossil fuels and looks forward to its report; welcomes the Scottish Government’s announcement of a strengthening of Scottish planning policy, coming into force in June 2014, in relation to unconventional fossil fuel extraction as an indication that the concerns of environmental campaigners and local communities are taken seriously; further welcomes the recent UK Committee on Climate Change report that praised Scottish progress in decarbonising its energy sector; notes that almost half of Scotland’s electricity is now delivered from renewables, and further notes that Scotland has the world’s leading climate change legislation and the largest carbon emission reductions in western Europe.
Supported by:
John Finnie
Vote
Result 114 for, 4 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
- 60 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 5 did not vote
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- Adam, George
- Adamson, Clare
- Allan, Dr Alasdair
- Allard, Christian
- Beattie, Colin
- Biagi, Marco
- Brodie, Chic
- Brown, Keith
- Burgess, Margaret
- Campbell, Roderick
- Coffey, Willie
- Constance, Angela
- Crawford, Bruce
- Cunningham, Roseanna
- Dey, Graeme
- Don, Nigel
- Doris, Bob
- Dornan, James
- Eadie, Jim
- Ewing, Annabelle
- Fabiani, Linda
- FitzPatrick, Joe
- Gibson, Kenneth
- Gibson, Rob
- Grahame, Christine
- Hepburn, Jamie
- Hyslop, Fiona
- Ingram, Adam
- Keir, Colin
- Lyle, Richard
- MacAskill, Kenny
- MacDonald, Angus
- MacDonald, Gordon
- Mackay, Derek
- MacKenzie, Mike
- Mason, John
- Matheson, Michael
- Maxwell, Stewart
- McAlpine, Joan
- McDonald, Mark
- McKelvie, Christina
- McLeod, Aileen
- McLeod, Fiona
- McMillan, Stuart
- Neil, Alex
- Paterson, Gil
- Robertson, Dennis
- Robison, Shona
- Russell, Michael
- Salmond, Alex
- Stevenson, Stewart
- Stewart, Kevin
- Sturgeon, Nicola
- Swinney, John
- Thompson, Dave
- Watt, Maureen
- Wheelhouse, Paul
- White, Sandra
- Wilson, John
- Yousaf, Humza
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Scottish Labour
- 37 for
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- Baillie, Jackie
- Baker, Claire
- Baker, Richard
- Baxter, Jayne
- Beamish, Claudia
- Bibby, Neil
- Boyack, Sarah
- Chisholm, Malcolm
- Dugdale, Kezia
- Fee, Mary
- Ferguson, Patricia
- Findlay, Neil
- Grant, Rhoda
- Gray, Iain
- Griffin, Mark
- Henry, Hugh
- Hilton, Cara
- Kelly, James
- Lamont, Johann
- Macdonald, Lewis
- Macintosh, Ken
- Malik, Hanzala
- Marra, Jenny
- Martin, Paul
- McCulloch, Margaret
- McDougall, Margaret
- McMahon, Michael
- McMahon, Siobhan
- McNeil, Duncan
- McTaggart, Anne
- Murray, Elaine
- Pearson, Graeme
- Pentland, John
- Rowley, Alex
- Smith, Drew
- Smith, Elaine
- Stewart, David
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- 12 for
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- Brown, Gavin
- Buchanan, Cameron
- Carlaw, Jackson
- Fergusson, Alex
- Fraser, Murdo
- Goldie, Annabel
- Johnstone, Alex
- Lamont, John
- McGrigor, Jamie
- Mitchell, Margaret
- Scanlon, Mary
- Scott, John
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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0Scottish Green Party
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Independent
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Original motion text
That the Parliament notes the significant public opposition to new methods of fossil fuel extraction such as fracking and coal-bed methane; notes that energy companies already hold far more fossil fuel reserves than it is safe to burn; agrees with the UK Energy and Climate Change Committee and many others, such as the chairman of Cuadrilla and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that developing unconventional gas in the UK will likely have no effect on the cost of energy for households; opposes the UK Government’s extensive tax breaks for the industry and what it sees as a bribe to local authorities to approve development; supports communities in Falkirk, Stirling, Dumfries and Galloway and across the central belt who are campaigning against unconventional gas, and calls on the Scottish Government to implement a ban on unconventional fossil fuel extraction in Scotland in order to protect communities, safeguard local environments and focus investment on renewable energy, given the importance of meeting all targets under the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, the third of which is due to be reported to the Parliament imminently.
Accepted amendments
Energy and Climate Change - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: John Swinney, Perthshire North, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Supported by: Derek Mackay
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Result 65 for, 16 against, 37 abstained, 9 did not vote Vote Passed
Amendments that have not been voted on
Energy and Climate Change - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Iain Gray, East Lothian, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Energy and Climate Change - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, May 7, 2014