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Taking Scotland Forward – Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform

  • Submitted by: Roseanna Cunningham, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2016
  • Motion reference: S5M-00226
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 01 June 2016

Motions as amended

S5M-00226 Roseanna Cunningham: Taking Scotland Forward – Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform—That the Parliament recognises that, to meet Scotland’s climate change goals and protect the environment, there must be an outright ban on fracking in Scotland; agrees that Scotland’s stunning natural environment is one of its most precious assets and reaffirms its commitment to protecting these natural assets for today and the future; believes that securing Scotland’s long-term prosperity requires the Scottish Government to have ambition, policy coherence and a focus on realising the benefits of a low-carbon economy for people in Scotland; supports ambitious action to end fuel poverty, safeguard biodiversity, deliver a step change in community-owned renewable energy; believes that fracking and other forms of unconventional gas extraction are incompatible with Scotland’s low-carbon ambitions; notes that land reform is a process of changing the legal, political, economic and fiscal relationship between society and land across urban, rural and marine Scotland, and believes that this relationship requires radical and ongoing reform to democratise land and ensure that it is owned and used in the public interest and for the common good.

Supported by: Joe FitzPatrick, Clare Haughey

Vote

Result 32 for, 30 against, 61 abstained, 5 did not vote Vote Passed

Scottish National Party

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
  • George Adam
  • Clare Adamson
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Tom Arthur
  • Colin Beattie
  • Keith Brown
  • Aileen Campbell
  • Willie Coffey
  • Angela Constance
  • Bruce Crawford
  • Roseanna Cunningham
  • Graeme Dey
  • James Dornan
  • Annabelle Ewing
  • Fergus Ewing
  • Linda Fabiani
  • Joe FitzPatrick
  • Kate Forbes
  • Jeane Freeman
  • Kenneth Gibson
  • Jenny Gilruth
  • Mairi Gougeon
  • Christine Grahame
  • Emma Harper
  • Clare Haughey
  • Jamie Hepburn
  • Fiona Hyslop
  • Bill Kidd
  • Richard Lyle
  • Angus MacDonald
  • Gordon MacDonald
  • Fulton MacGregor
  • Derek Mackay
  • Rona Mackay
  • Ben Macpherson
  • Ruth Maguire
  • Gillian Martin
  • John Mason
  • Michael Matheson
  • Joan McAlpine
  • Mark McDonald
  • Ivan McKee
  • Christina McKelvie
  • Stuart McMillan
  • Alex Neil
  • Gil Paterson
  • Ash Regan
  • Shona Robison
  • Gail Ross
  • Michael Russell
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville
  • Stewart Stevenson
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • John Swinney
  • Maree Todd
  • David Torrance
  • Maureen Watt
  • Paul Wheelhouse
  • Sandra White
  • Humza Yousaf
Did not vote
  • Bob Doris
  • Richard Lochhead

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
0
Against
  • Jeremy Balfour
  • Miles Briggs
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Donald Cameron
  • Jackson Carlaw
  • Finlay Carson
  • Peter Chapman
  • Maurice Corry
  • Ruth Davidson
  • Maurice Golden
  • Jamie Greene
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Alison Harris
  • Alex Johnstone
  • Liam Kerr
  • John Lamont
  • Gordon Lindhurst
  • Dean Lockhart
  • Margaret Mitchell
  • Edward Mountain
  • Oliver Mundell
  • Douglas Ross
  • John Scott
  • Graham Simpson
  • Liz Smith
  • Alexander Stewart
  • Ross Thomson
  • Adam Tomkins
  • Annie Wells
  • Brian Whittle
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Murdo Fraser

Scottish Labour

For
  • Jackie Baillie
  • Claire Baker
  • Claudia Beamish
  • Neil Bibby
  • Kezia Dugdale
  • Mary Fee
  • Neil Findlay
  • Rhoda Grant
  • Iain Gray
  • Mark Griffin
  • Daniel Johnson
  • James Kelly
  • Johann Lamont
  • Monica Lennon
  • Richard Leonard
  • Lewis Macdonald
  • Pauline McNeill
  • Alex Rowley
  • Anas Sarwar
  • Elaine Smith
  • Colin Smyth
  • David Stewart
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Jenny Marra

Scottish Green Party

For
  • John Finnie
  • Ross Greer
  • Patrick Harvie
  • Alison Johnstone
  • Mark Ruskell
  • Andy Wightman
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
  • Alex Cole-Hamilton
  • Willie Rennie
  • Mike Rumbles
  • Tavish Scott
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Liam McArthur

Original motion text

That the Parliament agrees that Scotland’s stunning natural environment is one of its most precious assets; recognises that wise and productive use of the country's natural capital is at the heart of a strong, sustainable, low-carbon economy; believes that both its ambition and its record make Scotland a world leader on climate change, and notes that empowering communities by reforming the way that land is owned and managed is vital to creating a fairer Scotland.

Accepted amendments

Motion ref. S5M-00226.3

Taking Scotland Forward – Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Andy Wightman, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Result 32 for, 30 against, 61 abstained, 5 did not vote Vote Passed

Motion ref. S5M-00226.4

Taking Scotland Forward – Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Claudia Beamish, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Supported by: David Stewart
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Result 32 for, 29 against, 62 abstained, 5 did not vote Vote Passed

Defeated amendments

Motion ref. S5M-00226.1

Taking Scotland Forward – Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Maurice Golden, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Result 30 for, 93 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote Vote Defeated

Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S5M-00226.2

Taking Scotland Forward – Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Mike Rumbles, North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 31, 2016