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Trident

  • Submitted by: Keith Brown, Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2014
  • Motion reference: S4M-10724
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 06 August 2014

Motions as amended

S4M-10724 Keith Brown: Trident—That the Parliament supports the speediest safe withdrawal of nuclear weapons from Scotland; opposes the renewal of Trident nuclear weapons; believes that the predicted cost of around £4 billion a year in the mid-2020s for Trident renewal is totally unjustifiable; calls on the UK Government to set out which major defence procurement projects, or other areas of public spending, will have to be cut to pay for Trident renewal; notes that only a Yes vote in the independence referendum will guarantee the withdrawal of Trident nuclear weapons from Scotland; supports the aim of removing Trident within the first term of the Scottish Parliament following independence, and a constitutional ban on nuclear weapons in Scotland; confirms its commitment to working with nuclear and non-nuclear states to create the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons; supports a global ban on nuclear weapons, and considers that the removal of Trident from Scotland would strengthen the case against renewal of the UK Government’s nuclear arsenal.”

Supported by: Margaret Burgess, Roseanna Cunningham, Kenny MacAskill, Nicola Sturgeon

Vote

Result 68 for, 47 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Passed

Scottish National Party

Scottish Labour

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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0
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Abstained
0
Did not vote

Scottish Green Party

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0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Independent

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0
Abstained
0
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Original motion text

That the Parliament supports the speediest safe withdrawal of nuclear weapons from Scotland; opposes the renewal of Trident nuclear weapons; believes that the predicted cost of around £4 billion a year in the mid-2020s for Trident renewal is totally unjustifiable; calls on the UK Government to set out which major defence procurement projects, or other areas of public spending, will have to be cut to pay for Trident renewal; notes that only a Yes vote in the independence referendum will guarantee the withdrawal of Trident nuclear weapons from Scotland; supports the aim of removing Trident within the first term of the Scottish Parliament following independence, and confirms its commitment to working with nuclear and non-nuclear states to create the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons.

Accepted amendments

Motion ref. S4M-10724.2

Trident - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Supported by: John Finnie, Alison Johnstone, Jean Urquhart
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Result 68 for, 47 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Passed

Defeated amendments

Motion ref. S4M-10724.1

Trident - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Willie Rennie, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Result 17 for, 68 against, 29 abstained, 13 did not vote Vote Defeated