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Developing Forestry in Scotland: Amendment 3

  • Submitted by: Andy Wightman, Lothian, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 January 2017
  • Motion type: Amendment
  • Motion reference: S5M-03573.3
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 24 January 2017

As an amendment to motion S5M-03573 in the name of Fergus Ewing (Developing Forestry in Scotland), leave out from “calls on” to end and insert “; further recognises that forestry expansion should form part of the land reform agenda to increase social and co-operative forest ownership, and calls on the Scottish Government to bring forward proposals for reform of the governance of the National Forest Estate to enable a wider range of bodies to manage it."


Vote

Result 4 for, 86 against, 18 abstained, 21 did not vote Disagreed

Scottish National Party

For
0
Against
  • George Adam
  • Clare Adamson
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Tom Arthur
  • Colin Beattie
  • Aileen Campbell
  • Willie Coffey
  • Angela Constance
  • Bruce Crawford
  • Roseanna Cunningham
  • Graeme Dey
  • Bob Doris
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mark McDonald
  • Ivan McKee
  • Christina McKelvie
  • 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
  • Maureen Watt
  • Paul Wheelhouse
  • Sandra White
  • Humza Yousaf
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Keith Brown
  • Jamie Hepburn
  • Richard Lochhead
  • Joan McAlpine
  • Stuart McMillan
  • David Torrance

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

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

Scottish Labour

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

Scottish Green Party

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

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Ken Macintosh

Related motion

Motion ref. S5M-03573

Developing Forestry in Scotland

Submitted by: Fergus Ewing, Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Monday, January 23, 2017

Supported by: Humza Yousaf
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Result 4 for, 86 against, 18 abstained, 21 did not vote Disagreed


Amendments

Motion ref. S5M-03573.1

Developing Forestry in Scotland - Amendment: Amendment

Submitted by: Peter Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, January 23, 2017

Supported by: Maurice Golden, Ross Thomson
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 24, 2017


Motion ref. S5M-03573.2

Developing Forestry in Scotland - Amendment: Amendment

Submitted by: Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, January 23, 2017

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, January 24, 2017