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A Thriving Future for Scotland’s Oil and Gas Sector and its Workers

  • Submitted by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2023
  • Motion reference: S6M-09339
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 07 June 2023

Motions as amended

That the Parliament recognises the role that is played by oil and gas in the energy profile of Scotland, the tens of thousands of jobs in that sector, and the essential contribution that the sector’s skilled workforce must make to Scotland’s present and future energy security; recognises that the draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan sets out a future energy pathway for Scotland and highlights that, to realise its climate change ambitions, Scotland needs to transform the way it generates, transports and uses energy; notes that the Scottish Government has consulted on whether, in order to support the fastest possible and most effective just transition, there should be a presumption against new exploration for oil and gas, with a final decision to be made later in 2023; acknowledges that huge progress has been made in the energy transition in the last 20 years; reiterates its firm commitment to ensuring a just transition and that just transition principles are embedded in legislation; calls, therefore, on the UK Government to support the fastest possible just transition for the oil and gas sector; expresses deep disappointment that the UK Government has repeatedly refused to match the Scottish Government’s £500 million Just Transition Fund for the north east and Moray, despite benefitting to the tune of hundreds of billions of pounds at today’s prices over decades from North Sea oil and gas, and calls on the UK Government to support the deployment of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) for the Scottish Cluster to capitalise on Scotland’s competitive advantage, including its world-leading workforce, who will drive forward the just transition and help industry to decarbonise at pace.


Supported by: Sharon Dowey, Stephen Kerr, Douglas Lumsden, Roz McCall

Vote

Result 61 for, 48 against, 0 abstained, 20 did not vote Vote Passed

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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

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Scottish Green Party

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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Original motion text

That the Parliament recognises the vital role that oil and gas plays in Scotland’s energy mix and in supporting tens of thousands of Scottish jobs, particularly in the north east; condemns Labour Party plans to ban new production from the North Sea, and the Scottish Government’s stated presumption against new exploration for oil and gas in the North Sea, contained in the Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan; acknowledges that there is a climate emergency and that the Scottish Government must deliver on carbon emissions targets and achieve net zero by 2045, but further acknowledges that a just transition for workers to green jobs, so that no communities are left behind, cannot be achieved without the investment, innovation and skills from the oil and gas sector and support for the North Sea industries, and calls, therefore, for the Labour Party to reverse its opposition, and for the Scottish Government to remove its presumption from the Draft Energy Strategy.

Accepted amendments

Motion ref. S6M-09339.3

A Thriving Future for Scotland’s Oil and Gas Sector and its Workers - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Neil Gray, Airdrie and Shotts, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Supported by: Richard Lochhead, Gillian Martin
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Result 61 for, 48 against, 0 abstained, 20 did not vote Vote Passed

Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S6M-09339.1

A Thriving Future for Scotland’s Oil and Gas Sector and its Workers - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Liam McArthur, Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Motion ref. S6M-09339.2

A Thriving Future for Scotland’s Oil and Gas Sector and its Workers - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Supported by: Daniel Johnson, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, June 7, 2023