As an amendment to motion S6M-12457 in the name of Daniel Johnson (Growing Scotland’s Economy), leave out from "recognises" to end and insert "notes that, since 2007, Scotland’s GDP per capita has grown 10.8% in comparison to the UK’s growth of 5.6%; acknowledges that, over the same time period, productivity has increased at an annual average rate of 1% a year in Scotland compared with the UK’s 0.5% a year; welcomes the approach taken to the economy by the Scottish Government to build a collaborative relationship with business, industry, workers and trades unions and to create jobs through the development of a green industrial strategy; considers that, in Scotland, a near record high number of people are in payrolled employment and a higher proportion of workers earn the real Living Wage than in the other UK nations, while the gender pay gap and child poverty rates are lower also than the UK’s; recognises that the UK economic model has failed to deliver the prosperity to Scotland that is enjoyed by neighbouring countries; further recognises that the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts that the UK economy will be 4% smaller as a result of Brexit, a Brexit which is supported by three of the four largest parties in the UK Parliament, and agrees that the best way for Scotland to develop a wellbeing economy, and so match the economic success of Scotland’s northern European neighbours, is to become an independent EU member state."
Result 63 for, 50 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote Agreed
Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, March 11, 2024
Motion reference: S6M-12457
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Supported by: Rhoda Grant
Result 63 for, 51 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote Agreed
Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Motion reference: S6M-12457.1
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, March 13, 2024