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Oxfam’s Report on Private Jet Tax for Scotland

  • Submitted by: Mark Ruskell, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2024
  • Motion type: Standard Motion
  • Motion reference: S6M-14547

That the Parliament welcomes Oxfam Scotland’s report, Cleared for Take-off: A Private Jet Tax for Scotland, published on 18 September 2024; understands that private jets are five to 14 times more polluting per passenger than commercial flights, and around 50 times more than trains; further understands that, since 2019, the same year that the Scottish Government declared a climate emergency, there have been 54,746 recorded private flights in Scotland; understands that there were 12,911 recorded private flights to and from Scotland’s airports in 2023, around 6% of the UK total; further understands that, if an air departure tax had been operational in Scotland in 2023, with a private jet tax embedded, it could have raised up to £21.5 million more in tax receipts to invest in climate action, such as sustainable transport initiatives; acknowledges Oxfam Scotland’s reported warning that, considering the wealthiest 1% is contributing more emissions than two thirds of humanity, without the implementation of fair policies, such as a private jet tax, this injustice will only deepen, and calls on the Scottish Government to consider the recommendations in the report and implement a tax on high-emitting private jets in Scotland as soon as possible.


Supported by: Ariane Burgess, Maggie Chapman, Patrick Harvie, Gillian Mackay, John Mason, Lorna Slater, Paul Sweeney