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Scottish Enterprise Funding for Arms Companies - Amendment 3

  • Submitted by: Richard Lochhead, Moray, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 February 2025
  • Motion type: Amendment
  • Motion reference: S6M-16571.3
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 26 February 2025

As an amendment to motion S6M-16571 in the name of Lorna Slater (Scottish Enterprise Funding for Arms Companies), leave out from first “notes“ to end and insert “reiterates its unwavering support for the ceasefire in Gaza, for the calls for all efforts to be made to ensure an extension of the ceasefire, for humanitarian aid to reach people in Gaza, and for the remaining hostages to be released; recognises and supports the humanitarian assistance that the Scottish Government has provided to the people of Gaza; calls for recognition of a Palestinian state and a two-state solution; recognises that Scottish Enterprise does not provide funding for the manufacture of weapons or munitions; notes that Scottish Enterprise operates a human rights due diligence process in the awarding of any funding; recognises that responsibility for issuing licences for the export of arms is reserved to the UK Government; calls for the suspension of arms exports to Israel, and does not believe that any public funding should be going to supply arms to Israel.”

Vote

Result 63 for, 35 against, 21 abstained, 10 did not vote Agreed

Scottish National Party

For
  • George Adam
  • Karen Adam
  • Clare Adamson
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Tom Arthur
  • Colin Beattie
  • Keith Brown
  • Siobhian Brown
  • Willie Coffey
  • Angela Constance
  • Graeme Dey
  • Bob Doris
  • James Dornan
  • Jackie Dunbar
  • Annabelle Ewing
  • Fergus Ewing
  • Jim Fairlie
  • Joe FitzPatrick
  • Kate Forbes
  • Kenneth Gibson
  • Jenny Gilruth
  • Mairi Gougeon
  • Christine Grahame
  • Neil Gray
  • Emma Harper
  • Clare Haughey
  • Jamie Hepburn
  • Fiona Hyslop
  • Bill Kidd
  • Richard Lochhead
  • Gordon MacDonald
  • Fulton MacGregor
  • Rona Mackay
  • Ben Macpherson
  • Ruth Maguire
  • Gillian Martin
  • Michael Matheson
  • Màiri McAllan
  • Ivan McKee
  • Christina McKelvie
  • Paul McLennan
  • Marie McNair
  • Jenni Minto
  • Audrey Nicoll
  • Angus Robertson
  • Shona Robison
  • Emma Roddick
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville
  • Collette Stevenson
  • Kaukab Stewart
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • John Swinney
  • Michelle Thomson
  • Maree Todd
  • Evelyn Tweed
  • Elena Whitham
  • Humza Yousaf
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Stephanie Callaghan
  • Natalie Don-Innes
  • Stuart McMillan
  • David Torrance

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
0
Against
  • Jeremy Balfour
  • Miles Briggs
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Jackson Carlaw
  • Finlay Carson
  • Sharon Dowey
  • Tim Eagle
  • Meghan Gallacher
  • Maurice Golden
  • Dr Pam Gosal MBE
  • Jamie Greene
  • Dr Sandesh Gulhane
  • Jamie Halcro Johnston
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Craig Hoy
  • Liam Kerr
  • Stephen Kerr
  • Douglas Lumsden
  • Roz McCall
  • Edward Mountain
  • Oliver Mundell
  • Douglas Ross
  • Graham Simpson
  • Liz Smith
  • Sue Webber
  • Annie Wells
  • Tess White
  • Brian Whittle
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Russell Findlay
  • Murdo Fraser
  • Alexander Stewart

Scottish Labour

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
  • Jackie Baillie
  • Claire Baker
  • Neil Bibby
  • Sarah Boyack
  • Foysol Choudhury
  • Katy Clark
  • Pam Duncan-Glancy
  • Rhoda Grant
  • Mark Griffin
  • Daniel Johnson
  • Monica Lennon
  • Richard Leonard
  • Michael Marra
  • Pauline McNeill
  • Carol Mochan
  • Paul O'Kane
  • Anas Sarwar
  • Colin Smyth
  • Paul Sweeney
  • Mercedes Villalba
  • Martin Whitfield
Did not vote
  • Alex Rowley

Scottish Green Party

For
0
Against
  • Ariane Burgess
  • Maggie Chapman
  • Ross Greer
  • Patrick Harvie
  • Mark Ruskell
  • Lorna Slater
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Gillian Mackay

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
  • Alex Cole-Hamilton
  • Liam McArthur
  • Willie Rennie
  • Beatrice Wishart
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Independent

For
0
Against
  • John Mason
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Alba Party

For
  • Ash Regan
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Alison Johnstone

Related motion

Motion ref. S6M-16571

Scottish Enterprise Funding for Arms Companies

Submitted by: Lorna Slater, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Monday, February 24, 2025

Supported by: Ariane Burgess, Maggie Chapman, Ross Greer, Patrick Harvie, Gillian Mackay, Mark Ruskell
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Result 83 for, 35 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote Agreed

Accepted related amendments

Motion ref. S6M-16571.2

Scottish Enterprise Funding for Arms Companies - Amendment 2 - Amendment

Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Result 85 for, 8 against, 26 abstained, 10 did not vote Agreed

Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S6M-16571.1

Scottish Enterprise Funding for Arms Companies - Amendment 1 - Amendment

Submitted by: Craig Hoy, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, February 26, 2025