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Priorities for Scotland - Amendment 4

  • Submitted by: Russell Findlay, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 September 2025
  • Motion reference: S6M-18671.4
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 02 September 2025

As an amendment to motion S6M-18671 in the name of John Swinney (Priorities for Scotland), leave out from "welcomes" to end and insert "recognises that the Scottish Government has failed to take action on the priorities of taxpayers, like cutting NHS waiting lists, fixing crumbling roads and stimulating economic growth; acknowledges that, despite repeatedly raising taxes, public services have not improved in Scotland; laments that, increasingly, the Scottish Government has focused on its obsession with independence, as well as fringe issues like gender reform and subjects wholly outside its remit like foreign affairs; notes with concern that Scotland continues to have a bloated public sector, with a huge number of quangos that often have overlapping functions and remits; argues that public money would be better spent being diverted to frontline services rather than on the bureaucratic state, and calls for the Scottish Ministers to prioritise economic growth and improving public services rather than yet another push for an independence referendum."


Vote

Result 27 for, 90 against, 1 abstained, 11 did not vote Vote Defeated

Scottish National Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Labour

Scottish Green Party

Scottish Liberal Democrats

Independent

For
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Abstained
Did not vote

Alba Party

For
0
Against
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

No Party Affiliation

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0
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0
Abstained
0
Did not vote

Reform UK

For
0
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0
Abstained
0
Did not vote

Related motion

Motion ref. S6M-18671

Priorities for Scotland

Submitted by: John Swinney, Perthshire North, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Monday, September 1, 2025

Supported by: Jamie Hepburn, Ivan McKee, Shona Robison
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, September 2, 2025


Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S6M-18671.1

Priorities for Scotland - Amendment 1 - Amendment

Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Monday, September 1, 2025

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, September 2, 2025


Motion ref. S6M-18671.2

Priorities for Scotland - Amendment 2 - Amendment

Submitted by: Anas Sarwar, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, September 1, 2025

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, September 2, 2025


Motion ref. S6M-18671.3

Priorities for Scotland - Amendment 3 - Amendment

Submitted by: Ross Greer, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Monday, September 1, 2025

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, September 2, 2025