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Connecting Scotland: Amendment 2

  • Submitted by: Mark Ruskell, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 December 2025
  • Motion type: Amendment
  • Motion reference: S6M-20057.2
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 10 December 2025

As an amendment to motion S6M-20057 in the name of Sue Webber (Connecting Scotland), leave out from “recognises” to end and insert “believes that future transport investment must prioritise sustainability, equality, public transport and active travel over large-scale road building, and further believes that investment in roads should improve safety, address maintenance backlogs, deliver climate resilience on vulnerable routes, including the A83, help prioritise road space for buses and be matched with ambitious investment in rail, including upgrading the Highland Mainline and reconnecting communities, such as Newburgh, to the rail network.”


Vote

Result 8 for, 114 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote Disagreed

Scottish National Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Labour

Scottish Green Party

Independent

Scottish Liberal Democrats

No Party Affiliation

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0

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0

Abstained

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Did not vote

Reform UK

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0

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Abstained

0

Did not vote

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Related motion

Connecting Scotland

Submitted by: Sue Webber, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: Monday, December 8, 2025

Motion reference: S6M-20057

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Result 34 for, 87 against, 1 abstained, 7 did not vote Disagreed


Amendments

Connecting Scotland: Amendment 1

Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour

Date lodged: Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Motion reference: S6M-20057.1

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Result 23 for, 98 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote Disagreed


Connecting Scotland: Amendment 3

Submitted by: Fiona Hyslop, Linlithgow, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Motion reference: S6M-20057.3

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Supported by: Jim Fairlie

Result 60 for, 60 against, 2 abstained, 7 did not vote Disagreed