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Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change: Amendment 4

  • Submitted by: Duncan Massey, North East Scotland, Reform UK
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 June 2026
  • Motion type: Amendment
  • Motion reference: S7M-00434.4
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 23 June 2026

As an amendment to S7M-00434 in the name of Gillian Martin (Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change), leave out from "recognises” to end and insert “believes that there are significant risks to the economy from over-reacting and declaring an imminent emergency which is not underpinned by scientific data; notes that Scotland is facing an economic growth challenge and that current net zero policies are contributing to unsustainable cost increases and expensive energy, which are in turn contributing to deindustrialisation, the loss of jobs and an increase to the cost of living; agrees that Scotland needs pragmatic, sensible and proportionate policies that balance the economy and achieve cheap and abundant energy with long-term reduction of emissions, and resolves that Scotland must maximise its North Sea oil and gas resources in the short to medium term, whilst planning for the long term by investing in reliable, large-scale solutions such as nuclear power, with renewables continuing to play an important but complementary role."


Vote

Result 17 for, 102 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Disagreed

Scottish National Party

Scottish Labour

Reform UK

Scottish Green Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Liberal Democrats

No Party Affiliation

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Related motion

Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change

Submitted by: Gillian Martin, Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: Monday, June 22, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-00434

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Supported by: Jim Fairlie

Result 92 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Agreed


Amendments

Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change: Amendment 1

Submitted by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats

Date lodged: Monday, June 22, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-00434.1

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, June 23, 2026


Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change: Amendment 2

Submitted by: Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour

Date lodged: Monday, June 22, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-00434.2

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Result 92 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Agreed


Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change: Amendment 3

Submitted by: Mark Ruskell, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party

Date lodged: Monday, June 22, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-00434.3

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Result 15 for, 104 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Disagreed


Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change: Amendment 5

Submitted by: Finlay Carson, Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: Monday, June 22, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-00434.5

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Result 27 for, 92 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Disagreed