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Programme for Government, An Economy Fit for the Future: Amendment 3

  • Submitted by: Rachael Hamilton, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2026
  • Motion type: Amendment
  • Motion reference: S7M-01070.3
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 08 September 2026

As an amendment to motion S7M-01070 in the name of Stephen Flynn (Programme for Government, An Economy Fit for the Future), leave out from the first “welcomes” to end and insert "notes that, after almost two decades of Scottish National Party administration, Scotland continues to suffer from weak growth and an increasingly uncompetitive tax environment; further notes that the SNP promised to build an economy fit for the future eight years ago, yet now acknowledges that economic growth has been too low for too long; recognises the Scottish Fiscal Commission’s and the Auditor General’s concerns about the significant fiscal pressures facing Scotland and the weakness of its business base; considers that further reviews, consultations and interventions such as statutory food price controls risk adding costs and uncertainty rather than removing barriers to growth; regrets that the Programme for Government does too little to unlock the potential of Scotland’s rural industries or address the infrastructure constraints facing rural and island communities, and calls on the Scottish Government to cut the burden on workers and businesses and to pursue a genuinely pro-growth agenda that delivers for Scotland’s urban and rural economies."


Vote

Result 27 for, 76 against, 17 abstained, 9 did not vote Disagreed

Scottish National Party

Reform UK

Scottish Labour

Scottish Green Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Liberal Democrats

No Party Affiliation

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Related motion

Programme for Government, An Economy Fit for the Future

Submitted by: Stephen Flynn, Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: Monday, September 7, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-01070

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Supported by: Tom Arthur, Jim Fairlie, Gillian Martin

Result 78 for, 41 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote Agreed


Amendments

Programme for Government, An Economy Fit for the Future: Amendment 1

Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour

Date lodged: Monday, September 7, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-01070.1

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Supported by: Paul Sweeney

Result 104 for, 14 against, 0 abstained, 11 did not vote Agreed


Programme for Government, An Economy Fit for the Future: Amendment 2

Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party

Date lodged: Monday, September 7, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-01070.2

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Result 15 for, 86 against, 17 abstained, 11 did not vote Disagreed


Programme for Government, An Economy Fit for the Future: Amendment 4

Submitted by: Malcolm Offord, West Scotland, Reform UK

Date lodged: Monday, September 7, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-01070.4

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Result 27 for, 92 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote Disagreed


Programme for Government, An Economy Fit for the Future: Amendment 5

Submitted by: Liam McArthur, Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats

Date lodged: Monday, September 7, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-01070.5

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Result 93 for, 11 against, 14 abstained, 11 did not vote Agreed