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Protecting Scots from Income Tax Rises: Amendment 4

  • Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2026
  • Motion type: Amendment
  • Motion reference: S7M-01377.4
  • Current status: Due to be taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 30 September 2026

As an amendment to motion S7M-01377 in the name of Craig Hoy (Protecting Scots from Income Tax Rises), leave out from “notes” to end and insert "recognises that Scotland’s income tax system is the fairest and the most progressive in the UK; notes that the majority of income taxpayers in Scotland continue to pay less tax than in the rest of the UK; recognises that, in a time of economic volatility, Scotland’s income tax policy should be founded, as far as possible, on stability and certainty, and understands the Scottish Government has previously stated that it has no plans to increase the number of bands or their rates over the lifetime of this Parliament


Related motion

Protecting Scots from Income Tax Rises

Submitted by: Craig Hoy, Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: Monday, September 28, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-01377

Current status: Due in the chamber on Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Supported by: James Adams


Amendments

Protecting Scots from Income Tax Rises: Amendment 1

Submitted by: Kim Schmulian, Glasgow, Reform UK

Date lodged: Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-01377.1

Current status: Due in the chamber on Wednesday, September 30, 2026


Protecting Scots from Income Tax Rises: Amendment 2

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

Date lodged: Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-01377.2

Current status: Due in the chamber on Wednesday, September 30, 2026


Protecting Scots from Income Tax Rises: Amendment 3

Submitted by: Joe Fagan, South Scotland, Scottish Labour

Date lodged: Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-01377.3

Current status: Due in the chamber on Wednesday, September 30, 2026


Protecting Scots from Income Tax Rises: Amendment 5

Submitted by: Ross Greer, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party

Date lodged: Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-01377.5

Current status: Due in the chamber on Wednesday, September 30, 2026