Chamber and committees

Strengthening Scotland’s Cyber Resilience: Amendment 2

Submitted by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2026
Motion type: Amendment
Motion reference: S7M-01517.2
Current status: Due to be taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 08 October 2026

As an amendment to motion S7W-01517 in the name of Neil Gray (Strengthening Scotland’s Cyber Resilience), insert at end “; recognises that digital sovereignty is an increasingly important aspect of cyber resilience, including the risks arising from excessive dependence on a small number of multinational technology companies and foreign-owned digital infrastructure; further recognises the importance of strong privacy, human rights and democratic safeguards; supports diversified, interoperable and secure digital infrastructure, open standards, responsible public procurement and investment in Scotland’s cyber security skills, research and public-interest technological capability; notes steps being taken at a European level to strengthen digital sovereignty; agrees that the UK Government should be more proactive in pursuing digital sovereignty, and believes that the Scottish Government should begin work to develop a Scottish digital sovereignty strategy, given that this will be necessary in the event of independence.”