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Internal Market

  • Submitted by: Michael Russell, Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2020
  • Motion reference: S5M-22437
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 18 August 2020

Motions as amended

That the Parliament calls on the UK Government to withdraw its proposals for a UK internal market regime, which are incompatible with devolution and the democratic accountability of the Scottish Parliament; notes that the proposals would be detrimental to businesses, consumers and citizens across Scotland; agrees that they would fundamentally undermine legitimate devolved policy choices on a range of matters, including the environment, public health and social protections; these proposals would hinder the capacity to utilise state aid interventions, including public ownership, to generate locally-rooted economic development grounded in local democracy; notes that the consultation on the proposals was only four weeks long and almost entirely covered a period when the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly were in recess, and that the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy refused an invitation to give evidence to the Finance and Constitution Committee; regards this as an unacceptable sign of contempt for the parliamentary process, and agrees that for the UK Government to proceed with legislation as proposed without the consent of the Scottish Parliament would be a clear breach of Section 28(8) of the Scotland Act 1998.


Supported by: Graeme Dey, Jenny Gilruth

Vote

Result 92 for, 31 against, 0 abstained, 6 did not vote Vote Passed

Scottish National Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Labour

Scottish Green Party

Scottish Liberal Democrats

Independent

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0
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0
Abstained
0
Did not vote

No Party Affiliation

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0
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0
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Did not vote

Original motion text

That the Parliament calls on the UK Government to withdraw its proposals for a UK internal market regime, which are incompatible with devolution and the democratic accountability of the Scottish Parliament; notes that the proposals would be detrimental to businesses, consumers and citizens across Scotland, and agrees that they would fundamentally undermine legitimate devolved policy choices on a range of matters, including the environment, public health and social protections.

Accepted amendments

Motion ref. S5M-22437.1

Internal Market - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Alex Rowley, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, August 17, 2020

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Result 91 for, 31 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote Vote Passed

Motion ref. S5M-22437.4

Internal Market - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Monday, August 17, 2020

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Result 91 for, 31 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote Vote Passed

Defeated amendments

Motion ref. S5M-22437.2

Internal Market - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Monday, August 17, 2020

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Result 27 for, 95 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S5M-22437.3

Internal Market - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Dean Lockhart, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, August 17, 2020

Supported by: Michelle Ballantyne, Alexander Burnett, Peter Chapman
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Result 30 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote Vote Defeated