Chamber and committees

Inverclyde STEM Festival: Amendment 2

Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2025
Motion type: Amendment
Motion reference: S6M-13742.2
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Friday, 10 October 2025

As an amendment to motion S6M-13742 in the name of Murdo Fraser (Backing Scotland’s Colleges and Apprenticeships), leave out from “with concern” to end and insert “the Audit Scotland report entitled, Scotland’s colleges 2025, and the importance of continued investment in Scotland’s colleges and skills system to support inclusive economic success, prosperity and job creation, including provision of around three quarters of a billion pounds in Scotland’s colleges in 2025-26, and an additional £3.5 million for skills, through the Scottish Budget; acknowledges that this is particularly important in the thriving sectors, like those critical to realising the transition to net zero, and the shared opportunities of this; recognises the key role that colleges, employers and training providers have played in ensuring that 93% of school leavers have a positive destination, and providing apprenticeships and training to a record 39,000 individuals, and notes, however, concern about the impact of Brexit and the UK Government's migration system, which is contributing to key skills gaps and labour market shortages.”

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Related motion

Inverclyde STEM Festival

Submitted by: Stuart McMillan, Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: Friday, June 21, 2024

Motion reference: S6M-13742

Supported by: Clare Adamson, Colin Beattie, Sarah Boyack, Ariane Burgess, Alexander Burnett, Stephanie Callaghan, Maggie Chapman, Foysol Choudhury, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Annabelle Ewing, Joe FitzPatrick, Kenneth Gibson, Emma Harper, Bill Kidd, Fulton MacGregor, Ruth Maguire, Audrey Nicoll, Ash Regan, Emma Roddick, Paul Sweeney, Tess White