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Chamber and committees

Creating a Modern, Diverse, Dynamic Scotland

  • Submitted by: John Swinney, Perthshire North, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2024
  • Motion type: Motion For Debate
  • Motion reference: S6M-14524
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 18 September 2024

Motions as amended

That the Parliament agrees that the Scottish Government should use all its powers to build a modern, diverse, dynamic nation, and further agrees that it is only with all the powers of a normal independent nation that Scotland would truly be enabled to take its own decisions to fully meet the needs of the people of Scotland and create their best future, for example, by establishing a constitutional convention to allow the people of Scotland to decide matters such as whether they wish to retain the monarchy or adopt an elected head of state, by becoming a voice for peace and rejecting nuclear weapons, by re-joining the EU, by treating asylum seekers with humanity, and by committing to fairly tax wealth and rejecting 'trickle-down' economics to invest in a rapid and just transition to net zero.


Supported by: Tom Arthur, Kate Forbes, Jamie Hepburn, Richard Lochhead, Angus Robertson

Vote

Result 68 for, 56 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote Agreed

Scottish National Party

For
  • George Adam
  • Karen Adam
  • Clare Adamson
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Tom Arthur
  • Colin Beattie
  • Keith Brown
  • Siobhian Brown
  • Willie Coffey
  • Angela Constance
  • Graeme Dey
  • Natalie Don-Innes
  • Bob Doris
  • James Dornan
  • Jackie Dunbar
  • Annabelle Ewing
  • Fergus Ewing
  • Jim Fairlie
  • Joe FitzPatrick
  • Kate Forbes
  • Kenneth Gibson
  • Jenny Gilruth
  • Mairi Gougeon
  • Christine Grahame
  • Neil Gray
  • Emma Harper
  • Clare Haughey
  • Jamie Hepburn
  • Fiona Hyslop
  • Bill Kidd
  • Richard Lochhead
  • Gordon MacDonald
  • Fulton MacGregor
  • Ben Macpherson
  • Ruth Maguire
  • Gillian Martin
  • Michael Matheson
  • Màiri McAllan
  • Ivan McKee
  • Christina McKelvie
  • Paul McLennan
  • Stuart McMillan
  • Marie McNair
  • Jenni Minto
  • Audrey Nicoll
  • Angus Robertson
  • Shona Robison
  • Emma Roddick
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville
  • Collette Stevenson
  • Kaukab Stewart
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • John Swinney
  • Michelle Thomson
  • Maree Todd
  • David Torrance
  • Evelyn Tweed
  • Humza Yousaf
Against
0
Abstained
0
did not vote
  • Stephanie Callaghan
  • Rona Mackay
  • Elena Whitham

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
0
Against
  • Jeremy Balfour
  • Miles Briggs
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Finlay Carson
  • Sharon Dowey
  • Tim Eagle
  • Russell Findlay
  • Murdo Fraser
  • Meghan Gallacher
  • Maurice Golden
  • Dr Pam Gosal MBE
  • Jamie Greene
  • Dr Sandesh Gulhane
  • Jamie Halcro Johnston
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Craig Hoy
  • Liam Kerr
  • Stephen Kerr
  • Douglas Lumsden
  • Roz McCall
  • Edward Mountain
  • Oliver Mundell
  • Douglas Ross
  • Graham Simpson
  • Liz Smith
  • Alexander Stewart
  • Sue Webber
  • Annie Wells
  • Tess White
  • Brian Whittle
Abstained
0
did not vote
  • Jackson Carlaw

Scottish Labour

For
0
Against
  • Jackie Baillie
  • Claire Baker
  • Neil Bibby
  • Sarah Boyack
  • Foysol Choudhury
  • Katy Clark
  • Pam Duncan-Glancy
  • Rhoda Grant
  • Mark Griffin
  • Daniel Johnson
  • Monica Lennon
  • Richard Leonard
  • Michael Marra
  • Pauline McNeill
  • Carol Mochan
  • Paul O'Kane
  • Alex Rowley
  • Anas Sarwar
  • Colin Smyth
  • Paul Sweeney
  • Mercedes Villalba
  • Martin Whitfield
Abstained
0
did not vote
0

Scottish Green Party

For
  • Ariane Burgess
  • Maggie Chapman
  • Ross Greer
  • Patrick Harvie
  • Gillian Mackay
  • Mark Ruskell
  • Lorna Slater
Against
0
Abstained
0
did not vote
0

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
0
Against
  • Alex Cole-Hamilton
  • Liam McArthur
  • Willie Rennie
  • Beatrice Wishart
Abstained
0
did not vote
0

Independent

For
  • John Mason
Against
0
Abstained
0
did not vote
0

Alba Party

For
  • Ash Regan
Against
0
Abstained
0
did not vote
0

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
did not vote
  • Alison Johnstone

Original motion text

That the Parliament agrees that the Scottish Government should use all its powers to build a modern, diverse, dynamic nation, and further agrees that it is only with all the powers of a normal independent nation that Scotland would truly be enabled to take its own decisions to fully meet the needs of the people of Scotland and create their best future.


Accepted amendments

Motion ref. S6M-14524.3

Creating a Modern, Diverse, Dynamic Scotland - Amendment 3 - Amendment

Submitted by: Ross Greer, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Result 70 for, 56 against, 0 abstained, 3 did not vote Agreed


Defeated amendments

Motion ref. S6M-14524.1

Creating a Modern, Diverse, Dynamic Scotland - Amendment 1 - Amendment

Submitted by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Result 1 for, 125 against, 0 abstained, 3 did not vote Disagreed


Motion ref. S6M-14524.2

Creating a Modern, Diverse, Dynamic Scotland - Amendment 2 - Amendment

Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Result 56 for, 70 against, 0 abstained, 3 did not vote Disagreed


Motion ref. S6M-14524.4

Creating a Modern, Diverse, Dynamic Scotland - Amendment 4 - Amendment

Submitted by: Douglas Ross, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Result 30 for, 96 against, 0 abstained, 3 did not vote Disagreed


Motion ref. S6M-14524.5

Creating a Modern, Diverse, Dynamic Scotland - Amendment 5 - Amendment

Submitted by: Anas Sarwar, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Supported by: Neil Bibby
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Result 56 for, 70 against, 0 abstained, 3 did not vote Disagreed