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Priorities for Scotland

  • Submitted by: John Swinney, Perthshire North, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 01 September 2025
  • Motion type: Motion For Debate
  • Motion reference: S6M-18671
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 02 September 2025

That the Parliament welcomes the Scottish Government’s continued focus on its four key priorities of eradicating child poverty, tackling the climate emergency, growing the economy, and ensuring high-quality and sustainable public services; recognises that the delivery of these priorities is within the significant constraints of a constitutional settlement that hampers achieving those priorities due to the policy decisions of UK Conservative and Labour administrations, and recognises that it is only by choosing independence that Scotland can get the fresh start that its people need and deserve.


Supported by: Jamie Hepburn, Ivan McKee, Shona Robison


Vote

Result 66 for, 52 against, 1 abstained, 10 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
  • 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
  • Rona Mackay
  • Ben Macpherson
  • Ruth Maguire
  • Gillian Martin
  • Michael Matheson
  • Màiri McAllan
  • Ivan McKee
  • Paul McLennan
  • Stuart McMillan
  • Marie McNair
  • Jenni Minto
  • Audrey Nicoll
  • Angus Robertson
  • Shona Robison
  • Emma Roddick
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville
  • Kaukab Stewart
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • John Swinney
  • Michelle Thomson
  • Maree Todd
  • David Torrance
  • Evelyn Tweed
  • Elena Whitham
  • Humza Yousaf
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Stephanie Callaghan
  • Collette Stevenson

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

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

Scottish Labour

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

Scottish Green Party

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

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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

Independent

For
  • John Mason
Against
  • Jeremy Balfour
Abstained
  • Fergus Ewing
Did not vote
  • Colin Smyth

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

Reform UK

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Graham Simpson

Amendments

Motion ref. S6M-18671.1

Priorities for Scotland - Amendment 1: Amendment

Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Monday, September 1, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 2, 2025


Motion ref. S6M-18671.2

Priorities for Scotland - Amendment 2: Amendment

Submitted by: Anas Sarwar, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, September 1, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 2, 2025


Motion ref. S6M-18671.3

Priorities for Scotland - Amendment 3: Amendment

Submitted by: Ross Greer, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Monday, September 1, 2025

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 2, 2025


Motion ref. S6M-18671.4

Priorities for Scotland - Amendment 4: Amendment

Submitted by: Russell Findlay, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, September 1, 2025

Supported by: Craig Hoy
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 2, 2025