Motion
Building A New Scotland: Migration to Scotland after Independence
S6M-11237.2 · Amendment · lodged by O'Kane, Paul
Lodged on
13 Nov 2023Heard / answered on
14 Nov 2023Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 14 Nov 2023
As an amendment to motion S6M-11237 in the name of Jamie Hepburn (Building a New Scotland: Migration to Scotland after Independence), leave out from first “welcomes” to end and insert “deplores the UK Conservative administration’s hostile rhetoric towards migrants; notes the Scottish Government paper, Migration to Scotland after independence; agrees that a decline in the working population would damage Scotland’s public services and economy; expresses its concern that recent UK and Scottish governments have left Scotland lacking the skills that it needs for the future; welcomes, therefore, the commitment from the UK Labour Party to build an immigration system that works for all the nations and regions of the United Kingdom, and agrees that, as well as ensuring that skills bodies in Scotland and elsewhere in the UK are frequently consulted, in order to inform the immigration system, there is more that the Scottish Government should be doing now to plan for the skills needs in the Scottish economy.”
Lodged by
O'Kane, Paul
alone — no additional MSPs have signed on.
Amendment division result
14 Nov 2023
Defeated
Show MSPs
For
17Against
90Abstain
2Not voted
20In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 4 contributions reference this
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Paul O’Kane
Lab
Chamber
· 14 Nov 2023 · Meeting of the Parliament 14 November 2023
I do not think that we will get an answer as to why no mitigation is forthcoming. As I said in my answer to Kate Forbes, a UK Labour Government would reform and strengthen the Migration Advisory Com…
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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
Chamber
· 14 Nov 2023 · Meeting of the Parliament 14 November 2023
There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. I remind members that, if amendment S6M-11237.1, in the name of Donald Cameron, is agreed to, amendment S6M-11237.2, in the name o…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 14 Nov 2023 · Meeting of the Parliament 14 November 2023
The next question is, that amendment S6M-11237.2, in the name of Paul O’Kane, which seeks to amend motion S6M-11237, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on building a new Scotland—migration to Scotland aft…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 14 Nov 2023 · Meeting of the Parliament 14 November 2023
I remind members that, if amendment S6M-11237.1, in the name of Donald Cameron, is agreed to, amendment S6M-11237.2, in the name of Paul O’Kane, will fall. We move to the division on amendment S6M-1…
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-11237Original motion13 Nov 2023 · Motion For Debate · Hepburn, JamieThat the Parliament notes that Scotland’s population growth has relied on migration into Scotland; welcomes the fact that there are currently more people choosing to move to Scotland from the rest of the UK than those moving in the opposite direction; recognises the benefits of EU freedom of movement, which was lost as a result of Brexit; agrees tha...
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S6M-11237.2Selected itemDefeated 17/9013 Nov 2023 · Amendment · O'Kane, PaulAs an amendment to motion S6M-11237 in the name of Jamie Hepburn (Building a New Scotland: Migration to Scotland after Independence), leave out from first “welcomes” to end and insert “deplores the UK Conservative administration’s hostile rhetoric towards migrants; notes the Scottish Government paper, Migration to Scotland after in...