Motion
Investing in Scotland’s Green Economy
S6M-11945 · Motion For Debate · lodged by Gray, Neil
Lodged on
22 Jan 2024Heard / answered on
24 Jan 2024Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 24 Jan 2024
That the Parliament considers that a just transition is vital to both tackling the climate emergency and building a strong and sustainable economy; welcomes the growing strength of Scotland’s green economy, with more than 42,000 FTE jobs supported by Scotland’s renewable energy sector, and the recent Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan report that identified almost £90 billion of green investments currently under way or planned to commence in the next three years; agrees that the energy transition and associated supply chain development has the potential to help grow a fair, green wellbeing economy in Scotland; recognises the vital role of public investment in continuing to deliver a just transition to net zero and that the forthcoming Green Industrial Strategy will identify and focus action on the most significant economic opportunities for Scotland; is deeply concerned by the UK Government’s failure to keep pace, with overall capital investment levels in decline; understands that declining levels of investment in the UK are in stark contrast to initiatives to increase public investment elsewhere, such as the Inflation Reduction Act in the USA and the European Green Deal; recognises the limits that this lack of action at the UK level imposes on Scotland, and that in spite of this, £2.7 billion will be invested by the Scottish Government in activities that will have a positive impact on the delivery of its climate change goals in 2024-25; notes that the Climate Change Committee has estimated that 1-2% of GDP needs to be invested in the transition annually until 2050, and calls, therefore, on the UK Government to urgently increase green investment to at least £28 billion a year to ensure that Scotland and the rest of the UK can deliver a just transition to net zero.
Backed by
Supported by 4 additional MSPs
Green 2
SNP 2
Lodged by
Gray, Neil
(Scottish National Party).
- Harvie, Patrick (Green)
- Lochhead, Richard (SNP)
- Martin, Gillian (SNP)
- Slater, Lorna (Green)
Final vote on motion (as amended)
24 Jan 2024
Carried
Show MSPs
For
88Against
29Abstain
1Not voted
11Amendments incorporated
- S6M-11945.1 Boyack, Sarah — carried 87/31: As an amendment to motion S6M-11945 in the name of Neil Gray (Investing in Scotland’s Green Economy), insert at end "; recognises the economic damage and challenges created by the fiscal policy choices of the UK...
In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 6 contributions reference this
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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing)
SNP
Chamber
· 24 Jan 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 24 January 2024
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-11945, in the name of Neil Gray, on investing in Scotland’s green economy. I invite members who wish to speak in the debate to press their request-…
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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
Chamber
· 24 Jan 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 24 January 2024
There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first is, that amendment S6M-11945.2, in the name of Douglas Lumsden, which seeks to amend motion S6M-11945, in the name of Ne…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 24 Jan 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 24 January 2024
We move to the vote on amendment S6M-11945.2, in the name of Douglas Lumsden, which seeks to amend motion S6M-11945, in the name of Neil Gray, on investing in Scotland’s green economy. Members should…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 24 Jan 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 24 January 2024
The next question is, that amendment S6M-11945.1, in the name of Sarah Boyack, which seeks to amend motion S6M-11945, in the name of Neil Gray, on investing in Scotland’s green economy, be agreed to.…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 24 Jan 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 24 January 2024
The final question is, that motion S6M-11945, in the name of Neil Gray, on investing in Scotland’s green economy, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 24 Jan 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 24 January 2024
The result of the division on motion S6M-11945, in the name of Neil Gray, on investing in Scotland’s green economy, as amended, is: For 88, Against 29, Abstentions 1. Motion agreed to, That the Par…
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-11945Selected itemCarried 88/2922 Jan 2024 · Motion For Debate · Gray, NeilThat the Parliament considers that a just transition is vital to both tackling the climate emergency and building a strong and sustainable economy; welcomes the growing strength of Scotland’s green economy, with more than 42,000 FTE jobs supported by Scotland’s renewable energy sector, and the recent Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan report...
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S6M-11945.1Linked amendment/itemCarried 87/3123 Jan 2024 · Amendment · Boyack, SarahAs an amendment to motion S6M-11945 in the name of Neil Gray (Investing in Scotland’s Green Economy), insert at end "; recognises the economic damage and challenges created by the fiscal policy choices of the UK Government, and the impact that this could have on investment in the green economy; notes the Labour Party’s Green Prosperity Plan; a...
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S6M-11945.2Linked amendment/itemDefeated 30/8923 Jan 2024 · Amendment · Lumsden, DouglasAs an amendment to motion S6M-11945 in the name of Neil Gray (Investing in Scotland’s Green Economy), leave out from "is deeply" to end and insert "notes that the recent Scottish Budget for 2024-25 is anti-growth and will damage Scotland’s ability to create a thriving green economy by stymying investment, cutting enterprise funding, and by pla...