Motion
Budget Priorities 2025-26
S6M-14825 · Motion For Debate · lodged by Greer, Ross
Lodged on
07 Oct 2024Heard / answered on
09 Oct 2024Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 09 Oct 2024
That the Parliament notes that the fiscal levers that are currently available to the Scottish Government are inadequate to fully protect public services and communities from UK Government austerity and economic turmoil, but that the Scottish Government must use every power at its disposal to address the urgent social, economic and environmental challenges that Scotland faces, and calls, therefore, on the Scottish Government to explore all avenues to fiscal sustainability, including seeking opportunities for further powers, such as those over levies and charges, to be devolved to local government for 2025-26, creating new powers, such as a cruise ship levy, exploring how a carbon emissions land tax and a power of general competence could be delivered and ensuring the most effective and progressive use of existing tax powers and tax reliefs and that spending does not undermine the core missions of tackling child poverty and the climate emergency.
Backed by
Supported by 6 additional MSPs
Green 6
Lodged by
Greer, Ross
(Scottish Green Party).
- Burgess, Ariane (Green)
- Chapman, Maggie (Green)
- Harvie, Patrick (Green)
- Mackay, Gillian (Green)
- Ruskell, Mark (Green)
- Slater, Lorna (Green)
Final vote on motion (as amended)
09 Oct 2024
Carried
Show MSPs
For
64Against
52Abstain
0Not voted
13Amendments incorporated
- S6M-14825.3 Robison, Shona — carried 65/51: As an amendment to motion S6M-14825 in the name of Ross Greer (Budget Priorities 2025-26), insert at end ", and calls on the UK Labour administration to scrap the fiscal rules of the former UK Conservative administrat...
In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 7 contributions reference this
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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur)
LD
Chamber
· 09 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 09 October 2024
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-14825, in the name of Ross Greer, on budget priorities 2025-26. I invite members who wish to participate in the debate to press their request-to-sp…
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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
Chamber
· 09 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 09 October 2024
There are nine questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S6M-14825.3, in the name of Shona Robison, which seeks to amend motion S6M-14825, in the name…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 09 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 09 October 2024
We come to the division on amendment S6M-14825.3, in the name of Shona Robison, which seeks to amend motion S6M-14825, in the name of Ross Greer, on budget priorities 2025-26. Members should cast the…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 09 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 09 October 2024
I remind members that, if the amendment in the name of Murdo Fraser is agreed to, the amendment in the name of Michael Marra will fall. The question is, that amendment S6M-14825.2, in the name of Mur…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 09 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 09 October 2024
The next question is, that amendment S6M-14825.1, in the name of Michael Marra, which seeks to amend motion S6M-14825, in the name of Ross Greer, on budget priorities 2025-26, be agreed to. Are we ag…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 09 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 09 October 2024
The next question is, that motion S6M-14825, in the name of Ross Greer, on budget priorities 2025-26, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 09 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 09 October 2024
The result of the division on motion S6M-14825, in the name of Ross Greer, on budget priorities 2025-26, as amended, is: For 64, Against 52, Abstentions 0. Motion, as amended, agreed to, That the …
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-14825Selected itemCarried 64/5207 Oct 2024 · Motion For Debate · Greer, RossThat the Parliament notes that the fiscal levers that are currently available to the Scottish Government are inadequate to fully protect public services and communities from UK Government austerity and economic turmoil, but that the Scottish Government must use every power at its disposal to address the urgent social, economic and environmental chall...
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S6M-14825.1Linked amendment/itemDefeated 21/9208 Oct 2024 · Amendment · Marra, MichaelAs an amendment to motion S6M-14825 in the name of Ross Greer (Budget Priorities 2025-26), leave out from "notes" to end and insert "understands that tackling the social, economic and environmental challenges that Scotland faces and delivering sustainable funding for public services is only possible through delivering sustainable economic growth and an ec...
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S6M-14825.2Linked amendment/itemDefeated 27/8908 Oct 2024 · Amendment · Fraser, MurdoAs an amendment to motion S6M-14825 in the name of Ross Greer (Budget Priorities 2025-26), leave out from "notes" to end and insert "agrees that the fiscal levers currently available to the Scottish Government are more than adequate to deliver the economic growth that is vital to sustain public services; recognises that the c...
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S6M-14825.3Linked amendment/itemCarried 65/5108 Oct 2024 · Amendment · Robison, ShonaAs an amendment to motion S6M-14825 in the name of Ross Greer (Budget Priorities 2025-26), insert at end ", and calls on the UK Labour administration to scrap the fiscal rules of the former UK Conservative administration."