Motion
Fiscal Sustainability
S6M-15048.1 · Amendment · lodged by Johnson, Daniel
Lodged on
28 Oct 2024Heard / answered on
29 Oct 2024Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 29 Oct 2024
As an amendment to motion S6M-15048 in the name of Shona Robison (Fiscal Sustainability), leave out from ", and agrees" to end and insert "; notes the Scottish Fiscal Commission’s Fiscal Sustainability Report and the specific challenges that Scotland will face in the next 50 years, including those posed by an ageing population, and required health spending forecast to increase from 35% to 50% of devolved spending, and calls on the Scottish Government to set out an approach to deal with the long-term fiscal challenges presented by demographic, climate and technological change."
Backed by
Supported by 2 additional MSPs
Lab 2
Lodged by
Johnson, Daniel
(Scottish Labour).
- Sweeney, Paul (Lab)
- Whitfield, Martin (Lab)
Amendment division result
29 Oct 2024
Defeated
Show MSPs
For
21Against
95Abstain
0Not voted
13In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 3 contributions reference this
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Daniel Johnson
Lab
Chamber
· 29 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 29 October 2024
Those Administrations did not have to make emergency adjustments of the scale of those that the Scottish Government has had to make. That also flies in the face of the facts that the Scottish Governm…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 29 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 29 October 2024
The next question is, that amendment S6M-15048.1, in the name of Daniel Johnson, which seeks to amend motion S6M-15048, in the name of Shona Robison, on fiscal sustainability, be agreed to. Are we ag…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 29 Oct 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 29 October 2024
The result of the division on amendment S6M-15048.1, in the name of Daniel Johnson, is: For 21, Against 95, Abstentions 0. Amendment disagreed to.
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-15048Original motion28 Oct 2024 · Motion For Debate · Robison, ShonaThat the Parliament recognises that continued and further action is needed to address the sustainability of Scotland’s public finances; supports the creation of a five-year Fiscal Sustainable Delivery Plan, to be delivered alongside the forthcoming Medium-Term Financial Strategy; believes that tackling the social, economic and environmental cha...
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S6M-15048.1Selected itemDefeated 21/9528 Oct 2024 · Amendment · Johnson, DanielAs an amendment to motion S6M-15048 in the name of Shona Robison (Fiscal Sustainability), leave out from ", and agrees" to end and insert "; notes the Scottish Fiscal Commission’s Fiscal Sustainability Report and the specific challenges that Scotland will face in the next 50 years, including those posed by an ageing population, and required health s...