Motion
Increasing Investment in Scotland
S6M-16595.2 · Amendment · lodged by Fraser, Murdo
Lodged on
26 Feb 2025Heard / answered on
27 Feb 2025Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 27 Feb 2025
As an amendment to motion S6M-16595 in the name of Kate Forbes (Increasing Investment in Scotland), leave out from "on the" to end and insert "economic growth; believes that public sector investment in infrastructure is essential in facilitating growth and therefore notes with alarm the delays to, and uncertainty around, the project to dual the A9 from Perth to Inverness and the Scottish Government’s temporising on dualling the A96; recognises that private investment is necessary to maintain a supply of core goods and services, and therefore condemns the severe damage done to the build-to-rent housing sector by rent cap schemes; acknowledges that success in attracting foreign direct investment is measured as much in project value as in project count; urges the Scottish Government to reverse its opposition to nuclear energy, which limits both investment in energy projects as well as the long-term supply of reliable energy near where it is in demand; emphasises that investment is intrinsically linked to the availability of skilled labour, and notes, therefore, with concern that the Scottish Government’s highest-in-the-UK income tax rates are limiting industry access to skilled workers, thereby undermining investment and economic growth."
Lodged by
Fraser, Murdo
alone — no additional MSPs have signed on.
Amendment division result
27 Feb 2025
Defeated
Show MSPs
For
44Against
68Abstain
0Not voted
17In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 3 contributions reference this
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Murdo Fraser
Con
Chamber
· 27 Feb 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 27 February 2025
Investment will come when there is an attractive regulatory and tax environment. As we saw in the budget that was passed by Parliament on Tuesday, creating such an environment is not an ambition that…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 27 Feb 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 27 February 2025
The next question is, that amendment S6M-16595.2, in the name of Murdo Fraser, which seeks to amend motion S6M-16595, in the name of Kate Forbes, on increasing investment in Scotland, be agreed to. A…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 27 Feb 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 27 February 2025
The result of the division on amendment S6M-16595.2, in the name of Murdo Fraser, is: For 44, Against 68, Abstentions 0. Amendment disagreed to.
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-16595Original motion25 Feb 2025 · Motion For Debate · Forbes, KateThat the Parliament agrees that increasing the level of investment in the Scottish economy is critical to delivering on the Scottish Government’s priorities of improving public services, supporting a thriving economy, tackling the climate emergency, and eradicating child poverty; recognises that the Scottish Government's programme of public investme...
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S6M-16595.2Selected itemDefeated 44/6826 Feb 2025 · Amendment · Fraser, MurdoAs an amendment to motion S6M-16595 in the name of Kate Forbes (Increasing Investment in Scotland), leave out from "on the" to end and insert "economic growth; believes that public sector investment in infrastructure is essential in facilitating growth and therefore notes with alarm the delays to, and uncertainty around, the project to dual the A9 from Pe...