Motion
Achieving a Fair Balance in the UK’s Economy
S6M-16667.1 · Amendment · lodged by Johnson, Daniel
Lodged on
04 Mar 2025Heard / answered on
05 Mar 2025Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 05 Mar 2025
As an amendment to motion S6W-16667 in the name of Kate Forbes (Achieving a FairBalance in the UK’s Economy), leave out from “deserve” to end and insert “mustgain greater recognition in order to reach their potential, attract investmentand deliver growth and opportunity across Scotland; welcomes the UKGovernment’s commitment to investing in Scotland since July 2024, whichincludes £200 million to secure the future of Grangemouth, £125 million forGreat British Energy, based in Aberdeen, £5 million to support the ScotchWhisky industry, £1.4 billion in important local growth projects of which thereis at least £200 million to revive specific Scottish towns, support for GlasgowCity Region and North East Scotland Investment Zones and a commitment that Glasgowwill be one of the four initial regions to benefit from strategic partnershipswith the new National Wealth Fund; notes that these measures have beenannounced within months of a Labour administration, and, by contrast, theScottish National Party administration took 16 years to convene an investorpanel to make recommendations on how Scotland can attract international capitalinvestment; understands that the investor panel for mobilising internationalcapital to help finance the transition to net zero highlighted significantissues, including that the ‘prevailing perception is that the ScottishGovernment and wider public sector is not supportive of business’ and that ‘thecurrent investment pipeline is too diffuse. A pipeline needs to be formed of projectsthat are properly costed, shaped and prioritised. It needs to be a realpipeline, not a wish list’; further understands that addressing these concernswill be key to unlocking the potential of Scotland to attract investment, andcalls for the Scottish Government to use all levers available to it, and towork constructively with the UK Government, to achieve the shared ambition ofdelivering growth and prosperity across Scotland.”
Lodged by
Johnson, Daniel
alone — no additional MSPs have signed on.
Amendment division result
05 Mar 2025
Defeated
Show MSPs
For
20Against
94Abstain
0Not voted
15In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 3 contributions reference this
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Michael Marra
Lab
Chamber
· 05 Mar 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 05 March 2025
No thank you, sir. There is a further £1.4 billion for local growth projects—at least £200 million for specific Scottish towns, including £20 million for growth and regeneration in my home city of D…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 05 Mar 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 05 March 2025
The next question is, that amendment S6M-16667.1, in the name of Daniel Johnson, which seeks to amend motion S6M-16667, in the name of Kate Forbes, on achieving a fair balance in the UK’s economy, be…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 05 Mar 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 05 March 2025
The result of the division on amendment S6M-16667.1, in the name of Daniel Johnson, is: For 20, Against 94, Abstentions 0. Amendment disagreed to.
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-16667Original motion03 Mar 2025 · Motion For Debate · Forbes, KateThat the Parliament recognises that Scotland’s many high-growth sectors, which are driven by world class innovation, deserve greater recognition from, and promotion by, the UK Government, which must not unfairly focus investment in the south-east of England, or the so-called golden triangle of Oxford, Cambridge and London, or treat Scotland as an af...
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S6M-16667.1Selected itemDefeated 20/9404 Mar 2025 · Amendment · Johnson, DanielAs an amendment to motion S6W-16667 in the name of Kate Forbes (Achieving a FairBalance in the UK’s Economy), leave out from “deserve” to end and insert “mustgain greater recognition in order to reach their potential, attract investmentand deliver growth and opportunity across Scotland; welcomes the UKGovernment’s commitment ...