Motion
Supporting Households with Cost of Living Pressures and Rising Energy Bills
S6M-16750.3 · Amendment · lodged by Smith, Liz
Lodged on
10 Mar 2025Heard / answered on
11 Mar 2025Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 11 Mar 2025
As an amendment to motion S6M-16750 in the name of Shirley-Anne Somerville (Supporting Households with Cost of Living Pressures and Rising Energy Bills), leave out from “welcomes” to end and insert “notes the ongoing concerns amongst the Scottish business community about the effects of the widening tax differential between Scotland and the rest of the UK; further notes the failure of both the UK Government and the Scottish Government to prioritise policies that will deliver sustained economic growth, investment in infrastructure and more efficient public services, and calls on the Scottish Government to take a balanced approach to net zero, which includes supporting Scotland’s oil and gas industry and ending policies that worsen cost of living pressures.”
Lodged by
Smith, Liz
alone — no additional MSPs have signed on.
Amendment division result
11 Mar 2025
Defeated
Show MSPs
For
23Against
83Abstain
0Not voted
23In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 4 contributions reference this
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Liz Smith
Con
Chamber
· 11 Mar 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 11 March 2025
As someone who has visited some of those countries, I know that their delivery of public services is an awful lot better than it is in Scotland. One of the great problems that the Scottish Government…
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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
Chamber
· 11 Mar 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 11 March 2025
There are four questions to be put as a result of today’s business. I remind members that the duration of each vote is changing from 45 seconds to 30 seconds. The first question is, that amendment S…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 11 Mar 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 11 March 2025
I remind members that the duration of each voting period is changing from 45 to 30 seconds. We come to the vote on amendment S6M-16750.3, in the name of Liz Smith, which seeks to amend motion S6M-16…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 11 Mar 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 11 March 2025
The result of the division on amendment S6M-16750.3, in the name of Liz Smith, is: For 23, Against 83, Abstentions 0. Amendment disagreed to.
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-16750Original motion10 Mar 2025 · Motion For Debate · Somerville, Shirley-AnneThat the Parliament notes that Ofgem’s energy price cap has soared to £1,849 for the average household, which is the third increase in a row and 9.4% (£159) higher than this time last year; recognises that this will compound cost of living pressures for households across Scotland; welcomes the Scottish Government’s action in the re...
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S6M-16750.3Selected itemDefeated 23/8310 Mar 2025 · Amendment · Smith, LizAs an amendment to motion S6M-16750 in the name of Shirley-Anne Somerville (Supporting Households with Cost of Living Pressures and Rising Energy Bills), leave out from “welcomes” to end and insert “notes the ongoing concerns amongst the Scottish business community about the effects of the widening tax differential between Scotland and t...