Motion
Scotland's Skills System
S6M-19756.1 · Amendment · lodged by Fraser, Murdo
Lodged on
18 Nov 2025Heard / answered on
19 Nov 2025Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 19 Nov 2025
As an amendment to motion S6M-19756 in the name of Daniel Johnson (Scotland's Skills System), leave out from “, with better” to end and insert “; believes that this must be underpinned by a demand-led skills system that equips young people with the qualifications that employers need to grow Scotland’s economy; notes that the Scottish National Party administration has failed to pass on over £170 million of Apprenticeship Levy funding and has provided around 10,000 fewer apprenticeship places than learning providers requested, contributing to a widening skills gap in key sectors including hospitality, construction, engineering and care; further notes that colleges have faced a 20% real-terms funding cut, leading to job losses, falling student numbers and financial instability, and calls for urgent reform to invest in colleges, fix Scotland’s broken apprenticeship system, address skills shortages and allow local employers to shape training that matches their workforce needs.”
Lodged by
Fraser, Murdo
alone — no additional MSPs have signed on.
Amendment division result
19 Nov 2025
Defeated
Show MSPs
For
53Against
64Abstain
1Not voted
11In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 3 contributions reference this
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Murdo Fraser
Con
Chamber
· 19 Nov 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 19 November 2025
I apologise to the Deputy First Minister. Whereas employers in England can directly access those funds, that is not the case in Scotland. The latest data shows that the SNP is siphoning off £171 mil…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 19 Nov 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 19 November 2025
The question is, that amendment S6M-19756.1, in the name of Murdo Fraser, which seeks to amend motion S6M-19756, in the name of Daniel Johnson, on Scotland’s skills system, be agreed to. Are we agree…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 19 Nov 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 19 November 2025
The result of the division on amendment S6M-19756.1, in the name of Murdo Fraser, is: For 53, Against 64, Abstentions 1. Amendment disagreed to.
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-19756Original motion17 Nov 2025 · Motion For Debate · Johnson, DanielThat the Parliament believes that Scotland’s skills system is letting down young people and holding back economicgrowth, and further believes that there needs to be a new partnership between education and industry, with better careers advice in schools central to it, and new Scottish industrial pathways to link school subjects to future careers...
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S6M-19756.1Selected itemDefeated 53/6418 Nov 2025 · Amendment · Fraser, MurdoAs an amendment to motion S6M-19756 in the name of Daniel Johnson (Scotland's Skills System), leave out from “, with better” to end and insert “; believes that this must be underpinned by a demand-led skills system that equips young people with the qualifications that employers need to grow Scotland’s economy; notes that the Scotti...