Motion
Saving Scottish Hospitality
S6M-20653 · Motion For Debate · lodged by Fraser, Murdo
Lodged on
02 Feb 2026Heard / answered on
04 Feb 2026Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 04 Feb 2026
That the Parliament recognises the pressures facing Scotland’s hospitality sector; calls on the Scottish Government to postpone the forthcoming non-domestic rates revaluation until a comprehensive review of the valuation methodology has been completed, and further calls on the Scottish Government to provide 100% rates relief for all hospitality businesses with commercial property valued up to £100,000.
Lodged by
Fraser, Murdo
alone — no additional MSPs have signed on.
Final vote on motion (as amended)
04 Feb 2026
Defeated
Show MSPs
For
59Against
59Abstain
0Not voted
11Amendments incorporated
- S6M-20653.3 McKee, Ivan — carried 58/52: As an amendment to motion S6M-20653 in the name of Murdo Fraser (Saving Scottish Hospitality), leave out from "the pressures" to end and insert "that the revaluation process is independent of the Scottish Government; notes the more than £320 million of business support announced in the draft Budget through transitional relief schemes and retail, hospitality and leisure relief over the next three years, and acknowledges the commitment from the Scottish Government to pass on, in full, any Barnett consequential funding from the UK Government’s change to non-domestic rates for pubs and music venues in England to businesses in Scotland."
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That the Parliament recognises that the revaluation process is independent of the Scottish Government; notes the more than £320 million of business support announced in the draft Budget through transitional relief schemes and retail, hospitality and leisure relief over the next three years, and acknowledges the commitment from the Scottish Government to pass on, in full, any Barnett consequential funding from the UK Government’s change to non-domestic rates for pubs and music venues in England to businesses in Scotland.
Applied by the parser
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S6M-20653.3: leave out from "the pressures" to end and insert As an amendment to motion S6M-20653 in the name of Murdo Fraser (Saving Scottish Hospitality), leave out from "the pressures" to end and insert "that the revaluation process is independent of the Scottish Government; notes the more than £320 million of business support announced in the draft Budget through transitional relief schemes and retail, hospitality and leisure relief over the next three years, and acknowledges the commitment from the Scottish Government to pass on, in full, any Barnett consequential funding from the UK Government’s change to non-domestic rates for pubs and music venues in England to businesses in Scotland."
In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 5 contributions reference this
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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing)
SNP
Chamber
· 04 Feb 2026 · Meeting of the Parliament 04 February 2026
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-20653, in the name of Murdo Fraser, on saving Scottish hospitality. I invite those members who wish to speak in the debate to press their request-t…
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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
Chamber
· 04 Feb 2026 · Meeting of the Parliament 04 February 2026
There are 10 questions to be put as a result of today’s business. I remind members that, if the amendment in the name of Ivan McKee is agreed to, the amendments in the names of Daniel Johnson and Wil…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 04 Feb 2026 · Meeting of the Parliament 04 February 2026
I remind members that, if the amendment in the name of Ivan McKee is agreed to, the amendments in the names of Daniel Johnson and Willie Rennie will fall.The question is, that amendment S6M-20653.3, …
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 04 Feb 2026 · Meeting of the Parliament 04 February 2026
Therefore, the amendments in the names of Daniel Johnson and Willie Rennie fall.Thenext question is, that motion S6M-20653, in the name of Murdo Fraser, on saving Scottish hospitality, as amended, be…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 04 Feb 2026 · Meeting of the Parliament 04 February 2026
The result of the division on motion S6M-20653, in the name of Murdo Fraser, on saving Scottish hospitality, as amended, is: For 59, Against 59, Abstentions 0.The vote on the motion is therefore tied…
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-20653Selected itemDefeated 59/5902 Feb 2026 · Motion For Debate · Fraser, MurdoThat the Parliament recognises the pressures facing Scotland’s hospitality sector; calls on the Scottish Government to postpone the forthcoming non-domestic rates revaluation until a comprehensive review of the valuation methodology has been completed, and further calls on the Scottish Government to provide 100% rates relief for all hospitality...
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S6M-20653.1Linked amendment/item03 Feb 2026 · Amendment · Rennie, WillieAs an amendment to motion S6M-20653 in the name of Murdo Fraser (Saving Scottish Hospitality), leave out from ", and further" to end and insert “; believes that business rates should support growth and employment and that sudden steep rate hikes threaten the survival of successful businesses; notes that the Northern Ireland Executive has paused its ...
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S6M-20653.2Linked amendment/item03 Feb 2026 · Amendment · Johnson, DanielAs an amendment to motion S6M-20653 in the name of Murdo Fraser (Saving Scottish Hospitality), leave out from ", and further" to end and insert "; acknowledges long-standing criticism of a lack of transparency within the non-domestic rates system; recognises that hospitality businesses pay proportionately more in rates as compared to their share of the ec...
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S6M-20653.3Linked amendment/itemCarried 58/5203 Feb 2026 · Amendment · McKee, IvanAs an amendment to motion S6M-20653 in the name of Murdo Fraser (Saving Scottish Hospitality), leave out from "the pressures" to end and insert "that the revaluation process is independent of the Scottish Government; notes the more than £320 million of business support announced in the draft Budget through transitional relief schemes and retail, hos...