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Seòmar agus comataidhean

Scotland – A Fair Trade Nation - Amendment 1

  • Submitted by: Murdo Fraser, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 March 2025
  • Motion type: Amendment
  • Motion reference: S6M-16923.1
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 25 March 2025

As an amendment to motion S6M-16923 in the name of Angus Robertson (Scotland – A Fair Trade Nation), insert at end “; recognises that free and fair trade is the most powerful engine for poverty reduction and global prosperity; affirms that open markets, trade liberalisation and the entrepreneurial spirit are central to Fair Trade; believes that protectionism and arbitrary trade barriers harm the very producers and communities that Fair Trade seeks to support; calls on all MSPs to actively champion global agreements that allow Scotland’s businesses to compete, innovate and lead on the world stage, and further calls on the Scottish Government to support the full potential of, and critical work already performed by, local producers by properly accounting for them in its public sector procurement rules and guidelines.”

Vote

Result 107 for, 8 against, 0 abstained, 14 did not vote Agreed

Scottish National Party

For
  • Dunbar, Jackie
  • Grahame, Christine
  • Harper, Emma
  • McMillan, Stuart
  • Yousaf, Humza
  • Todd, Maree
  • FitzPatrick, Joe
  • McNair, Marie
  • Adamson, Clare
  • McKee, Ivan
  • Don-Innes, Natalie
  • Adam, Karen
  • Whitham, Elena
  • Martin, Gillian
  • Lochhead, Richard
  • Somerville, Shirley-Anne
  • Ewing, Annabelle
  • Hyslop, Fiona
  • Haughey, Clare
  • Forbes, Kate
  • Ewing, Fergus
  • Fairlie, Jim
  • Arthur, Tom
  • Matheson, Michael
  • Maguire, Ruth
  • Constance, Angela
  • Roddick, Emma
  • Adam, George
  • Coffey, Willie
  • Dey, Graeme
  • Kidd, Bill
  • Beattie, Colin
  • MacDonald, Gordon
  • Robertson, Angus
  • Macpherson, Ben
  • Torrance, David
  • Gougeon, Mairi
  • Gray, Neil
  • McAllan, Màiri
  • Allan, Dr Alasdair
  • Thomson, Michelle
  • Minto, Jenni
  • Tweed, Evelyn
  • Dornan, James
  • Stewart, Kevin
  • McLennan, Paul
  • Doris, Bob
  • Hepburn, Jamie
  • MacGregor, Fulton
  • Callaghan, Stephanie
  • Nicoll, Audrey
  • Stevenson, Collette
  • Stewart, Kaukab
  • Gibson, Kenneth
  • Mackay, Rona
  • McKelvie, Christina
Against
0
Abstained
0
did not vote
  • Swinney, John
  • Brown, Keith
  • Robison, Shona
  • Sturgeon, Nicola
  • Gilruth, Jenny
  • Brown, Siobhian

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
  • Simpson, Graham
  • Greene, Jamie
  • Dowey, Sharon
  • White, Tess
  • Ross, Douglas
  • Kerr, Liam
  • Carson, Finlay
  • Carlaw, Jackson
  • Hamilton, Rachael
  • Gosal, Pam
  • Mundell, Oliver
  • Briggs, Miles
  • McCall, Roz
  • Gulhane, Sandesh
  • Hoy, Craig
  • Halcro Johnston, Jamie
  • Lumsden, Douglas
  • Golden, Maurice
  • Webber, Sue
  • Wells, Annie
  • Kerr, Stephen
  • Gallacher, Meghan
  • Whittle, Brian
  • Stewart, Alexander
  • Smith, Liz
  • Burnett, Alexander
  • Balfour, Jeremy
  • Eagle, Tim
  • Mountain, Edward
  • Fraser, Murdo
Against
0
Abstained
0
did not vote
  • Findlay, Russell

Scottish Labour

For
  • Grant, Rhoda
  • Marra, Michael
  • Whitfield, Martin
  • McNeill, Pauline
  • Johnson, Daniel
  • Smyth, Colin
  • Leonard, Richard
  • Sweeney, Paul
  • Lennon, Monica
  • Clark, Katy
  • Rowley, Alex
  • Boyack, Sarah
  • Baker, Claire
  • Choudhury, Foysol
  • Villalba, Mercedes
  • Griffin, Mark
  • Bibby, Neil
  • Mochan, Carol
Against
0
Abstained
0
did not vote
  • Sarwar, Anas
  • Baillie, Jackie
  • Duncan-Glancy, Pam
  • O'Kane, Paul

Scottish Green Party

For
0
Against
  • Ruskell, Mark
  • Chapman, Maggie
  • Burgess, Ariane
  • Greer, Ross
  • Mackay, Gillian
  • Slater, Lorna
  • Harvie, Patrick
Abstained
0
did not vote
0

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
  • Rennie, Willie
  • Wishart, Beatrice
  • McArthur, Liam
Against
0
Abstained
0
did not vote
  • Cole-Hamilton, Alex

Alba Party

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
did not vote
  • Regan, Ash

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
did not vote
  • Johnstone, Alison

Independent

For
0
Against
  • Mason, John
Abstained
0
did not vote
0

Related motion

Motion ref. S6M-16923

Scotland – A Fair Trade Nation

Submitted by: Angus Robertson, Edinburgh Central, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Monday, March 24, 2025

Supported by: Jamie Hepburn
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Result 108 for, 7 against, 1 abstained, 13 did not vote Agreed

Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S6M-16923.2

Scotland – A Fair Trade Nation - Amendment 2 - Amendment

Submitted by: Colin Smyth, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, March 24, 2025

Supported by: Neil Bibby, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, March 25, 2025