Priorities for Scotland
Submitted by:
John Swinney
Date lodged:
Monday, 01 September 2025
Motion type: Motion For Debate
Motion reference: S6M-18671
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 02 September 2025
That the Parliament welcomes the Scottish Government’s continued focus on its four key priorities of eradicating child poverty, tackling the climate emergency, growing the economy, and ensuring high-quality and sustainable public services; recognises that the delivery of these priorities is within the significant constraints of a constitutional settlement that hampers achieving those priorities due to the policy decisions of UK Conservative and Labour administrations, and recognises that it is only by choosing independence that Scotland can get the fresh start that its people need and deserve.
Supported by: Jamie Hepburn, Ivan McKee, Shona Robison
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Scottish National Party
58 for
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Brown, Siobhian
Swinney, John
Yousaf, Humza
Don-Innes, Natalie
Roddick, Emma
MacGregor, Fulton
Doris, Bob
Harper, Emma
Stewart, Kaukab
Grahame, Christine
Minto, Jenni
McNair, Marie
McKee, Ivan
Allan, Dr Alasdair
Coffey, Willie
Gray, Neil
MacDonald, Gordon
Sturgeon, Nicola
Nicoll, Audrey
McMillan, Stuart
Stewart, Kevin
Brown, Keith
Fairlie, Jim
FitzPatrick, Joe
Maguire, Ruth
Somerville, Shirley-Anne
Tweed, Evelyn
Forbes, Kate
Adam, Karen
Gibson, Kenneth
Hyslop, Fiona
Dornan, James
Adamson, Clare
Whitham, Elena
McLennan, Paul
McAllan, Màiri
Hepburn, Jamie
Macpherson, Ben
Gougeon, Mairi
Lochhead, Richard
Arthur, Tom
Thomson, Michelle
Constance, Angela
Adam, George
Gilruth, Jenny
Ewing, Annabelle
Robertson, Angus
Mackay, Rona
Robison, Shona
Haughey, Clare
Beattie, Colin
Todd, Maree
Martin, Gillian
Dunbar, Jackie
Kidd, Bill
Torrance, David
Matheson, Michael
Dey, Graeme
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Stevenson, Collette
Callaghan, Stephanie
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Wells, Annie
Hamilton, Rachael
Kerr, Stephen
Eagle, Tim
Ross, Douglas
Stewart, Alexander
Smith, Liz
Mundell, Oliver
Halcro Johnston, Jamie
Whittle, Brian
Hoy, Craig
McCall, Roz
Dowey, Sharon
Carlaw, Jackson
Lumsden, Douglas
Fraser, Murdo
Gulhane, Sandesh
Carson, Finlay
White, Tess
Gosal, Pam
Briggs, Miles
Kerr, Liam
Gallacher, Meghan
Mountain, Edward
Golden, Maurice
Burnett, Alexander
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Findlay, Russell
Webber, Sue
Scottish Labour
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Leonard, Richard
O'Kane, Paul
Clark, Katy
Griffin, Mark
Rowley, Alex
Sarwar, Anas
Boyack, Sarah
Johnson, Daniel
Russell, Davy
Villalba, Mercedes
Whitfield, Martin
Choudhury, Foysol
McNeill, Pauline
Marra, Michael
Lennon, Monica
Duncan-Glancy, Pam
Baker, Claire
Mochan, Carol
Sweeney, Paul
Bibby, Neil
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Baillie, Jackie
Grant, Rhoda
Scottish Green Party
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Harvie, Patrick
Chapman, Maggie
Greer, Ross
Ruskell, Mark
Mackay, Gillian
Burgess, Ariane
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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McArthur, Liam
Greene, Jamie
Rennie, Willie
Wishart, Beatrice
Cole-Hamilton, Alex
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Independent
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Alba Party
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No Party Affiliation
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Reform UK
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Amendments
Motion reference: S6M-18671.1
Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Monday, September 1, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Motion reference: S6M-18671.2
Submitted by: Anas Sarwar, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, September 1, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Motion reference: S6M-18671.3
Submitted by: Ross Greer, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Monday, September 1, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Motion reference: S6M-18671.4
Submitted by: Russell Findlay, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, September 1, 2025
Supported by: Craig Hoy