As an amendment to motion S7M-00294 in the name of Anas Sarwar (Inquiry to Restore Public Trust in Scottish Politics), leave out from “agrees” to end and insert “believes there is a need to restore public trust in politics following multiple recent financial scandals, including those uncovered by Operation Branchform; further believes that an independent review into party political finances would go some way towards restoring this trust; believes that, to avoid this becoming a nakedly partisan process, it should be independently led rather than conducted by parliamentary committee, and that its remit must apply to the funding of all political parties; recognises wider concerns about the role of money in politics, including the scale of donations by extremely wealthy individuals, and the influence of organisations that refuse to disclose their funding sources, and calls for the devolution of power over the regulation of political parties and their funding to allow for the implementation of any recommendations of the independent review that would require legislative change.”
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Submitted by: Anas Sarwar, Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, June 8, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-00294
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Supported by: Jackie Baillie
Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-00294.1
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Submitted by: Russell Findlay, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-00294.3
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, June 10, 2026