Taking Scotland Forward – Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform - Amendment
Submitted by:
Andy Wightman,
Lothian, Scottish Green Party.
Date lodged:
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Motion reference: S5M-00226.3
Current status:Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 01 June 2016
As an amendment to motion S5M-00226 in the name of Roseanna Cunningham, (Taking Scotland Forward – Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform), leave out from "; recognises” to end and insert “and reaffirms its commitment to protecting these natural assets for today and the future; believes that securing Scotland's long-term prosperity requires the Scottish Government to have ambition, policy coherence and a focus on realising the benefits of a low-carbon economy for people in Scotland; supports ambitious action to end fuel poverty, safeguard biodiversity, deliver a step change in community-owned renewable energy; believes that fracking and other forms of unconventional gas extraction are incompatible with Scotland’s low-carbon ambitions; notes that land reform is a process of changing the legal, political, economic and fiscal relationship between society and land across urban, rural and marine Scotland, and believes that this relationship requires radical and ongoing reform to democratise land and ensure that it is owned and used in the public interest and for the common good.”
Vote
Result32 for, 30 against, 61 abstained, 5 did not voteVote Passed