Programme for Government – Growing Scotland’s Green Economy - Amendment
Submitted by:
Douglas Lumsden,
North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
Date lodged:
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Motion reference: S6M-14431.2
Current status:Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 12 September 2024
As an amendment to motion S6M-14431 in the name of Kate Forbes (Programme for Government – Growing Scotland’s Green Economy), leave out from first "recognises" to end and insert “is disappointed with the actions outlined in the Programme for Government 2024-25, as they fail to set out an ambitious plan to grow Scotland’s green economy and tackle the climate and nature emergencies; notes with disappointment the short time available to MSPs, industry experts and vital stakeholders to scrutinise the Green Industrial Strategy, which undermines the Scottish Parliament’s ability to hold the Scottish Government to account; expresses dissatisfaction with the Scottish Government in its failure to publish the delayed Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan and its continued opposition to vital oil and gas extraction; condemns the UK Labour administration’s windfall tax, which risks 35,000 jobs and reduces the economic value of the oil and gas sector by £13 billion, and calls on the Scottish Government to deliver a jobs first transition and support the Energy Transition Zone in Aberdeen."
Vote
Result30 for, 95 against, 0 abstained, 4 did not voteVote Defeated