Supporting Households with Cost of Living Pressures and Rising Energy Bills
Submitted by:
Shirley-Anne Somerville
Date lodged:
Monday, 10 March 2025
Motion reference: S6M-16750
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 11 March 2025
That the Parliament notes that Ofgem’s energy price cap has soared to £1,849 for the average household, which is the third increase in a row and 9.4% (£159) higher than this time last year; recognises that this will compound cost of living pressures for households across Scotland; welcomes the Scottish Government’s action in the recently passed Budget (Scotland) (No. 4) Bill, including the reintroduction of universal winter fuel payments for pensioners and through energy efficiency programmes; believes that reforming energy markets and harnessing Scotland’s renewable potential will bolster energy security and, in turn, reduce consumer bills, and calls on the UK Government to make urgent progress on delivering its commitment to reduce bills by £300, against which no progress has yet been made.
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Result
59 for, 48 against, 0 abstained, 22 did not vote
Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
54 for
0 against
0 abstained
8 did not vote
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Adam, George
Adam, Karen
Arthur, Tom
Beattie, Colin
Brown, Siobhian
Coffey, Willie
Constance, Angela
Dey, Graeme
Don-Innes, Natalie
Doris, Bob
Dornan, James
Ewing, Annabelle
Ewing, Fergus
Fairlie, Jim
FitzPatrick, Joe
Forbes, Kate
Gibson, Kenneth
Gilruth, Jenny
Gougeon, Mairi
Grahame, Christine
Gray, Neil
Harper, Emma
Haughey, Clare
Hepburn, Jamie
Hyslop, Fiona
Kidd, Bill
Lochhead, Richard
MacDonald, Gordon
MacGregor, Fulton
Mackay, Rona
Macpherson, Ben
Maguire, Ruth
Martin, Gillian
Matheson, Michael
McAllan, Màiri
McKee, Ivan
McKelvie, Christina
McLennan, Paul
McMillan, Stuart
McNair, Marie
Minto, Jenni
Nicoll, Audrey
Robertson, Angus
Robison, Shona
Somerville, Shirley-Anne
Stevenson, Collette
Stewart, Kaukab
Stewart, Kevin
Sturgeon, Nicola
Thomson, Michelle
Todd, Maree
Tweed, Evelyn
Whitham, Elena
Yousaf, Humza
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Adamson, Clare
Allan, Dr Alasdair
Brown, Keith
Callaghan, Stephanie
Dunbar, Jackie
Roddick, Emma
Swinney, John
Torrance, David
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Balfour, Jeremy
Briggs, Miles
Carlaw, Jackson
Carson, Finlay
Gallacher, Meghan
Gosal, Pam
Greene, Jamie
Gulhane, Sandesh
Hamilton, Rachael
Hoy, Craig
Kerr, Liam
Kerr, Stephen
Lumsden, Douglas
McCall, Roz
Mountain, Edward
Mundell, Oliver
Ross, Douglas
Simpson, Graham
Smith, Liz
Stewart, Alexander
Wells, Annie
White, Tess
Whittle, Brian
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Burnett, Alexander
Dowey, Sharon
Eagle, Tim
Findlay, Russell
Fraser, Murdo
Golden, Maurice
Halcro Johnston, Jamie
Webber, Sue
Scottish Labour
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Baillie, Jackie
Baker, Claire
Bibby, Neil
Boyack, Sarah
Choudhury, Foysol
Duncan-Glancy, Pam
Grant, Rhoda
Griffin, Mark
Johnson, Daniel
Lennon, Monica
Leonard, Richard
McNeill, Pauline
Mochan, Carol
O'Kane, Paul
Smyth, Colin
Sweeney, Paul
Villalba, Mercedes
Whitfield, Martin
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Clark, Katy
Marra, Michael
Sarwar, Anas
Scottish Green Party
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Burgess, Ariane
Chapman, Maggie
Greer, Ross
Harvie, Patrick
Mackay, Gillian
Ruskell, Mark
Slater, Lorna
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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McArthur, Liam
Rennie, Willie
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Cole-Hamilton, Alex
Wishart, Beatrice
Independent
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Alba Party
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Defeated amendments
Motion ref. S6M-16750.3
Submitted by: Liz Smith, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, March 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Result
23 for, 83 against, 0 abstained, 23 did not vote
Vote Defeated
Motion ref. S6M-16750.4
Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, March 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Result
19 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 22 did not vote
Vote Defeated
Amendments that have not been voted on
Motion ref. S6M-16750.1
Submitted by: Ash Regan, Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party, Date lodged: Monday, March 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Motion ref. S6M-16750.2
Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Monday, March 10, 2025
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, March 11, 2025