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Supporting Households with Cost of Living Pressures and Rising Energy Bills

  • Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party.
  • 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.


Supported by: Alasdair Allan, Gillian Martin, Paul McLennan, Kaukab Stewart

Vote

Result 59 for, 48 against, 0 abstained, 22 did not vote Vote Passed

Scottish National Party

For
  • 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
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Adamson, Clare
  • Allan, Dr Alasdair
  • Brown, Keith
  • Callaghan, Stephanie
  • Dunbar, Jackie
  • Roddick, Emma
  • Swinney, John
  • Torrance, David

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
0
Against
  • 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
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Burnett, Alexander
  • Dowey, Sharon
  • Eagle, Tim
  • Findlay, Russell
  • Fraser, Murdo
  • Golden, Maurice
  • Halcro Johnston, Jamie
  • Webber, Sue

Scottish Labour

For
  • Rowley, Alex
Against
  • 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
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Clark, Katy
  • Marra, Michael
  • Sarwar, Anas

Scottish Green Party

For
0
Against
  • Burgess, Ariane
  • Chapman, Maggie
  • Greer, Ross
  • Harvie, Patrick
  • Mackay, Gillian
  • Ruskell, Mark
  • Slater, Lorna
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
  • McArthur, Liam
  • Rennie, Willie
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Cole-Hamilton, Alex
  • Wishart, Beatrice

Independent

For
  • Mason, John
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Alba Party

For
  • Regan, Ash
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Johnstone, Alison

Defeated amendments

Motion ref. S6M-16750.3

Supporting Households with Cost of Living Pressures and Rising Energy Bills - Amendment 3 - Amendment

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

Supporting Households with Cost of Living Pressures and Rising Energy Bills - Amendment 4 - Amendment

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

Supporting Households with Cost of Living Pressures and Rising Energy Bills - Amendment 1 - Amendment

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

Supporting Households with Cost of Living Pressures and Rising Energy Bills - Amendment 2 - Amendment

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