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.”
Result 32 for, 30 against, 61 abstained, 5 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour
Scottish Green Party
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Submitted by: Roseanna Cunningham, Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Thursday, May 26, 2016
Supported by: Joe FitzPatrick, Clare Haughey
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Result 32 for, 30 against, 61 abstained, 5 did not vote Vote Passed
Submitted by: Claudia Beamish, South Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Supported by: David Stewart
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Result 32 for, 29 against, 62 abstained, 5 did not vote Vote Passed
Submitted by: Maurice Golden, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Result 30 for, 93 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Mike Rumbles, North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 31, 2016