That the Parliament agrees with all but one of Scotland’s MPs that the UK Government’s European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill should not proceed, as the UK Government has set out no provision for effective consultation with the devolved administrations on reaching an agreed UK approach to the negotiations on implementing Article 50, has refused to give a guarantee on the position of EU nationals in the UK, has left unanswered a range of detailed questions covering many policy areas regarding the full implications of withdrawal from the single market, and has provided no assurance that a future parliamentary vote on the outcome of the negotiations will be anything other than irrelevant, as withdrawal from the EU follows two years after the invoking of Article 50 if agreement is not reached in the forthcoming negotiations, unless they are prolonged by unanimity; notes the widespread scepticism that an agreement on the future relationship of the UK and EU can be reached within two years; is concerned by the lack of any proposed transitional arrangements until such an agreement is in place, and believes that the decision to proceed with the bill does not respect the majority vote to remain part of the EU that was returned in every council area in Scotland.
Supported by:
Fiona Hyslop
Result 90 for, 34 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour
Scottish Green Party
Scottish Liberal Democrats
No Party Affiliation
That the Parliament agrees with all but one of Scotland’s MPs that the UK Government’s European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill should not proceed, as the UK Government has set out no provision for effective consultation with the devolved administrations on reaching an agreed UK approach to the negotiations on implementing Article 50, has refused to give a guarantee on the position of EU nationals in the UK, has left unanswered a range of detailed questions covering many policy areas regarding the full implications of withdrawal from the single market, and has provided no assurance that a future parliamentary vote on the outcome of the negotiations will be anything other than irrelevant, as withdrawal from the EU follows two years after the invoking of Article 50 if agreement is not reached in the forthcoming negotiations, unless they are prolonged by unanimity.
Submitted by: Ross Greer, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Monday, February 6, 2017
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Result 72 for, 33 against, 18 abstained, 6 did not vote Vote Passed
Submitted by: Lewis Macdonald, North East Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, February 6, 2017
Supported by: Kezia Dugdale
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Result 20 for, 102 against, 2 abstained, 5 did not vote Vote Defeated
Submitted by: John Lamont, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, February 6, 2017
Supported by: Jackson Carlaw, Ross Thomson, Annie Wells
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Result 31 for, 92 against, 1 abstained, 5 did not vote Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Willie Rennie, North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Monday, February 6, 2017
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Result 5 for, 119 against, 0 abstained, 5 did not vote Vote Defeated