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Chamber and committees

Investigation into Arms Firms Receiving Public Money

  • Submitted by: Ross Greer, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party.
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2024
  • Motion reference: S6M-13141

That the Parliament welcomes the investigation undertaken by The National newspaper into arms firms receiving public money in Scotland; notes with concern the reported finding that Scottish Enterprise has provided at least £8.2 million of public money since 2019 in the form of support grants to 13 different companies that, it considers, are complicit in arms manufacturing and dealing; understands that, since Scottish Enterprise introduced a procedure of human rights due diligence checks on any company being considered for public grants, over 200 checks have been conducted, but that none have so far failed on these grounds, despite companies in receipt of funding reportedly being complicit in the manufacturing of weapons used routinely by the Israeli military in what it sees as its ongoing genocide against civilians in Gaza and the West Bank, and backs the calls of Campaign Against the Arms Trade for the Scottish Government to end any funding of weapons development at once.


Supported by: Maggie Chapman, Patrick Harvie, Gillian Mackay, Mark Ruskell, Lorna Slater