Scottish Government Priorities: Investing in Scotland’s Public Services
- Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2024
- Motion reference: S6M-13602
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 13 June 2024
That the Parliament welcomes the Scottish Government’s continued investment in public services and shares its commitment to maintaining high-quality services that people in Scotland need; recognises the key role that the workforce plays in delivering public services and welcomes that public sector pay is higher in Scotland than other parts of the UK; acknowledges the importance of a socially just and progressive approach to public service design and delivery, underpinned by fair work and a progressive tax policy; agrees that the UK Spring Budget fell far short of what Scotland needs to deliver further investment in public services and infrastructure, and will result in a cut in the Scottish core block grant of around £0.4 billion in real terms in 2024-25 compared with 2022-23; is concerned that significant, real-terms spending cuts, assessed by the Institute for Fiscal Studies as being up to £20 billion by 2028 across the UK, will be needed as a result of the economic plans of either a Labour or Conservative UK administration; calls on the incoming UK administration to bring forward an emergency budget to restore the £1.3 billion cut in Scotland's capital budget, and notes that, for as long as the Scottish Government remains on a fixed budget under the current devolution settlement, there are limits to what it can achieve in terms of investment in public services.
Supported by:
Neil Gray, Ivan McKee
Vote
Result 61 for, 46 against, 0 abstained, 22 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
- 54 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 9 did not vote
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- Alasdair Allan
- Angela Constance
- Angus Robertson
- Annabelle Ewing
- Audrey Nicoll
- Ben Macpherson
- Bill Kidd
- Bob Doris
- Christine Grahame
- Clare Adamson
- Clare Haughey
- Colin Beattie
- Collette Stevenson
- David Torrance
- Elena Whitham
- Emma Harper
- Emma Roddick
- Evelyn Tweed
- Fergus Ewing
- Fiona Hyslop
- Fulton MacGregor
- George Adam
- Gordon MacDonald
- Graeme Dey
- Humza Yousaf
- Ivan McKee
- Jackie Dunbar
- James Dornan
- Jamie Hepburn
- Jenni Minto
- Jenny Gilruth
- Jim Fairlie
- Joe FitzPatrick
- John Mason
- Karen Adam
- Kaukab Stewart
- Keith Brown
- Kenneth Gibson
- Kevin Stewart
- Màiri McAllan
- Maree Todd
- Michelle Thomson
- Natalie Don
- Neil Gray
- Nicola Sturgeon
- Paul McLennan
- Rona Mackay
- Ruth Maguire
- Shirley-Anne Somerville
- Shona Robison
- Siobhian Brown
- Stuart McMillan
- Tom Arthur
- Willie Coffey
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- 0 for
- 26 against
- 0 abstained
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- Alexander Burnett
- Alexander Stewart
- Annie Wells
- Brian Whittle
- Craig Hoy
- Douglas Lumsden
- Douglas Ross
- Dr. Sandesh Gulhane
- Edward Mountain
- Finlay Carson
- Jackson Carlaw
- Jamie Greene
- Jamie Halcro Johnston
- Jeremy Balfour
- Liam Kerr
- Liz Smith
- Maurice Golden
- Meghan Gallacher
- Miles Briggs
- Oliver Mundell
- Pam Gosal
- Rachael Hamilton
- Roz McCall
- Sharon Dowey
- Sue Webber
- Tim Eagle
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Scottish Labour
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- Alex Rowley
- Anas Sarwar
- Carol Mochan
- Colin Smyth
- Daniel Johnson
- Foysol Choudhury
- Katy Clark
- Mark Griffin
- Martin Whitfield
- Mercedes Villalba
- Michael Marra
- Pam Duncan-Glancy
- Paul Sweeney
- Pauline McNeill
- Rhoda Grant
- Richard Leonard
- Sarah Boyack
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Scottish Green Party
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Alba Party
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Amendments that have not been voted on
Scottish Government Priorities: Investing in Scotland’s Public Services - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Liz Smith, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, June 13, 2024
Scottish Government Priorities: Investing in Scotland’s Public Services - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, June 13, 2024
Scottish Government Priorities: Investing in Scotland’s Public Services - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Ross Greer, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, June 13, 2024