Employment Support
- Submitted by: Jamie Hepburn, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 September 2020
- Motion reference: S5M-22731
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 17 September 2020
Motions as amended
That the Parliament believes that the UK Government’s furlough scheme should be extended to provide support and certainty to employers and workers in Scotland for as long as public health restrictions are required to control the spread of COVID-19, recognising that there are specific sectors that will be affected for a longer period; calls on the Scottish Government to act quickly to put in place a range of measures to support employment that are coherent and targeted at businesses at risk and those who find themselves out of work, in particular young people, women, disabled people and ethnic minorities; recognises the existing fragility and inequality in Scotland’s labour market, and calls on the Scottish Government to produce an industrial strategy that lays out increased investment in housebuilding, green energy and transport, to put Scotland back on track and ensure fairer, greener and sustainable jobs for all.
Supported by:
Fiona Hyslop, Ivan McKee
Vote
Result 89 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
- 59 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 2 did not vote
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For
- Adam, George
- Adamson, Clare
- Allan, Dr Alasdair
- Arthur, Tom
- Beattie, Colin
- Brown, Keith
- Campbell, Aileen
- Coffey, Willie
- Constance, Angela
- Crawford, Bruce
- Cunningham, Roseanna
- Dey, Graeme
- Doris, Bob
- Dornan, James
- Ewing, Annabelle
- Ewing, Fergus
- Fabiani, Linda
- FitzPatrick, Joe
- Forbes, Kate
- Freeman, Jeane
- Gibson, Kenneth
- Gilruth, Jenny
- Gougeon, Mairi
- Grahame, Christine
- Harper, Emma
- Haughey, Clare
- Hepburn, Jamie
- Hyslop, Fiona
- Kidd, Bill
- Lochhead, Richard
- Lyle, Richard
- MacDonald, Angus
- MacGregor, Fulton
- Mackay, Rona
- Macpherson, Ben
- Maguire, Ruth
- Martin, Gillian
- Mason, John
- Matheson, Michael
- McAlpine, Joan
- McKee, Ivan
- McKelvie, Christina
- McMillan, Stuart
- Neil, Alex
- Paterson, Gil
- Regan, Ash
- Robison, Shona
- Ross, Gail
- Russell, Michael
- Somerville, Shirley-Anne
- Stevenson, Stewart
- Stewart, Kevin
- Swinney, John
- Todd, Maree
- Torrance, David
- Watt, Maureen
- Wheelhouse, Paul
- White, Sandra
- Yousaf, Humza
Against
0Abstained
0Did not vote
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- 1 for
- 28 against
- 0 abstained
- 2 did not vote
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Against
- Balfour, Jeremy
- Ballantyne, Michelle
- Bowman, Bill
- Burnett, Alexander
- Cameron, Donald
- Carlaw, Jackson
- Carson, Finlay
- Corry, Maurice
- Davidson, Ruth
- Fraser, Murdo
- Golden, Maurice
- Greene, Jamie
- Halcro Johnston, Jamie
- Hamilton, Rachael
- Kerr, Liam
- Lindhurst, Gordon
- Lockhart, Dean
- Mason, Tom
- Mitchell, Margaret
- Mountain, Edward
- Mundell, Oliver
- Scott, John
- Simpson, Graham
- Smith, Liz
- Stewart, Alexander
- Tomkins, Adam
- Wells, Annie
- Whittle, Brian
Abstained
0Did not vote
Scottish Labour
- 19 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 4 did not vote
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For
- Baillie, Jackie
- Baker, Claire
- Beamish, Claudia
- Bibby, Neil
- Boyack, Sarah
- Fee, Mary
- Findlay, Neil
- Gray, Iain
- Griffin, Mark
- Johnson, Daniel
- Kelly, James
- Lamont, Johann
- Lennon, Monica
- Macdonald, Lewis
- McNeill, Pauline
- Rowley, Alex
- Sarwar, Anas
- Smith, Elaine
- Smyth, Colin
Against
0Abstained
0Did not vote
Scottish Green Party
- 6 for
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- 0 abstained
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0Abstained
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0Scottish Liberal Democrats
- 4 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 1 did not vote
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0Abstained
0Did not vote
Independent
- 0 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
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No Party Affiliation
- 0 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
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Original motion text
That the Parliament believes that the UK Government’s furlough scheme should be extended to provide support and certainty to employers and workers in Scotland for as long as public health restrictions are required to control the spread of COVID-19, recognising that there are specific sectors that will be affected for a longer period.
Defeated amendments
Employment Support - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Maurice Golden, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Supported by: Michelle Ballantyne
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, September 17, 2020
Result 29 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Defeated
Amendments that have not been voted on
Employment Support - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Supported by: Alex Rowley
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, September 17, 2020