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Business Support

  • Submitted by: Richard Leonard, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 30 November 2020
  • Motion reference: S5M-23536
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 02 December 2020

Motions as amended

That the Parliament notes that 5 December 2020 is Small Business Saturday and that small businesses, including those in the hospitality sector, are an irreplaceable source of jobs and community across Scotland and should be celebrated and supported; recognises that many businesses are at risk because of the wider economic impacts of COVID-19 despite more than £2.3 billion of financial support allocated by the Scottish Government, including the Strategic Framework Business Fund, the £15 million second phase of the Newly Self-Employed Hardship Fund and the £30 million Local Authority Discretionary Fund; welcomes the use of Barnett consequentials to provide this support and save businesses and jobs, alongside other forms of support from the UK Government such as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employed Income Support; recognises the ongoing work with businesses, local government and trade unions to do everything possible to support and sustain businesses of all sizes in all sectors, and agrees that the finance secretary should provide additional detail to the Finance and Constitution Committee in December 2020 with an update on the allocation of consequentials to date.


Vote

Result 96 for, 23 against, 1 abstained, 9 did not vote Vote Passed

Scottish National Party

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
  • MacDonald, Gordon
  • MacGregor, Fulton
  • Mackay, Rona
  • Macpherson, Ben
  • Maguire, Ruth
  • Martin, Gillian
  • Mason, John
  • Matheson, Michael
  • 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
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • McAlpine, Joan
  • Sturgeon, Nicola

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
  • Balfour, Jeremy
  • Bowman, Bill
  • Briggs, Miles
  • Burnett, Alexander
  • Cameron, Donald
  • Carlaw, Jackson
  • Carson, Finlay
  • Corry, Maurice
  • Fraser, Murdo
  • Golden, Maurice
  • Greene, Jamie
  • Halcro Johnston, Jamie
  • Hamilton, Rachael
  • Harris, Alison
  • Kerr, Liam
  • Lockhart, Dean
  • Mason, Tom
  • Mitchell, Margaret
  • Mountain, Edward
  • Mundell, Oliver
  • Scott, John
  • Simpson, Graham
  • Smith, Liz
  • Stewart, Alexander
  • Tomkins, Adam
  • Wells, Annie
  • Whittle, Brian
Against
  • Chapman, Peter
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Davidson, Ruth
  • Lindhurst, Gordon

Scottish Labour

For
0
Against
  • Baillie, Jackie
  • Baker, Claire
  • Beamish, Claudia
  • Bibby, Neil
  • Boyack, Sarah
  • Fee, Mary
  • Findlay, Neil
  • Grant, Rhoda
  • Gray, Iain
  • Griffin, Mark
  • Johnson, Daniel
  • Kelly, James
  • Lamont, Johann
  • Lennon, Monica
  • Leonard, Richard
  • Macdonald, Lewis
  • McNeill, Pauline
  • Rowley, Alex
  • Sarwar, Anas
  • Smith, Elaine
  • Smyth, Colin
  • Stewart, David
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Marra, Jenny

Scottish Green Party

For
  • Finnie, John
  • Greer, Ross
  • Harvie, Patrick
  • Ruskell, Mark
  • Wightman, Andy
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Johnstone, Alison

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
  • Cole-Hamilton, Alex
  • McArthur, Liam
  • Rennie, Willie
  • Rumbles, Mike
  • Wishart, Beatrice
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Independent

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
  • Ballantyne, Michelle
Did not vote
  • Mackay, Derek
  • McDonald, Mark

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Macintosh, Ken

Original motion text

That the Parliament notes that 5 December 2020 is Small Business Saturday and that small businesses, including those in the hospitality sector, are an irreplaceable source of jobs and community across Scotland; believes that many of these businesses are at risk because of COVID-19 restrictions and a lack of financial support, and calls on the Scottish Government to urgently outline how it will allocate the remaining £2.2 billion of Barnett consequentials to provide this support and save businesses and jobs, and work with businesses and trade unions to devise a sustainable long-term plan to support small businesses.

Accepted amendments

Motion ref. S5M-23536.2

Business Support - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Kate Forbes, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Supported by: Jamie Hepburn, Fiona Hyslop, Ben Macpherson, Ivan McKee
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Result 65 for, 56 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote Vote Passed

Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S5M-23536.1

Business Support - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Maurice Golden, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Motion ref. S5M-23536.3

Business Support - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001