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Motion For Debate · S4M-10724 · Session 4

Trident

Carried Lodged by Keith Brown SNP Lodged 4 Aug 2014 Debate 6 Aug 2014 4 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament supports the speediest safe withdrawal of nuclear weapons from Scotland; opposes the renewal of Trident nuclear weapons; believes that the predicted cost of around £4 billion a year in the mid-2020s for Trident renewal is totally unjustifiable; calls on the UK Government to set out which major defence procurement projects, or other areas of public spending, will have to be cut to pay for Trident renewal; notes that only a Yes vote in the independence referendum will guarantee the withdrawal of Trident nuclear weapons from Scotland; supports the aim of removing Trident within the first term of the Scottish Parliament following independence, and confirms its commitment to working with nuclear and non-nuclear states to create the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons.

What MSPs voted on: the motion as amended

The SNP’s motion was changed by a Green amendment (S4M-10724.2) before this vote. A vote ‘for’ was a vote for the SNP’s motion with the Greens’ changes.

That the Parliament supports the speediest safe withdrawal of nuclear weapons from Scotland; opposes the renewal of Trident nuclear weapons; believes that the predicted cost of around £4 billion a year in the mid-2020s for Trident renewal is totally unjustifiable; calls on the UK Government to set out which major defence procurement projects, or other areas of public spending, will have to be cut to pay for Trident renewal; notes that only a Yes vote in the independence referendum will guarantee the withdrawal of Trident nuclear weapons from Scotland; supports the aim of removing Trident within the first term of the Scottish Parliament following independence, and confirms its commitment to working with nuclear and non-nuclear states to create the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons.S4M-10724.2 Green and a constitutional ban on nuclear weapons in Scotland; confirms its commitment to working with nuclear and non-nuclear states to create the conditions for a world without nuclear weapons; supports a global ban on nuclear weapons, and considers that the removal of Trident from Scotland would strengthen the case against renewal of the UK Government’s nuclear arsenal.

Final wording as read into the Official Report at Decision Time. The marked changes are worked out by this site from the amendment texts and match that wording.

Amendments

  1. S4M-10724.1 Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie Defeated vote, 17–68
  2. S4M-10724.2 Green Patrick Harvie Agreed vote, 68–47

Signatures by party

4 MSPs besides the lodger · 0 from other parties
SNP 4

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Vote

1 division
  1. 6 Aug 2014
    Trident
    S4M-10724as amended by Green
    Carried
    68 for, 47 against

Amendments

2
  1. S4M-10724.1
    Trident
    Willie Rennie LD Lodged 5 Aug 2014
    Defeated
    17 for, 68 against
  2. S4M-10724.2
    Trident
    Patrick Harvie Green Lodged 5 Aug 2014
    Carried
    68 for, 47 against

Supporters

4 MSPs

SNP 4

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SNP 4

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In the Official Report

4 contributions mention S4M-10724
  1. 6 Aug 2014
    Trident
    Elaine Smith Lab Meeting of the Parliament

    The next item of business is a debate on motion S4M-10724, in the name of Keith Brown, on Trident. We are tight for time this afternoon, and members who intend to speak in the open debate have been advised that speeches must be of five min…

  2. 6 Aug 2014
    Decision Time
    Tricia Marwick Meeting of the Parliament

    There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. I remind members that, in relation to today’s debate, if the amendment in the name of Willie Rennie is agreed to, the amendment in the name of Patrick Harvie falls. The f…

  3. 6 Aug 2014
    Decision Time
    Tricia Marwick Meeting of the Parliament

    The next question is, that amendment S4M-10724.2, in the name of Patrick Harvie, which seeks to amend motion S4M-10724, in the name of Keith Brown, on Trident, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.

  4. 6 Aug 2014
    Decision Time
    Tricia Marwick Meeting of the Parliament

    The next question is, that motion S4M-10724, in the name of Keith Brown, on Trident, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.