The amendment
As an amendment to motion S5M-23536 in the name of Richard Leonard (Business Support), leave out from "; believes that" to end and insert "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
1 division- 2 Dec 2020Carried65 for, 56 against
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Supporters
4 MSPsSNP 4
Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.
In the Official Report
3 contributions mention S5M-23536.2-
2 Dec 2020Business Support
I do not think that Richard Leonard understands what budget revisions are. Above and beyond business support, through the strategic framework, we want to give businesses across Scotland as much certainty as possible. That certainty is just…
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2 Dec 2020Decision Time
I remind members that, if the amendment in the name of Kate Forbes is agreed to, the amendment in the name of Maurice Golden will fall. The question is, that amendment S5M-23536.2, in the name of Kate Forbes, which seeks to amend motion S5…
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2 Dec 2020Decision Time
The result of the division on amendment S5M-23536.2, in the name of Kate Forbes, which seeks to amend motion S5M-23536, in the name of Richard Leonard, on business support, is: For 65, Against 56, Abstentions 0. Amendment agreed to.