Amendment · S7M-01460.2 · Session 7
Supporting Scotland's Fishing Industry
Amendment to S7M-01460 Supporting Scotland's Fishing Industry
The amendment
As an amendment to motion S7M-01460 in the name of Jim Fairlie (Supporting Scotland's Fishing Industry), leave out from “welcomes” and insert “considers that the voices of fishers, processors and coastal communities must be central to decisions affecting the sector; believes that the future of fishing depends on thriving places, with the infrastructure, skills, housing and opportunities needed to retain young people and support industry growth; recognises the growing concern among fishing, aquaculture, ports, renewable energy and conservation interests regarding the cumulative pressures on Scotland’s marine space; calls on the Scottish Government to provide certainty for all users of the sea on how competing demands for marine space will be managed and how any spatial squeeze will be addressed, and further calls on the Scottish Government to bring forward, as a matter of urgency, its long-delayed Marine Plan 2 to provide a clear, integrated and strategic framework for the sustainable management of Scotland’s seas.”
Vote
1 division- 7 Oct 2026Defeated32 for, 71 against, 13 abstained
Other amendments
4Supporters
No MSP has added their name to this amendment.
In the Official Report
5 contributions mention S7M-01460.2-
7 Oct 2026Fishing Industry
I call Donald MacKinnon to speak to and move amendment S7M-01460.2. The member has up to 7 minutes.15:48
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7 Oct 2026Fishing Industry
I regret the fact that the Scottish Government called for the devolution of that fund without first securing a guarantee that it would not be Barnettised. That said, I recognise the concerns that have been raised. I have written to Angela …
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7 Oct 2026Decision Time
Members will be delighted to know that there are a mere 11 questions to be put as a result of today’s business.The first question is, that amendment S7M-01460.2, in the name of Donald MacKinnon, which seeks to amend motion S7M-01460, in th…
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7 Oct 2026Decision Time
We come to the vote on amendment S7M-01460.2, in the name of Donald MacKinnon. Members should cast their votes now.
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7 Oct 2026Decision Time
The result of the division on amendment S7M-01460.2, in the name of Donald MacKinnon, is: For 32, Against 71, Abstentions 13.Amendment disagreed to.