Decision Time

– in the Scottish Parliament at on 7 December 2021.

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There are four questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S6M-02429.1, in the name of Tess White, which seeks to amend motion S6M-02429, in the name of Richard Lochhead, on delivering a just transition to net zero and climate resilience for Scotland, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members:

No.

Division number 3 Decision Time

Aye: 31 MSPs

No: 68 MSPs

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No: A-Z by last name

Abstained: 20 MSPs

The Presiding Officer:

The result of the division on amendment S6M-02429.1 is: For 31, Against 68, Abstentions 20.

Amendment disagreed to.

The next question is, that amendment S6M-02429.2, in the name of Colin Smyth, which seeks to amend motion S6M-02429, in the name of Richard Lochhead, on delivering a just transition to net zero and climate resilience for Scotland, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members:

No.

Division number 4 Decision Time

Aye: 24 MSPs

No: 94 MSPs

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No: A-Z by last name

The Presiding Officer:

The result of the division on amendment S6M-02429.2 is: For 24, Against 94, Abstentions 0.

Amendment disagreed to.

The next question is, that motion S6M-02429, in the name of Richard Lochhead, on delivering a just transition to net zero and climate resilience for Scotland, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members:

No.

Division number 5 Decision Time

Aye: 96 MSPs

No: 22 MSPs

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The Presiding Officer:

The result of the division on motion S6M-02429, in the name of Richard Lochhead, on delivering a just transition to net zero on climate resilience for Scotland, is: For 96, Against 22, Abstentions 0.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament recognises the importance of delivering a worker and citizen-led just transition for Scotland; acknowledges the need to plan for an orderly transition to net zero by 2045, and the need for public and private investment so as to deliver a transition away from a high-carbon economy to net zero and climate resilience in a way that creates good green jobs and business opportunities across the country, and builds a fairer, greener future for all; welcomes the Scottish Government’s response to the Just Transition Commission’s report and commends the Commission’s work; approves of the commitment to a new Commission, and notes that Scotland is the first country in the world to commit to a Just Transition Planning Framework.

The final question is, that motion S6M-02430, in the name of Shirley-Anne Somerville, on the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 2 March 2021, relating to research and innovation, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, should be considered by the UK Parliament.

That concludes decision time. We move to members’ business, and I ask members who are leaving the chamber to do so quietly.

Members’ business will be published tomorrow, Wednesday 8 December 2021, as soon as the text is available.