Air Passenger Duty

As an amendment to motion S4M-04874 in the name of Keith Brown (Air Passenger Duty), leave out from "the only way" to end and insert "the Scottish Government should work with Scottish airports and airlines operating in Scotland to explore what further incentives might be put in place to reduce carbon emissions in the industry; notes that the previous Scottish administration introduced the route development fund to bring new routes to Scottish airports; recognises that the Calman Commission on Scottish Devolution recommended that APD should be devolved and that the Scotland Bill Committee found a strong case for devolving APD and that this will inform the work of the Devolution Commission; further recognises that APD on long-haul flights has already been devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, and believes that devolution of APD to Scotland should form part of an immediate wider review of APD by the UK Government, which should, as a first step to addressing the current concerns over APD in Scotland, take immediate action to resolve the anomaly whereby passengers in Scotland pay APD twice through making journeys to UK hub airports.”