Scotland’s Economy, Responding to the EU Referendum

As an amendment to motion S5M-01531 in the name of Keith Brown (Scotland’s Economy, Responding to the EU Referendum), leave out from "welcomes" to end and insert "notes the vote of the UK to leave the EU; recognises that, even prior to this vote, across a range of indicators the Scottish economy had been underperforming that of the UK as a whole; urges the Scottish Government to take action to assist economic growth, including by reducing the burden of business rates and ruling out a second independence referendum, in line with the views of the business community, and calls on the Scottish Government to set out how it will assist businesses to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the UK leaving the EU."