Scotland's Economy

As an amendment to motion S5M-05172 in the name of Murdo Fraser (Scotland's Economy), leave out from “strong” to end and insert “growth, placing Scotland on the brink of a recession; notes the string of warnings about the fragility of the Scottish economy, business confidence and skills shortages; believes that these necessitate a transformational investment in education and skills, building a high-wage, high-skill economy; further believes that the profound dangers posed to the Scottish and UK economies by Brexit are only compounded by the uncertainty created by the threat of a second referendum on Scottish independence, and therefore relishes the opportunity presented by a snap General Election to change the direction of the whole UK and work towards securing Scotland’s economic future by avoiding a hard Brexit and keeping Scotland in both the UK and EU single markets."