Clyde Green Freeport

That the Parliament opposes plans for the Clyde Green Freeport, and all other Scottish Freeport bids; considers that previous attempts at similar schemes in the UK resulted in jobs being relocated from other regions into areas where employers can avoid paying a fair share of tax, rather than a net increase in the number of jobs being created; understands that current freeport proposals bear striking similarities to failed "Enterprise Zones" in Clydebank and Inverclyde in the 1980s, which it understands saw both areas remain among those with the highest unemployment, despite attracting a large number of businesses to the zones; is concerned by reports that 23.8% of Inverclyde's children live in relative poverty, and urges Inverclyde Council and the Scottish and UK governments to use their powers and funds to address poverty directly instead of pursuing this freeport bid.