Motion · S6M-14847 · 8 Oct 2024
KPMG/REC Survey on Recruitment
The motion
That the Parliament notes with concern reports of the latest KPMG/REC survey highlighting that businesses are freezing recruitment plans ahead of the Budget from the UK Government on 30 October 2024; understands that feedback from the survey indicates that this is due to uncertainty over government plans on tax, industrial strategy and employment policies; further understands that recruitment agencies responding to the survey believed that fewer people were being placed in permanent positions because unclear government policy is making clients cautious; considers that these figures demonstrate low confidence in the UK economy, and calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to engage properly with businesses to regain what it sees as much-needed stability.
Supporters (14)
- Karen Adam Scottish National Party 5 Sep 2025
- Colin Beattie Scottish National Party 5 Sep 2025
- Annabelle Ewing 5 Sep 2025
- Joe FitzPatrick 5 Sep 2025
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 5 Sep 2025
- Christine Grahame 5 Sep 2025
- Emma Harper 5 Sep 2025
- Craig Hoy Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 5 Sep 2025
- Bill Kidd 5 Sep 2025
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 5 Sep 2025
- Ruth Maguire 5 Sep 2025
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 5 Sep 2025
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 5 Sep 2025
- Evelyn Tweed 5 Sep 2025
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.