Special Report – Scottish Parliament 25/09/2018
Scottish Government Debate on Scotland’s Role in the Development of Future UK Trade Arrangements.
Scotland’s Role in the Development of Future UK Trade Arrangements
Ivan McKee S5M-14059
That the Parliament recognises the importance of international trade to the Scottish economy and the serious impact that future trading arrangements with both the EU and the rest of the world will have on Scotland; notes the publication of Scotland’s Role in the Development of Future UK Trade Arrangements and the intention of the Scottish Government to encourage a wide-ranging and urgent discussion about the best way to protect and enhance the interests of Scotland in the development of future trade deals, and calls on the UK Government to engage with the Scottish Government and the other devolved administrations to deliver a modern, inclusive process drawing on international best practice that ensures the interests and priorities of all parts of the UK are properly represented, protected and promoted.
Adam Tomkins S5M-14059.2
As an amendment to motion S5M-14059 in the name of Ivan McKee (Scotland’s Role in the Development of Future UK Trade Arrangements), leave out from “the intention” to the end and insert “notes that international relations, including relations with the EU and the regulation of international trade, are expressly reserved to the UK Parliament under the Scotland Act 1998; calls on all parliaments, assemblies and governments in the UK to ensure that the UK’s withdrawal from the EU is delivered compatibly with the UK’s devolution arrangements, respecting both that which is devolved and that which is reserved, and considers that this will require effective and extensive collaborative working between all parliaments, assemblies and governments in the UK.”