Scottish Greens will back a vote of no confidence in First Minister
The Scottish Green MSPs have confirmed they will back a vote of no confidence in First Minister Humza Yousaf.
Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater said:
“When we voted for Humza Yousaf’s appointment last year, it was on the basis that we would continue to work together to deliver the progressive policy programme as laid out in the Bute House Agreement.
We supported him in order to deliver rent controls, a ban on conversion therapy, a new national park, and increased action on the climate emergency. It was based on a commitment to constructive ways of working together.
His decision today to end that agreement has without doubt called into question the delivery of that programme. It came with no reassurance that his minority government would continue with these objectives.
And it abruptly ends the pro-independence majority government which the public voted for, and which members of both parties supported.
Therefore Scottish Green MSPs will support a vote of no confidence against the First Minister if such a motion comes before Parliament in the coming weeks”.