division_name: [S2M-3497] Decision Time
motion: <p>This looks like the vote on S2M-3497</p><p>The description in the <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/businessBulletin/bb-05/bb-11-02f.htm">bulletin on 2005-11-02</a> is:</p><p class="bulletin-quote">
  *S2M-3497 Murdo Fraser: The Decline of Scottish ManufacturingâThat the Parliament notes with concern that the value of the manufacturing sector fell every year between 1997 and 2002, having previously risen year-on-year between 1992 and 1997, and that nearly 100,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost since 1997; further notes with concern the recent findings of the Scottish Council for Development and Industry that exports have fallen below Â£15 billion in value for the first time in a decade; believes that Scotland can benefit from a solid manufacturing base as part of a diverse and modern economy, and therefore calls on the Scottish Executive to take the action required to increase the competitiveness of the sector by taking measures such as reducing red tape and the size of the public sector, privatising Scottish Water, encouraging greater participation in vocational training at further education colleges and bringing forward the promised business rates cut to April 2006.
  </p><p>You can <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?s=&phrase=S2M-3497&exclude=&from=2005-11-03&to=2005-11-03">search for this motion (S2M-3497) on TheyWorkForYou</a></p><p><b>Text Introducing Division:</b></p><p><p>The fifth question is, that motion S2M-3497, in the name of Murdo Fraser, on the decline of Scottish manufacturing, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed?</p>
  
  <p> No.</p>
  
  <p>There will be a division.</p></p>