Motion · S2M-02483 · 25 Feb 2005
Commonwealth Week, 14 to 20 March 2005: Year of Africa
The motion
That the Parliament welcomes the well-established work undertaken by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) (Scotland Branch) and the Scottish Executive since the establishment of the Parliament in 1999 to strengthen ties between Scotland and other Commonwealth countries; notes that this year the CPA (Scotland Branch) and the Executive have, as their key focus, sub-Saharan Africa; regards this as totally appropriate in the Year of Africa; welcomes Scotland’s long-standing humanitarian work to help the poorest nations in sub-Saharan Africa, and therefore considers that all MSPs should support sustained assistance which can eradicate poverty and the cycle of deprivation which causes millions of deaths per year in sub-Saharan Africa.
Supporters (21)
- Fergus Ewing 25 Feb 2005
- Mike Pringle 25 Feb 2005
- Stewart Stevenson 25 Feb 2005
- Donald Gorrie 28 Feb 2005
- Michael Matheson 28 Feb 2005
- Alex Neil 1 Mar 2005
- Nora Radcliffe 1 Mar 2005
- Iain Smith 1 Mar 2005
- Bill Aitken 2 Mar 2005
- Margo MacDonald 2 Mar 2005
- John Swinburne 2 Mar 2005
- Trish Godman 3 Mar 2005
- Mark Ruskell Scottish Green Party 3 Mar 2005
- Ted Brocklebank 4 Mar 2005
- Susan Deacon 8 Mar 2005
- Dennis Canavan 9 Mar 2005
- Karen Gillon 10 Mar 2005
- Des McNulty 10 Mar 2005
- Andrew Welsh 10 Mar 2005
- Fiona Hyslop 14 Mar 2005
- Adam Ingram 15 Mar 2005
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.