Motion · S4M-04540 · 23 Oct 2012
The Happy Lands in National Schools Film Week
The motion
That the Parliament welcomes the news that the film, The Happy Lands, which is set during the General Strike of 1926, will be showing in Edinburgh on 1 November 2012 as part of National Schools Film Week; understands that the film week, which in Scotland will run from 1 to 9 November, is the world’s largest free film festival for cinemas and schools and that, in 2011, 470,000 students attended over 2,600 screenings in 520 cinemas across the UK; is delighted that pupils in Scotland will have the opportunity to learn about the history of mining communities in Fife, and congratulates the film-maker, Theatre Workshop Scotland, on what it sees as its continued success.
Supporters (27)
- Jackie Baillie Scottish Labour 24 Oct 2012
- Roderick Campbell 24 Oct 2012
- Malcolm Chisholm 24 Oct 2012
- Bruce Crawford 24 Oct 2012
- Bob Doris Scottish National Party 24 Oct 2012
- Annabelle Ewing 24 Oct 2012
- Patricia Ferguson 24 Oct 2012
- Neil Findlay 24 Oct 2012
- Hugh Henry 24 Oct 2012
- Bill Kidd 24 Oct 2012
- Mike MacKenzie 24 Oct 2012
- Hanzala Malik 24 Oct 2012
- John Mason 24 Oct 2012
- Gil Paterson 24 Oct 2012
- Willie Rennie Scottish Liberal Democrats 24 Oct 2012
- David Stewart 24 Oct 2012
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 24 Oct 2012
- Sandra White 24 Oct 2012
- John Wilson 24 Oct 2012
- Anne McTaggart 25 Oct 2012
- Dennis Robertson 25 Oct 2012
- Kevin Stewart 25 Oct 2012
- Joan McAlpine 26 Oct 2012
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 26 Oct 2012
- Sarah Boyack 30 Oct 2012
- Jamie Hepburn Scottish National Party 30 Oct 2012
- Dr Richard Simpson 6 Nov 2012
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.