Motion · S5M-15966 · 21 Feb 2019
Space Sector Employment in Moray
The motion
That the Parliament welcomes the news that the UK's first rocket launch company, Orbex, is to create 130 jobs in Moray, following it choosing Forres as the site of its new mission control and design facility and planning both a launch facility at the Sutherland and Shetland Space Centre and a facility in Unst, Shetland, and welcomes what it see as the huge opportunities that the space sector offers to the Highlands and Islands.
Supporters (19)
- Michelle Ballantyne 21 Feb 2019
- Bill Bowman 21 Feb 2019
- Maurice Corry 21 Feb 2019
- Jamie Greene 21 Feb 2019
- Alison Harris 21 Feb 2019
- Liam Kerr Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 21 Feb 2019
- Bill Kidd 21 Feb 2019
- Gordon Lindhurst 21 Feb 2019
- Richard Lyle 21 Feb 2019
- Tom Mason 21 Feb 2019
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 21 Feb 2019
- Margaret Mitchell 21 Feb 2019
- Liz Smith 21 Feb 2019
- Alexander Stewart 21 Feb 2019
- Maureen Watt 21 Feb 2019
- Annie Wells 21 Feb 2019
- Miles Briggs Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 22 Feb 2019
- Alexander Burnett Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 26 Feb 2019
- Jeremy Balfour 4 Mar 2019
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.