Motion · S5M-16088 · 28 Feb 2019
MS Awareness Week, 22 to 29 April 2019
The motion
That the Parliament welcomes MS Awareness Week taking place from 22 to 29 April 2019; understands that more than 11,000 people in Scotland live with multiple sclerosis, which is a neurological condition that can affect the way people walk, move, see, think and feel; welcomes the MS Society’s commitment to funding research into new treatments and a greater understanding of the causes of MS; understands that the MS Society has invested over £218 million in real terms into research since its inception in 1956, including into the MS Society Edinburgh Centre for MS Research and numerous research projects across Scotland; notes the progress that has been made in research in recent years and the role that Scottish-based scientists have made in this, and celebrates the work being carried out by researchers and charities, such as the MS Society, to ultimately stop MS.
Supporters (43)
- Miles Briggs Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 28 Feb 2019
- Donald Cameron 28 Feb 2019
- Finlay Carson Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 28 Feb 2019
- Angela Constance Scottish National Party 28 Feb 2019
- Annabelle Ewing 28 Feb 2019
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 28 Feb 2019
- Iain Gray 28 Feb 2019
- Alison Harris 28 Feb 2019
- Liam Kerr Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 28 Feb 2019
- Monica Lennon Scottish Labour 28 Feb 2019
- Richard Lyle 28 Feb 2019
- Angus MacDonald 28 Feb 2019
- Rona Mackay 28 Feb 2019
- John Mason 28 Feb 2019
- Liam McArthur Scottish Liberal Democrats 28 Feb 2019
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 28 Feb 2019
- Margaret Mitchell 28 Feb 2019
- Edward Mountain 28 Feb 2019
- Gail Ross 28 Feb 2019
- Stewart Stevenson 28 Feb 2019
- Annie Wells 28 Feb 2019
- Sandra White 28 Feb 2019
- Dr Alasdair Allan 1 Mar 2019
- Neil Findlay 1 Mar 2019
- Ross Greer Scottish Green Party 1 Mar 2019
- Emma Harper 1 Mar 2019
- Bill Kidd 1 Mar 2019
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 1 Mar 2019
- Maureen Watt 1 Mar 2019
- Tom Arthur Scottish National Party 4 Mar 2019
- Jenny Gilruth Scottish National Party 4 Mar 2019
- Joan McAlpine 4 Mar 2019
- Pauline McNeill Scottish Labour 4 Mar 2019
- Clare Adamson Scottish National Party 5 Mar 2019
- Ruth Maguire 5 Mar 2019
- Jackie Baillie Scottish Labour 6 Mar 2019
- John Finnie 6 Mar 2019
- Gillian Martin Scottish National Party 6 Mar 2019
- Mary Fee 7 Mar 2019
- Gil Paterson 7 Mar 2019
- Alex Cole-Hamilton Scottish Liberal Democrats 8 Mar 2019
- Alexander Burnett Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 13 Mar 2019
- Jamie Halcro Johnston 24 Apr 2019
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.