Motion · S5M-21794 · 19 May 2020
Queen Margaret University Receives Funding to Research COVID-19
The motion
That the Parliament congratulates Queen Margaret University on being awarded £92,242 from the Scottish Government to support it in rapid coronavirus research; understands that the university’s two research projects will aim to inform current health protection practice and policy in the provision of quality care in the context of COVID-19; considers that this research will benefit the wider community across Scotland and will play a significant role in understanding the effect that the virus will have on groups, and will also inform on supporting recovery from illness experienced in isolation due to a pandemic; acknowledges that researchers and universities are playing a crucial role in tackling the pandemic; thanks Queen Margaret University and its researchers for undertaking this vital work, and wishes them all the best with their studies in this area.
Supporters (17)
- Jeremy Balfour 19 May 2020
- Miles Briggs Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 19 May 2020
- Iain Gray 19 May 2020
- Bill Kidd 19 May 2020
- Richard Lyle 19 May 2020
- Gordon MacDonald 19 May 2020
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 19 May 2020
- Edward Mountain 19 May 2020
- Stewart Stevenson 19 May 2020
- Sandra White 19 May 2020
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 20 May 2020
- Willie Coffey 22 May 2020
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 22 May 2020
- Tom Arthur Scottish National Party 28 May 2020
- Clare Adamson Scottish National Party 2 Jun 2020
- Ruth Maguire 5 Jun 2020
- Maureen Watt 11 Jun 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.