Motion · S5M-22028 · 12 Jun 2020
Edinburgh International Book Festival Moves Online for 2020
The motion
That the Parliament welcomes the decision by the Edinburgh International Book Festival to move online in 2020; notes that it will be hosting over 100 free events for adults, families and children on its website and YouTube channel from 15 to 31 August; understands that the Festival is a key part of the literary year for Scottish and British writers; acknowledges its founding principles as an event to reconcile and reunite people and nations through art, transcending political and cultural boundaries, and believes that these principles take on a newly important meaning at the time of the COVID-19 crisis.
Supporters (18)
- Claire Baker Scottish Labour 12 Jun 2020
- Jeremy Balfour 12 Jun 2020
- Colin Beattie Scottish National Party 12 Jun 2020
- Miles Briggs Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 12 Jun 2020
- Bill Kidd 12 Jun 2020
- Richard Lyle 12 Jun 2020
- Mark McDonald 12 Jun 2020
- Alexander Stewart 12 Jun 2020
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 12 Jun 2020
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 13 Jun 2020
- Andy Wightman 14 Jun 2020
- Clare Adamson Scottish National Party 16 Jun 2020
- Maureen Watt 16 Jun 2020
- Alex Rowley 17 Jun 2020
- Gil Paterson 18 Jun 2020
- Alex Cole-Hamilton Scottish Liberal Democrats 22 Jun 2020
- Tom Arthur Scottish National Party 29 Jun 2020
- Ruth Maguire 13 Aug 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.