Motion · S5M-24310 · 4 Mar 2021
Aid for Yemen
The motion
That the Parliament condemns the recent reduction in aid to Yemen by the UK Government; believes that the situation in Yemen counts among the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with 80% of the population, including 12.4 million children, in need of humanitarian assistance; understands that nearly 2.5 million of the children are malnourished, with hundreds of thousands described as "severely malnourished"; notes that the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs' belief that the risk of large scale famine in the country "has never been more acute"’; agrees with the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, who described the reduction in aid as a "death sentence", and calls on the UK Government to meet its international responsibilities and to increase its planned aid to Yemen, at least to in line with previous years.
Supporters (16)
- Sarah Boyack 5 Mar 2021
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 5 Mar 2021
- Iain Gray 5 Mar 2021
- Bill Kidd 5 Mar 2021
- Richard Lyle 5 Mar 2021
- Rona Mackay 5 Mar 2021
- John Mason 5 Mar 2021
- Sandra White 5 Mar 2021
- Gil Paterson 8 Mar 2021
- Alex Cole-Hamilton Scottish Liberal Democrats 9 Mar 2021
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 9 Mar 2021
- Neil Findlay 11 Mar 2021
- Ruth Maguire 12 Mar 2021
- Clare Adamson Scottish National Party 18 Mar 2021
- Alex Rowley 23 Mar 2021
- Colin Smyth 24 Mar 2021
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.