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Motion · S6M-13434 · 30 May 2024

Celebrating 10 Years of the .scot Domain

Lodged by Christine Grahame Members' Business Motion 18 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament celebrates the 10th anniversary of the .scot domain; understands that the dotSCO campaign attracted cross-party support in the Scottish Parliament, after a petition with 1,200 signatures was brought before the Public Petitions Committee in 2008 by Ross Ingebrigtsen and David Hutchison; notes that, when the internet was opened up to new gTLDs (generic top level domains), Glasgow-based not-for-profit company dotScot Registry applied to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for the .scot domain, and that, after what it understands to have been a complex and expensive application, was successful in 2014; further notes that the application was supported by letters from prominent Scots, Scottish businesses, cultural organisations, sports bodies, charities and Scottish societies at home and around the world, as well as a letter of non-objection from the UK Government; acknowledges that early users of the .scot domain included the Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament and NHS Scotland and that, today, it has a presence in 62 countries around the globe; congratulates those involved in pursuing the campaign to establish the .scot domain and sustaining it for the past 10 years, including dotScot Registry’s Managing Director, Gavin McCutcheon and Chairman Harry McGrath, and notes the calls encouraging more organisations in Scotland to adopt the .scot name as a clear marker of their Scottish identity.

Supporters (18)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.