Standard Motion · S1M-00445 · Session 1
Circuses
The motion
That the Parliament expresses its concern that, despite the revelation in 1999 in an English court that training of animals to perform circus acts can involve severe cruelty, animals continue to be used in circuses; notes that even the best circuses offer animals a very basic and extremely restricted existence, with elephants chained for 23 hours a day, with big cats and domestic dogs kept in small cages, and horses and other animals tethered in cramped stalls, and calls upon the Scottish Executive to take action to end the practise of using animals in circus acts in Scotland.
Signatures by party
26 MSPs besides the lodger · 26 from other partiesParty on the day each MSP signed. Signing a motion is voluntary and not whipped. Who signs whose motions
Vote
No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.
Amendments
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No recorded vote
Supporters
26 MSPsSNP 14 Lab 9 LD 1 Con 1 Green 1
Show all 26 supporters by party
SNP 14
- Dorothy-Grace Elder
- Dr Winnie Ewing
- Margaret Ewing
- Linda Fabiani
- Kenneth Gibson
- Christine Grahame
- Duncan Hamilton
- Fiona Hyslop
- Adam Ingram
- Kenny MacAskill
- Irene McGugan
- Alex Neil
- Gil Paterson
- Shona Robison
Lab 9
- Scott Barrie
- Trish Godman
- Janis Hughes
- Cathy Jamieson
- Ken Macintosh
- Pauline McNeill
- Elaine Murray
- Dr Richard Simpson
- Elaine Smith
LD 1
Con 1
Green 1
Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1M-00445 by reference.