The Failure of the BBC to Hand Over Tapes to the Fraser Inquiry

The amendment

As an amendment to motion S2M-01117 in the name of David McLetchie (The Failure of the BBC to Hand Over Tapes to the Fraser Inquiry), leave out from “agrees” to end and insert “notes the current Holyrood Inquiry being conducted by The Rt Hon The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie QC as instigated by the First Minister and the Presiding Officer; encourages all those with an interest in the Inquiry to provide Lord Fraser with all required documentation and material and strongly encourages both the Inquiry and the BBC to arrive at a mutually acceptable resolution to the ongoing issue surrounding the availability of information from tapes of the Wark Clements Productions’ programme entitled “The Gathering Place”; supports the independence of the BBC against political interference as a fundamental bulwark of our civil liberties, and believes that the Parliament would undermine the independence of the BBC by seeking to compel it to take any particular course of action but would nevertheless welcome a decision by the BBC to allow Lord Fraser appropriate access to the tapes.”


No recorded vote on this amendment. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

1. S2M-01117.1
   The Failure of the BBC to Hand Over Tapes to the Fraser Inquiry

   Margo MacDonald Ind Lodged 30 Mar 2004
   No recorded vote
2. S2M-01117.2
   The Failure of the BBC to Hand Over Tapes to the Fraser Inquiry

   Fergus Ewing SNP Lodged 30 Mar 2004
   No recorded vote
3. S2M-01117.3
   The Failure of the BBC to Hand Over Tapes to the Fraser Inquiry

   Carolyn Leckie SSP Lodged 30 Mar 2004
   No recorded vote

Lab 2

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2M-01117.4 by reference.