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Standard Motion · S3M-01016 · Session 3

Black Watch Memorial

Lodged by Murdo Fraser Con Lodged 11 Dec 2007 31 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament praises the campaign being undertaken by the Black Watch Association, in partnership with Edinburgh World Heritage, to raise £15,000 to restore the Black Watch Memorial on Edinburgh’s Mound; notes that the impressive memorial is of a kilted Black Watch soldier and commemorates the men of the Black Watch regiment who fell in the Boer War from 1899 to 1902; thanks the Bank of Scotland for donating £5,000 towards the restoration of the monument, underlining the bank’s dedication to preserving memorials to Scotland’s fallen soldiers, and recognises the importance of protecting and restoring memorials to Scottish soldiers who have served and died in all wars.

Signatures by party

31 MSPs besides the lodger · 19 from other parties
SNP 12Con 12Lab 5LD 2

Party 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.

Supporters

31 MSPs

SNP 12 Con 12 Lab 5 LD 2

Show all 31 supporters by party

SNP 12

Con 12

Lab 5

LD 2

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

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3M-01016 by reference.