Parliament Workbench
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Standard Motion · S3M-02034 · Session 3

Water Rates Relief

Lodged by Shirley-Anne Somerville SNP Lodged 2 Jun 2008 24 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change that small charities, churches and voluntary organisations will continue to be exempt from paying water charges until 2014; recognises the work of the Reverend Jock Stein of Dunfermline presbytery in the campaign to maintain the water rates exemption; recognises too the important work done by charitable and voluntary organisations, and hopes that the exemption from water rates will continue to have a favourable impact on their work.

Signatures by party

24 MSPs besides the lodger · 2 from other parties
SNP 22Con 1LD 1

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

24 MSPs

SNP 22 Con 1 LD 1

Show all 24 supporters by party

SNP 22

Con 1

LD 1

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

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3M-02034 by reference.