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Standard Motion · S4M-05489 · Session 4

Heritage Lottery Fund, Burns Night

Lodged by Dennis Robertson SNP Lodged 25 Jan 2013 22 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the Heritage Lottery Fund's celebration of Burns, which has resulted in a previously unpublished letter from Burns being found and published; understands that the letter was written in 1794 and was sent by Burns to the actress, Elizabeth Kemble, bringing to light a friendship that was previously unknown; welcomes the involvement of over 1,000 schoolchildren in the north east in a Heritage Lottery Fund project, which has introduced them to Burns and his contemporaries, and the publishing of the letter in the book, Enlightened Burns, and looks forward to celebrating Burns Night for years to come.

Signatures by party

22 MSPs besides the lodger · 2 from other parties
SNP 20Con 1Lab 1

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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

22 MSPs

SNP 20 Con 1 Lab 1

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SNP 20

Con 1

Lab 1

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In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4M-05489 by reference.