Standard Motion · S5M-07217 · Session 5
Merchant Navy Day 2017
The motion
That the Parliament notes that Merchant Navy Day will be marked on 3 September 2017; pays tribute to the merchant navy personnel who fought and gave their lives in the First and Second world wars; understands that the awareness day was introduced in 2000 in honour of the SS Athenia, the first UK vessel sunk during the Second World War; acknowledges the campaign by Seafarers UK to celebrate the day by flying the Red Ensign; notes that the flag will fly above the Ball House in Montrose from 1 to 4 September; recognises that, today, merchant seafarers are responsible for 90% of UK imports that are carried by ship and more than 75% of its exports, and appreciates the great work that the men and women of the merchant navy continue to do around the world.
Signatures by party
34 MSPs besides the lodger · 11 from other partiesCon 23SNP 8Lab 2LD 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
34 MSPsCon 23 SNP 8 Lab 2 LD 1
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Con 23
- Jeremy Balfour
- Michelle Ballantyne
- Miles Briggs
- Alexander Burnett
- Donald Cameron
- Jackson Carlaw
- Finlay Carson
- Peter Chapman
- Maurice Corry
- Murdo Fraser
- Maurice Golden
- Jamie Greene
- Jamie Halcro Johnston
- Rachael Hamilton
- Alison Harris
- Gordon Lindhurst
- Dean Lockhart
- Tom Mason
- Margaret Mitchell
- Edward Mountain
- John Scott
- Liz Smith
- Annie Wells
SNP 8
Lab 2
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 S5M-07217 by reference.