Members' Business Motion · S5M-08775 · Session 5
Adoption Week Scotland
The motion
That the Parliament welcomes that 20 to 25 November 2017 marks Adoption Week Scotland, which is organised by Adoption UK Scotland and Adoption and Fostering Alliance Scotland and has the theme, We need to talk about adoption; is pleased that the programme includes a roadshow of information events, a national conference and the provision of additional online support and guidance to existing and potential adopters; welcomes in particular the celebratory family event to acknowledge what it sees as the key role that thousands of adoptive families are making all across Scotland, and notes that Members are being encouraged to make some time during the awareness week to talk about adoption, including how it makes a real difference to the lives of children and young people.
Signatures by party
35 MSPs besides the lodger · 14 from other partiesParty 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
35 MSPsSNP 21 Lab 7 Con 5 LD 1 Green 1
Show all 35 supporters by party
SNP 21
- Tom Arthur
- Colin Beattie
- Graeme Dey
- Kenneth Gibson
- Jenny Gilruth
- Emma Harper
- Clare Haughey
- Bill Kidd
- Richard Lochhead
- Richard Lyle
- Fulton MacGregor
- Ruth Maguire
- Gillian Martin
- John Mason
- Joan McAlpine
- Ivan McKee
- Christina McKelvie
- Stuart McMillan
- Ash Regan
- David Torrance
- Sandra White
Lab 7
Con 5
LD 1
Green 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-08775 by reference.