Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 18 September 2012
18 Sep 2012 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Keep Scotland Beautiful
The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S4M-03683, in the name of Graeme Dey, on Keep Scotland Beautiful. The debate will be concluded without any question being put.
Motion debated,
That the Parliament congratulates the Keep Scotland Beautiful 2012 National Spring Clean campaign; notes that 120,000 people in Scotland registered to participate in the event, which was supported by charities, businesses and organisations across the country; understands that a further 100,000 were estimated to have participated without registering; believes that this makes this the biggest mass mobilisation for civic purposes in Scotland since the Second World War; considers that the removal of around 1,100 tonnes of litter from Shetland to the Borders should act as an encouragement to everyone concerned to champion the cause of keeping Scotland beautiful, and wishes Keep Scotland Beautiful every encouragement in preparing and implementing its plan to involve up to one million people in the 2013 clean-up, which, it understands, would remove 10,000 to 20,000 tonnes of litter from the streets and country roads of Scotland.
17:02
Motion debated,
That the Parliament congratulates the Keep Scotland Beautiful 2012 National Spring Clean campaign; notes that 120,000 people in Scotland registered to participate in the event, which was supported by charities, businesses and organisations across the country; understands that a further 100,000 were estimated to have participated without registering; believes that this makes this the biggest mass mobilisation for civic purposes in Scotland since the Second World War; considers that the removal of around 1,100 tonnes of litter from Shetland to the Borders should act as an encouragement to everyone concerned to champion the cause of keeping Scotland beautiful, and wishes Keep Scotland Beautiful every encouragement in preparing and implementing its plan to involve up to one million people in the 2013 clean-up, which, it understands, would remove 10,000 to 20,000 tonnes of litter from the streets and country roads of Scotland.
17:02
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The Deputy Presiding Officer (John Scott)
Con
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Graeme Dey (Angus South) (SNP)
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George Adam (Paisley) (SNP)
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Claudia Beamish (South Scotland) (Lab)
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Chic Brodie (South Scotland) (SNP)
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Jamie McGrigor (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
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The Minister for Environment and Climate Change (Paul Wheelhouse)
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