Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 12 March 2026 [Draft]
12 Mar 2026 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Dunblane Shootings (30th Anniversary)
This week, our hearts are with the people of Dunblane and, in particular, the families of the 16 children and their teacher who were lost to us that day. Thirty years on, many of those children might have been parents themselves by now, but the gunshots of a madman cut short the promise of those young lives. They brought a nation to grief and a Parliament to action, causing it to ban for ever the domestic ownership of handguns and, by so doing, prevent the likelihood of the repetition of such a tragedy.
This year, and every year, we remember the trauma of Dunblane and the shadow that it still casts across our national story.
In the same item of business
The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
Before we move to First Minister’s question time, I invite the First Minister to make some remarks on the 30th anniversary of the Dunblane shootings.12:00
The First Minister (John Swinney)
SNP
Thirty years ago tomorrow, primary school teacher Gwen Mayor took her pupils into the gym hall at Dunblane primary school. Shortly afterwards, a gunman enter...
Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con)
Con
There is a photo of the primary 1 class at Dunblane primary school in 1996, and it is a picture of pure childhood innocence. It features teacher Gwen Mayor b...
Anas Sarwar (Glasgow) (Lab)
Lab
Tomorrow marks 30 years since the Dunblane tragedy—a day that will be forever etched in our memories. Sixteen children and a teacher went to school that day ...
Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green)
Green
Thirty years ago tomorrow, 16 primary 1s and their teacher went to school and did not come home. Fifteen more were injured. Those children would have been th...
Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh Western) (LD)
LD
This week, our hearts are with the people of Dunblane and, in particular, the families of the 16 children and their teacher who were lost to us that day. Thi...