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Division · motion
Why Languages Matter, Improving Young People’s Opportunities
S4M-03004
· decided 24 May 2012 · lodged by Allan, Dr Alasdair · session S4
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That the Parliament agrees that, in today’s globalised world, learning other languages is more important than ever and that it is in Scotland’s economic and cultural interests that young Scots are able to speak other languages; notes the report of the Languages Working Group and its recommendation that children should learn another language from primary 1; supports the Scottish Government’s far-sighted and ambitious aim to enable all young people to learn two languages in addition to their mother tongue during their time at school, and welcomes the Scottish Government’s plans for a pilot project programme for 2012-13 to demonstrate how the aims of the 1+2 Barcelona model of language learning can be turned into a reality in Scotland over the course of two parliamentary sessions.
Vote heatmap · 128 MSPs
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- Yes
- No
- Abstain
- Not voted
For
85
SNP
64
- Adam, Brian
- Adam, George
- Adamson, Clare
- Allan, Dr Alasdair
- Beattie, Colin
- Biagi, Marco
- Brodie, Chic
- Brown, Keith
- Burgess, Margaret
- Campbell, Aileen
- Campbell, Roderick
- Coffey, Willie
- Constance, Angela
- Cunningham, Roseanna
- Dey, Graeme
- Don, Nigel
- Doris, Bob
- Dornan, James
- Eadie, Jim
- Ewing, Annabelle
- Fabiani, Linda
- Finnie, John
- FitzPatrick, Joe
- Gibson, Kenneth
- Gibson, Rob
- Hepburn, Jamie
- Hyslop, Fiona
- Ingram, Adam
- Keir, Colin
- Kidd, Bill
- Lochhead, Richard
- Lyle, Richard
- MacAskill, Kenny
- MacDonald, Angus
- MacDonald, Gordon
- Mackay, Derek
- MacKenzie, Mike
- Mason, John
- Matheson, Michael
- Maxwell, Stewart
- McAlpine, Joan
- McDonald, Mark
- McKelvie, Christina
- McLeod, Aileen
- McLeod, Fiona
- McMillan, Stuart
- Neil, Alex
- Paterson, Gil
- Robertson, Dennis
- Robison, Shona
- Russell, Michael
- Salmond, Alex
- Stevenson, Stewart
- Stewart, Kevin
- Sturgeon, Nicola
- Swinney, John
- Thompson, Dave
- Torrance, David
- Urquhart, Jean
- Watt, Maureen
- Wheelhouse, Paul
- White, Sandra
- Wilson, John
- Yousaf, Humza
Con
14
Green
2
Ind
1
Against
35
Lab
34
- Baillie, Jackie
- Baker, Claire
- Baker, Richard
- Beamish, Claudia
- Bibby, Neil
- Chisholm, Malcolm
- Dugdale, Kezia
- Fee, Mary
- Ferguson, Patricia
- Findlay, Neil
- Grant, Rhoda
- Gray, Iain
- Griffin, Mark
- Kelly, James
- Lamont, Johann
- Macdonald, Lewis
- Macintosh, Ken
- Malik, Hanzala
- Marra, Jenny
- Martin, Paul
- McCulloch, Margaret
- McDougall, Margaret
- McMahon, Michael
- McMahon, Siobhan
- McNeil, Duncan
- McTaggart, Anne
- Murray, Elaine
- Park, John
- Pearson, Graeme
- Pentland, John
- Simpson, Dr Richard
- Smith, Drew
- Smith, Elaine
- Stewart, David
SNP
1
Abstain
0
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Not voted
8
Con
1
Ind
1
LD
1