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Showing 51 of 51 matching items. Latest 30 days: 48.

Reference	Item	MSP	Type	Date (desc)
S2M-05596	Celebrating Success	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Members' Business Motion	07 Mar 2007
S2W-31389	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the Peat Landslide Hazard and Risk Assessments guidance.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	26 Jan 2007
S2O-11567	To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the provision of new public private partnership schools will have on young people in the Western Isles.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question General Question	21 Dec 2006
S2O-11121	To ask the Scottish Executive what progress there has been in relation to the schools public private partnership in the Western Isles.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question General Question	16 Nov 2006
S2O-10690	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to increase safety in the fishing sector and protect the well-being of fishermen at sea.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question General Question	28 Sep 2006
S2O-10214	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that education has a role to play in drug prevention.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question General Question	15 Jun 2006
S2O-09805	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an update on the contribution of golf tourism to the Scottish economy.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question General Question	11 May 2006
S2O-08815	To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to enhance the status of vocational education.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question General Question	26 Jan 2006
S2M-03063	Guga Hunters of Ness	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Standard Motion	29 Jun 2005
S2M-02989	A Smart Successful Highlands and Islands	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Standard Motion	20 Jun 2005
S2W-15014	To ask the Scottish Executive when the review of the legislation governing burial and cremation is expected.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	07 Mar 2005
S2O-05651	To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to increase the availability of Gaelic-medium education.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question General Question	03 Mar 2005
S2M-02463.4	Identity Cards	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Motion For Debate	24 Feb 2005
S2M-02357	Responses to Extreme Weather Conditions in the Western Isles	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Members' Business Motion	23 Feb 2005
S2O-05263	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that Scottish companies can benefit from the London 2012 Olympic bid.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question General Question	03 Feb 2005
S2O-04980	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to make offenders compensate victims of crime.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question General Question	20 Jan 2005
S2W-07817	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will report on the outcome of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council held in Luxembourg on 21 and 22 April 2004.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	10 May 2004
S2W-07411	To ask the Scottish Executive how well Scottish farmed salmon is doing in the market following the recent food scare and what is being done to improve the position.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	02 Apr 2004
S2W-06070	To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in talks with the Norwegian Government on fish farming.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	11 Mar 2004
S2W-06837	To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the Council of Europe to publish its report on the application of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in the United Kingdom.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	10 Mar 2004
S2W-06812	To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is on the commercial planting of genetically modified (GM) crops.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	09 Mar 2004
S2M-00980	Parlamaid nan Oileanach	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Standard Motion	01 Mar 2004
S2M-00907	Fish Farming in Scotland	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Members' Business Motion	11 Feb 2004
S2W-05936	To ask the Scottish Executive whether a decision has been made on the level of water charges for 2004-05.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	03 Feb 2004
S2O-00989	To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the draft constitution for Europe in relation to Scotland's fishing industry.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question General Question	19 Dec 2003
S2W-04923	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will report on the outcome of the British-Irish Council summit held at the Museum of Welsh Life, Cardiff, on 28 November 2003.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	11 Dec 2003
S2O-00715	To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being taken to protect the fish farming industry from illegal activities of non-EU salmon producers.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question General Question	13 Nov 2003
S2M-00492	Gaelic Language Bill	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Standard Motion	10 Oct 2003
S2M-00301	Guga Harvest 2003	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Standard Motion	05 Sep 2003
S2W-01619	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will report on the outcome of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels on 22 July 2003.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	07 Aug 2003
S2W-00706	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will report on the outcome of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council held in Brussels on 26 May 2003.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	11 Jun 2003
S1W-34877	To ask the Scottish Executive what the outcome of the consultation on proposals for crofting reform legislation was and what conclusions it has drawn from the consultation responses.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	25 Mar 2003
S1W-34664	To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to announce its decision on whether to extend its proposed review of Barra air transport provision.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	20 Mar 2003
S1O-06666	To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance or advice it gives to local authorities and other public sector employers on time off work for members of children's panels to attend children's hearings.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question General Question	20 Mar 2003
S1M-04029	Community Buyout of the North Harris Estate	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Members' Business Motion	17 Mar 2003
S1W-33254	To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to receive the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) report into the arrangements by which community pharmacists may dispense NHS prescriptions and how it intends	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	17 Jan 2003
S1W-32710	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the power to advance well-being in the Local Government in Scotland Bill will confer a power of compulsory purchase or otherwise affect existing powers of compuls	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	06 Jan 2003
S1M-03623.1	Glasgow to Barra Air Link Public Service Obligation	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Amendment	11 Dec 2002
S1O-05903	To ask the Scottish Executive how it is ensuring that people in the Highlands and Islands are being included in the consultation on the future of air services.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question General Question	14 Nov 2002
S1W-26971	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the report on Phase I of its adoption policy review.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	21 Jun 2002
S1W-25088	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will announce the key performance targets it has set for Fisheries Research Services for 2002-03.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question Written Question	16 Apr 2002
S1M-02588	Renewable Energy in the Western Isles	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Members' Business Motion	16 Jan 2002
S1O-04493	To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are plans to promote an interest in genealogy in Scotland and abroad.	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Question General Question	28 Jun 2001
S1M-01951	The Draft Graduate Endowment (Scotland) Regulations 2001	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Standard Motion	12 Jun 2001
S1M-01646	The Draft Highlands and Islands Enterprise Area of Operation (Scotland) Order 2001	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Standard Motion	13 Feb 2001
S1M-01596	Outworking Bill - UK Legislation 1 linked amendment	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Motion For Debate	31 Jan 2001
S1M-01216.2	Scottish Tourism	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Motion For Debate	28 Sep 2000
S1M-01026.2	Petrol and Diesel Prices	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Motion For Debate	22 Jun 2000
S1M-00607	Gaelic 2 linked amendments	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Motion For Debate	02 Mar 2000
S1M-00550	Tourism 2 linked amendments	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Motion For Debate	17 Feb 2000
S1M-00160	Tourism 1 linked amendment	Morrison, Mr Alasdair	Motion Motion For Debate	22 Sep 1999

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Motion

Celebrating Success

S2M-05596 · Members' Business Motion · lodged by Morrison, Mr Alasdair

Lodged on

14 Feb 2007

Heard / answered on

07 Mar 2007

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That the Parliament welcomes the substantive progress being made in tackling sectarianism in Scotland; commends the initiatives undertaken by Scotland’s largest football clubs, Rangers FC and Celtic FC, to counter sectarian attitudes; congratulates the football clubs on their initiatives, Pride over Prejudice and Bhoys Against Bigotry; notes the success of their highly commendable joint educational programme, the Old Firm Alliance, within Glasgow schools; recognises that the significant progress achieved in tackling sectarianism represents a continuing determination by both clubs to help eradicate the problem, and also commends the informal arrangements between old firm supporters in the Western Isles as an example for the rest of the country.

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Supported by 31 additional MSPs

Lab 17 LD 4 Ind 2 SSP 2 Green 2 Sol 1 SNP 1 Con 1 SSCUP 1

Lodged by Morrison, Mr Alasdair (Scottish Labour).

No division on record. Either the chamber agreed this motion without a vote, it was withdrawn before debate, or it predates 2011 — vote-by-vote records only run from then.

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S2M-05596
14 Feb 2007 · Members' Business Motion · Morrison, Mr Alasdair

That the Parliament welcomes the substantive progress being made in tackling sectarianism in Scotland; commends the initiatives undertaken by Scotland’s largest football clubs, Rangers FC and Celtic FC, to counter sectarian attitudes; congratulates the football clubs on their initiatives, Pride over Prejudice and Bhoys Against Bigotry; notes the success ...