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Showing 260 of 288 matching items. Latest 30 days: 48.

Reference	Item	MSP	Type	Date (desc)
S3M-08217	Hypercapitalism and the Demon Drug Myth	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	22 Mar 2011
S3W-40251	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will make representations to the UK Government regarding the Council of Europe’s Charter for Regional and Minority Languages and agreement of part III undertaking	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	14 Mar 2011
S3W-40080	To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have (a) sat and (b) passed exams for qualifications in British Sign Language in each year since 2007.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	14 Mar 2011
S3M-07912	The Bush Torture Indictment	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	08 Feb 2011
S3W-38925	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-38364 by Michael Russell on 19 January 2011, whether it will provide the information that it holds regarding the funding of Scots l	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	02 Feb 2011
S3M-07788	Decriminalise the Chewing of Coca Leaves	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	25 Jan 2011
S3M-07766	Scotland's Potential Adoption of the International Criminal Court's Definition of the Crime of Aggression	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	21 Jan 2011
S3W-38365	To ask the Scottish Executive what funding will be allocated to Scots language education in 2011-12.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	19 Jan 2011
S3W-38364	To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated to Scots language education in each year since 1990.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	19 Jan 2011
S3M-07602	UN Resolution 65/55 on Depleted Uranium	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	14 Dec 2010
S3M-07529.1	Sentencing of Mohammed Sandia	Wilson, Bill	Motion Amendment	14 Dec 2010
S3M-07528	Public Sector Pay Ratios	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	01 Dec 2010
S3M-07522	The UK's Special Representative for Trade and Investment's Apparent Support for Corruption	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	01 Dec 2010
S3W-37559	To ask the Scottish Executive how it will enhance the (a) coverage, (b) quality, (c) representativeness and (d) connectivity of protected areas as a contribution to the development of representative s	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	24 Nov 2010
S3W-37558	To ask the Scottish Executive how it will (a) promote the application of the ecosystem approach that integrates protected areas into broader land or seascapes for the conservation of biological divers	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	24 Nov 2010
S3M-07472	Irish Prohibition of Depleted Uranium Weapons Bill 2009	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	23 Nov 2010
S3M-07424	Measures of Wellbeing, GDP and Free-market Ideology	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	16 Nov 2010
S3M-06972	Science and the Parliament, Wednesday 10 November 2010	Wilson, Bill	Motion Members' Business Motion	10 Nov 2010
S3M-07332	UN Vote on Depleted Uranium	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	03 Nov 2010
S3M-07287	Health Inequalities and Socioeconomic Inequality	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	28 Oct 2010
S3M-07205	Media Diversity and Democracy	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	12 Oct 2010
S3M-07077	Cuts Will Worsen One of the Worst Places in Europe	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	23 Sep 2010
S3M-07052	Business and Human Rights Conference, October 2010	Wilson, Bill	Motion Members' Business Motion	22 Sep 2010
S3M-07050	Westminster Thinking on Science Not Just Wrong, But Mad 1 linked amendment	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	22 Sep 2010
S3M-07049	Women Advised not to Have Children as Legacy of US and UK WMD	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	22 Sep 2010
S3M-06925	Paisley Abbey Drain Excavation	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	07 Sep 2010
S3M-06866	Importance of FCO Human Rights Report	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	24 Aug 2010
S3M-06849	National Poet Edwin Morgan	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	20 Aug 2010
S3M-06843	Banning Hot Branding of Equine Animals	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	19 Aug 2010
S3M-06786	Libel Law, Corruption and the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	04 Aug 2010
S3M-06738	United Kingdom A Key Player in £250 Billion Tax Losses in the Developing World	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	15 Jul 2010
S3M-06735	HMRC Staff Needed to Recoup £95 Billion Lost to Tax Evasion and Avoidance	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	14 Jul 2010
S3M-06609	Tackling Traffickers and Helping Trafficked People	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	17 Jun 2010
S3M-06500	Civil List Review	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	03 Jun 2010
S3M-06497	Social Norms in Schools	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	03 Jun 2010
S3M-06373	Significant Fraud	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	20 May 2010
S3M-06345	Biodiversity Week and Proposed Downsizing of University of Glasgow's Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	18 May 2010
S3M-06335	Kelburne Hockey Club Success	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	18 May 2010
S3M-06328	VAT Hits the Poor	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	18 May 2010
S3M-06313	Taxpayer-owned Banks Should Not be Destroying the Environment and People's Lives	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	14 May 2010
S3W-33470	To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to raise awareness of the Scots language question in the 2011 census.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	12 May 2010
S3M-06146	The Passing of Kenneth McKellar	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	14 Apr 2010
S3M-06119	Biodiversity Coalition Opposes GM Contamination	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	09 Apr 2010
S3M-06087	Knowing Me, Knowing You, Renfrewshire	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	29 Mar 2010
S3M-06011	Renfrew Ferry Saved 1 linked amendment	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	24 Mar 2010
S3M-06050	Ethiopia's Gibe 3 Dam, Europe Must Not Fund Environmental Devastation	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	23 Mar 2010
S3M-05993	Hayley Stobo, First Scot to Win a Place at the Bolshoi	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	18 Mar 2010
S3M-05938.1	School Transport in Renfrewshire	Wilson, Bill	Motion Amendment	15 Mar 2010
S3W-31938	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will encourage other NHS boards to adopt disability leave policies similar to that of NHS 24.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	04 Mar 2010
S3M-05873	Who Benefits from GM Crops and Large-scale Agribusiness?	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	03 Mar 2010
S3M-05836	Royal Secrecy against the Democratic System	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	26 Feb 2010
S3M-05826	Lloyds Banking Group "Bullies" Lloyds TSB Foundation and Threatens Future of Scottish Charities	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	25 Feb 2010
S3M-05819	NHS 24's Exemplary Disability Leave Policy	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	25 Feb 2010
S3M-05797	Paisley to Host the Mod	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	22 Feb 2010
S3M-05574	Renfrewshire's Budget Priorities	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	19 Jan 2010
S3M-05568	Moon-shot Mission, 10 New Drugs for 10 Neglected Diseases by 2020	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	19 Jan 2010
S3M-05555	Renfrew Ferry	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	18 Jan 2010
S3W-30422	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider investigating the practices identified in the Soil Association’s report, Soil Carbon and Organic Farming: A review of the evidence on the relatio	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	15 Jan 2010
S3M-05525	The Illegality of the Invasion of Iraq and the Detention of Anthony Charles Lynton Blair 1 linked amendment	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	13 Jan 2010
S3M-05384	EU Tax on Mobility Scooters is Tax on Disability	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	09 Dec 2009
S3M-05380	Greenspace Is Good - So Prove It!	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	08 Dec 2009
S3M-05377	Lloyds Pays Huge Bonuses to Senior Managers and Cuts Everything Else	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	08 Dec 2009
S3M-05356	Kurdish Language Rights in Turkey	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	03 Dec 2009
S3M-05330	Mohammad Othman and Israel's Use of Administrative Detention as a Substitute for Prosecution	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	01 Dec 2009
S3M-05273	A Limit to Pay Differentials in Publicly Funded Organisations	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	24 Nov 2009
S3M-05232	State of Scotland's Greenspace 2009 and SROI	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	18 Nov 2009
S3M-05117	Evidence-based Approach to Drugs Essential	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	03 Nov 2009
S3M-05092	Ethical Procurement in the NHS	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	29 Oct 2009
S3M-05090	Support for the UN Goldstone Report	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	29 Oct 2009
S3O-08251	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the Scots language alongside Gaelic in the summary of responsibilities of the Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution on its webs	Wilson, Bill	Question General Question	29 Oct 2009
S3M-05070	Detention without Trial Is an Assault on Human Rights and Civil Liberties	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	27 Oct 2009
S3M-05062	Israel's Detention of Mohammad Othman	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	27 Oct 2009
S3M-05040	Science and the Parliament 2009, the Science behind Health	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	22 Oct 2009
S3M-05038	RNID Report, Who Benefits?	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	21 Oct 2009
S3M-05033	The Bravery of Corporal Scott Cox of the Royal Highland Fusiliers	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	20 Oct 2009
S3W-27605	To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of concerns expressed by members of UKinbound that the high cost of visas to visit the United Kingdom is deterring tourists, what information it has about the p	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	06 Oct 2009
S3M-04922	Suicide Attempts by Female Asylum Seekers	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	23 Sep 2009
S3O-07848	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that, to make an intelligent choice about our future as a nation, we should be knowledgeable about our history and culture and, if so, that libraries	Wilson, Bill	Question General Question	17 Sep 2009
S3M-04867	Ending the GDP Fetish	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	16 Sep 2009
S3M-04837	Asylum Seekers, Victims of Bankers' Incompetence?	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	11 Sep 2009
S3M-04834	Welcoming Sea Angling Strategy Group 1 linked amendment	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	11 Sep 2009
S3M-04722	Excessive Charges for Users of Prepayment Meters	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	24 Aug 2009
S3M-04554	Brambles as good as Blackberries	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	01 Jul 2009
S3M-04551	Israel Must Release Kidnapped Human Rights Observers	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	01 Jul 2009
S3M-04536	Sandy Stoddart, Freeman of Renfrewshire	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	29 Jun 2009
S3O-07546	To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of recent research findings that people materially affected by the recession were up to eight times more likely to have sought treatment for the first time for	Wilson, Bill	Question General Question	25 Jun 2009
S3F-01801	To ask the First Minister what steps are being taken to limit the spread of the influenza A(H1N1) virus.	Wilson, Bill	Question First Minister's Question	25 Jun 2009
S3M-04506	Inclusion Scotland's Report on Accessible Housing	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	24 Jun 2009
S3M-04481	Suspected Ongoing Genocide in Sri Lanka	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	23 Jun 2009
S3M-04445	Ezra Nawi and Israel's Continued Violation of Human Rights	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	18 Jun 2009
S3M-04369	Volunteer Centre Renfrewshire	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	11 Jun 2009
S3M-04368	Congratulations to Home-Start Renfrewshire	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	11 Jun 2009
S3W-24307	To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will spend on (a) Gaelic, (b) Scots and (c) BSL over the next three years.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	04 Jun 2009
S3M-04273	Renfrewshire Council and respectme's Anti-bullying Service	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	29 May 2009
S3W-23899	To ask the Scottish Executive what grants it has provided to Rolls-Royce plc and what information it has on any grants provided by the UK Government in relation to the Rolls-Royce facilities at Hillin	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 May 2009
S3W-23898	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware that “load reduction” letters announcing proposals to reduce employee numbers have been issued to Rolls-Royce plc workers at Inchinnan in Renfrewshire	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 May 2009
S3M-04147	The Advanced Forming Research Centre	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	14 May 2009
S3M-04117	Safer and Stronger Renfrewshire, Third Sector Network Initiative	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	12 May 2009
S3M-04029	The Gurkhas, Prepared to Die for the UK but not Fit to Live Here?	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	30 Apr 2009
S3M-03996	Israel's Militarised Society	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	28 Apr 2009
S3O-06664	To ask the Scottish Executive how many higher education institutions ensure that their teacher training graduates are competent to teach Scots.	Wilson, Bill	Question General Question	23 Apr 2009
S3M-03949	UK Government's Admission of Complicity in Torture	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	22 Apr 2009
S3M-03888	Israel's Intransigence	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	07 Apr 2009
S3M-03821	Increased GDP, Reduced Satisfaction	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	27 Mar 2009
S3M-03798	Possible Suspension of Sri Lanka from the Commonwealth	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	24 Mar 2009
S3M-03797	Curbing Pay Excesses While Sustaining Tax Revenues	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	24 Mar 2009
S3M-03747	Renfrewshire Council and Scotland's First Money Week	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	19 Mar 2009
S3O-06357	To ask the Scottish Executive , in light of Richard Wilkinson’s research comparing inequality between societies and which shows that in the most unequal societies the detrimental effects become so gre	Wilson, Bill	Question General Question	19 Mar 2009
S3M-03730	University Rector's Torture Evidence	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	18 Mar 2009
S3M-03711	Seizing the Assets of Economic Terrorists	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	16 Mar 2009
S3M-03633	Israel Prize Laureates' Call for End to Demolition of East Jerusalem Homes	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	06 Mar 2009
S3O-06158	To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the recently published Audit of Current Scots Language Provision in Scotland and my survey of local education authorities, which identified the benefits of t	Wilson, Bill	Question General Question	05 Mar 2009
S3M-03573.2	The Post Office, A People's Bank	Wilson, Bill	Motion Amendment	04 Mar 2009
S3M-03571	Recent Reports on Victims/Survivors	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	27 Feb 2009
S3O-06047	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that Scottish Environment Protection Agency maps of coastal flood risk areas should specify the sea level changes on which the flooding models are ba	Wilson, Bill	Question General Question	26 Feb 2009
S3M-03468	Violence Targeting Civilians in Sri Lanka	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	17 Feb 2009
S3O-05905	To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of a study by Scottish researchers published in The Lancet on 8 November 2008 showing that populations exposed to the greenest environments have the lowest leve	Wilson, Bill	Question General Question	12 Feb 2009
S3M-03436	Venezuela's Progress Towards Eliminating Poverty	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	11 Feb 2009
S3M-03402	Israeli Disruption of International Aid Effort	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	06 Feb 2009
S3M-03369	Guantánamo Bay and Diego Garcia	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	03 Feb 2009
S3O-05744	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that parameters like gross domestic product cannot on their own measure sustainable growth and that parameters that take account of externalities suc	Wilson, Bill	Question General Question	29 Jan 2009
S3M-03326	National Holocaust Memorial Day, 27 January 2009	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	28 Jan 2009
S3M-03277	Israel's Shiministim	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	22 Jan 2009
S3M-03274	Labour Party's Attitude Towards Inquiry into Iraq	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	22 Jan 2009
S3M-03123	Sustainable Development Commission Report and GDP	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	16 Dec 2008
S3M-03116	Israel's Detention of UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	16 Dec 2008
S3W-18477	To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its international framework, whether the Scottish Government will endeavour to ensure that the stated aim for its international activities of “bringing a sha	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	16 Dec 2008
S3W-18479	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the allegations made against the Coca-Cola company by Mark Thomas in his book, Belching Out the Devil, Global Adventures with Coca-Cola, will cause it to examine	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	15 Dec 2008
S3W-18478	To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its international framework, whether the Scottish Government will consider making representations in favour of modifying EU procurement law to allow public b	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	11 Dec 2008
S3M-03035	European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee’s Recognition of Right to be Educated in and Speak Scots and Gaelic	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	04 Dec 2008
S3W-18024	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of concerns that Laurence Connelly Snr and the authors of the report The ICL/Stockline Disaster: An Independent Report on Working Conditions Prior to	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	03 Dec 2008
S3M-02993	Renfrewshire Council's Action on Credit Crunch	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	01 Dec 2008
S3O-05032	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that, in its international development work, it should use its influence through all channels available to it to promote democracy and human rights.	Wilson, Bill	Question General Question	27 Nov 2008
S3M-02920	Fishermen and International Observers Kidnapped by Israel	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	18 Nov 2008
S3M-02867	Free Hospital Transport in Renfrewshire	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	12 Nov 2008
S3M-02844.1	Renfrewshire Nursery School Cuts	Wilson, Bill	Motion Amendment	12 Nov 2008
S3W-17314	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it estimates what proportion of GDP is attributable to spending on unnecessary health care, accident repairs, underage drinking and smoking, or the drug culture a	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	12 Nov 2008
S3M-02855	UK Nationality and Place of Birth - Gender Discrimination	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	11 Nov 2008
S3W-17313	To ask the Scottish Executive how it defines sustainable economic growth and, in particular, what attention it accords to matters outwith the measurement of GDP.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	06 Nov 2008
S3W-17312	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it took before and has taken since May 2007 to “review the evidence on the options for additional and improved ways of measuring progress, and report by the e	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	06 Nov 2008
S3M-02790	GDP's Inadequacy as a Measure of Sustainable Economic Growth 1 linked amendment	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	29 Oct 2008
S3M-02787	The Costs of Child Poverty in the UK 1 linked amendment	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	29 Oct 2008
S3M-02762	All Citizens Equal 1 linked amendment	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	27 Oct 2008
S3M-02614	Congratulations to Aileen McGlynn	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	26 Sep 2008
S3M-02603	Appreciation of Renfrewshire's Emergency Services	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	25 Sep 2008
S3M-02523	Get Fair - A Citizen's Wage and the ALBA Model for a Fairer Society	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	09 Sep 2008
S3M-02500	Congratulations to WRVS Renfrewshire	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	05 Sep 2008
S3W-14747	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to amend Schedules 1A and A1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as amended, and when it expects to consult on any proposals for amendment.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	29 Aug 2008
S3M-02447	Breaking Israel's Blockade of Gaza	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	27 Aug 2008
S3M-02356	Banks and the US Blockade of Cuba	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	31 Jul 2008
S3M-02273	Banning Shock Collars: The Welsh Government's Precedent	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	26 Jun 2008
S3M-02253	Sistema Scotland’s Official Launch and the Benefits of Closer Ties with Venezuela	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	24 Jun 2008
S3M-02231	The Samson Chivatsi African Children's Appeal and Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire Councils	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	20 Jun 2008
S3O-03613	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an update with regard to country-of-origin labelling in the food service sector in Scotland.	Wilson, Bill	Question General Question	05 Jun 2008
S3W-12933	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the criteria for eligibility for support from the Climate Challenge Fund and whether local sports clubs, local branches of national NGOs, local proje	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	29 May 2008
S3M-01936	Challenging the European Investment Bank	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	16 May 2008
S3M-01910	National Staff Dismissal Register	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	14 May 2008
S3M-01880	The BBC's Attack on Venezuela	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	09 May 2008
S3M-01857	Woolf Review Highlights UK Hypocrisy on Bribery	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	07 May 2008
S3M-01856	Possible Replacement of Disability Living Allowance	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	07 May 2008
S3M-01793	The Beijing Olympics and Chinese Human Rights Abuses	Wilson, Bill	Motion Members' Business Motion	28 Apr 2008
S3M-01781	Consultation on a Scottish Climate Change Bill	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	24 Apr 2008
S3M-01744	Arms Shipment to Zimbabwe and Interference in a Country's Internal Affairs	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	21 Apr 2008
S3M-01669	Commemorative Stamps for 200th Anniversary of Scots Language Dictionary and Funding for Complete Modern Scots Dictionary	Wilson, Bill	Motion Members' Business Motion	02 Apr 2008
S3O-02700	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of the recent conference held in Paisley at which various voluntary and public Renfrewshire agencies agreed a new addiction strategy and a joint alcoh	Wilson, Bill	Question General Question	20 Mar 2008
S3M-01609	Reducing Smoking in Young People: The Social Norms Approach	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	19 Mar 2008
S3M-01595	The Prime Minister, Tibet and China	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	18 Mar 2008
S3M-01537	European Alcohol and Health Forum's Social Norms Forum 2009	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	11 Mar 2008
S3M-01517	Scotland Against Criminalising Communities and CIA Watch	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	07 Mar 2008
S3W-09787	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of disabled further education students who, in each of the last five years, attended a course of not more than one year’s duration also attended a further	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	05 Mar 2008
S3M-01481	Tax Havens and Relative Poverty	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	04 Mar 2008
S3M-01474	Scottish Affairs Committee: Report on Child Poverty in Scotland (HC 277)	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	04 Mar 2008
S3W-10397	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of further education students who, in each of the last five years, attended a course of no more than one year’s duration also attended a further education	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	03 Mar 2008
S3W-09997	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to continue the New Futures Fund beyond March 2008.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09996	To ask the Scottish Executive what the recorded outcomes were of the New Futures Fund from 2006 to 2008 when it was administered by community planning partnerships.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09995	To ask the Scottish Executive what the recorded outcomes were of Phase 2 of the New Futures Fund.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09994	To ask the Scottish Executive what the recorded outcomes were of Phase 1 of the New Futures Fund.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09802	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of disabled further education students studying for a recognised qualification below SVQ level 3 in each of the last five years completed 25% of the cours	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09801	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of further education students studying for a recognised qualification below SVQ level 3 in each of the last five years completed 25% of the course but fai	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09800	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of disabled further education students studying for a recognised qualification above SVQ level 3 in each of the last five years completed 25% of the cours	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09799	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of further education students studying for a recognised qualification above SVQ level 3 in each of the last five years completed 25% of the course but fai	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09798	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of disabled further education students studying for a recognised qualification below SVQ level 3 in each of the last five years failed to complete 25% of	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09797	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of further education students studying for a recognised qualification below SVQ level 3 in each of the last five years failed to complete 25% of the cours	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09796	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of disabled further education students studying for a recognised qualification above SVQ level 3 in each of the last five years failed to complete 25% of	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09795	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of further education students studying for a recognised qualification above SVQ level 3 in each of the last five years failed to complete 25% of the cours	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09794	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of disabled further education students studied for a recognised qualification above SVQ level 3 in each of the last five years.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09793	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of further education students studied for a recognised qualification above SVQ level 3 in each of the last five years.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09792	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of disabled further education students studied for a recognised qualification below SVQ level 3 in each of the last five years.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09791	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of further education students studied for a recognised qualification below SVQ level 3 in each of the last five years.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09790	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of disabled further education students attended courses that did not lead to a recognised qualification in each of the last five years.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09789	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of further education students attended courses that did not lead to a recognised qualification in each of the last five years.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2008
S3W-09788	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of disabled further education students who, in each of the last five years, attended a course of not more than one year’s duration also attended a further	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	26 Feb 2008
S3W-09786	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of further education students who, in each of the last five years, attended a course of not more than one year’s duration also attended a further educatio	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	26 Feb 2008
S3W-09785	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of further education students were recorded as (a) disabled, (b) able-bodied or (c) status unknown in each of the last five years and, of those recorded a	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	26 Feb 2008
S3M-01400	Independent People's Tribunal on the World Bank Group in India	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	22 Feb 2008
S3M-01398	Death of Last Eyak Speaker and the Importance of Linguistic Heritage	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	21 Feb 2008
S3M-01316	Congratulating Scottish Science 1 linked amendment	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	05 Feb 2008
S3M-01302	Scams Awareness Month, February 2008	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	05 Feb 2008
S3O-02056	To ask the Scottish Executive, in view of the fact that sea levels are rising and that the rise might exceed five metres by 2095, whether it plans to prepare contingency maps of areas that may have to	Wilson, Bill	Question General Question	24 Jan 2008
S3M-01126	Deprivation and Health	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	14 Jan 2008
S3M-01119	Derek Pasquill, the Duty of Civil Servants and Rendition	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	11 Jan 2008
S3M-01082	Moorpark Youth Centre Healthy Eating Project	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	21 Dec 2007
S3M-01054	Parking Charges Based on Emissions	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	17 Dec 2007
S3M-01020	Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	12 Dec 2007
S3M-00995	UK Failure to Tackle Child Poverty	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	06 Dec 2007
S3M-00913	Social Enterprises: Saving Money, Saving the Planet	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	22 Nov 2007
S3M-00906	Cancelling Stamp Duty for Disabled People	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	22 Nov 2007
S3M-00905	Renfrewshire St Andrew's Ball	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	22 Nov 2007
S3W-06299	To ask the Scottish Executive how much was claimed under the Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007, broken down by landholding.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	22 Nov 2007
S3W-06298	To ask the Scottish Executive for how many hectares of land payments were claimed under the Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007, broken down by parish.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	22 Nov 2007
S3W-06297	To ask the Scottish Executive how much was claimed under the Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007, broken down by parish.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	22 Nov 2007
S3W-06296	To ask the Scottish Executive how many claimants there were under the Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007, broken down by parish.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	22 Nov 2007
S3M-00896	The Folly of a Database State	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	21 Nov 2007
S3W-06183	To ask the Scottish Executive whether hazardous waste dumped into the cells designated for non-hazardous waste in the proposed Bishopton landraise, either because inadequate testing has failed to iden	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	21 Nov 2007
S3W-06180	To ask the Scottish Executive whether risk assessments of the waste transfer process at the Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory site have been carried out, taking full account of the total length of time	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	21 Nov 2007
S3W-06179	To ask the Scottish Executive what level of risk to the general public would be incurred by transferring waste from the Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory site to landfill or landraise, compared with th	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	21 Nov 2007
S3W-06178	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the technology exists to make safe, from a public health perspective, the contaminated material present on the Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory site.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	21 Nov 2007
S3W-06177	To ask the Scottish Executive when the Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory is expected to appear in the Public Register of Contaminated Land and what the legal penalty is for failure to register.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	21 Nov 2007
S3W-06182	To ask the Scottish Executive, when a planning application for the development of contaminated land is being considered, which specialist organisation assesses the potential impact on the health of th	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	19 Nov 2007
S3W-06181	To ask the Scottish Executive, if approval is given for the proposed development of Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory to proceed, how the work will be monitored to ensure that approved standards and ag	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	19 Nov 2007
S3M-00668	Perceived Norms of Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption - Pilot Studies in Scottish Educational Institutions	Wilson, Bill	Motion Members' Business Motion	15 Nov 2007
S3W-06176	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that further research into an association between the incidence of congenital defects and proximity to landfill sites should be undertaken and, if so	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	15 Nov 2007
S3W-06175	To ask the Scottish Executive who will be held legally responsible for any health problems arising as a result of the construction or the operation of the landfill site at Bishopton if any link is est	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	15 Nov 2007
S3W-06174	To ask the Scottish Executive, if the proposed development of Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory proceeds, what extra measures will be put in place on site to ensure that the health of the population of	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	15 Nov 2007
S3W-06173	To ask the Scottish Executive, if the proposed development of Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory proceeds, what guarantees it can give that there will be regular health checks of the incidence of illnes	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	15 Nov 2007
S3W-06172	To ask the Scottish Executive, if the proposed development of Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory proceeds and the health of the Bishopton population is to be monitored during the consequent transfer of	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	15 Nov 2007
S3W-06171	To ask the Scottish Executive, if the proposed development of Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory proceeds, when procedures will be put in place to monitor the health of the population of Bishopton poten	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	15 Nov 2007
S3W-06151	To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it takes to monitor the mental health of deaf people.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	15 Nov 2007
S3M-00822	MP3 Players: Limitation of Noise Exposure	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	12 Nov 2007
S3M-00821	The Role of Government in Informing People of the Risks of Noise Exposure	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	12 Nov 2007
S3M-00820	Limitation of Noise Exposure in Places of Work Where Loud Music is Played	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	12 Nov 2007
S3M-00819	Limitation of Noise Exposure in Music Venues	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	12 Nov 2007
S3M-00818	Music: Establishment of Recommended Noise Exposure Level	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	12 Nov 2007
S3M-00787	Cuba's Sustainable Development	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	06 Nov 2007
S3M-00775	The BBC's Scots Language Policy	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	05 Nov 2007
S3M-00751	Arms Sales and Culpability	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	01 Nov 2007
S3M-00742.1	UK Referendum on the European Reform Treaty	Wilson, Bill	Motion Amendment	01 Nov 2007
S3M-00748	Cancellation of Indonesian Arms Debts	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	31 Oct 2007
S3W-05739	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-994 by Fergus Ewing on 25 October 2007, whether the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator is sufficiently staffed to enable both	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	31 Oct 2007
S3M-00736	Renfrewshire Recycling	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	30 Oct 2007
S3M-00705	ASH Scotland Annual Report: Relationship Between Health and Wealth Inequalities	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	26 Oct 2007
S3O-00994	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of allegations that KKL Scotland is funding discriminatory land-purchase policies in Israel which, if true, would make KKL Scotland ineligible for cha	Wilson, Bill	Question General Question	25 Oct 2007
S3W-04572	To ask the Scottish Executive how many petrol stations supply biofuel.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	09 Oct 2007
S3W-04571	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to boost the production, use and availability of biodiesel.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	05 Oct 2007
S3W-04450	To ask the Scottish Executive whether any members of the public have suffered ill health attributable to living in proximity to licensed hazardous waste disposal sites and, if so, how many people have	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	02 Oct 2007
S3W-04449	To ask the Scottish Executive what processes are in place to monitor public health in the vicinity of licensed hazardous waste disposal sites.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	02 Oct 2007
S3W-04448	To ask the Scottish Executive how many licensed hazardous waste disposal sites there are.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	02 Oct 2007
S3W-04388	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-2123 by Stewart Stevenson on 24 July 2007, who is responsible for monitoring the compliance of the design of new dwellings with the	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	01 Oct 2007
S3M-00572	Trapping of Songbirds in Catalonia	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	28 Sep 2007
S3M-00547	The Industrial and Provident Societies Act, Need for Reform	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	25 Sep 2007
S3M-00534	Iraq - Genocide	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	24 Sep 2007
S3M-00494	Property Management Accreditation Scheme	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	18 Sep 2007
S3M-00484	Renfrewshire Council's Public Petitions Committee	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	17 Sep 2007
S3W-04020	To ask the Scottish Executive whether any long-stay hospital places for people with learning difficulties remain available and, if so, where these places are located.	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	13 Sep 2007
S3W-04019	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the hospitals providing long-stay services for those with learning difficulties that were open in 2006 have now closed, as forecast in NHS Quality Improvement Sco	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	13 Sep 2007
S3W-03913	To ask the Scottish Executive what average hours of overtime were worked by staff employed to care for looked-after children in (a) day units and (b) residential settings, including secure accommodati	Wilson, Bill	Question Written Question	13 Sep 2007
S3M-00463	Transport and Climate Change Report	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	12 Sep 2007
S3M-00448	Anita Roddick	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	11 Sep 2007
S3M-00432	Affordable Housing	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	07 Sep 2007
S3M-00431	Renfrewshire Libraries Service	Wilson, Bill	Motion Standard Motion	07 Sep 2007

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Motion

Hypercapitalism and the Demon Drug Myth

S3M-08217 · Standard Motion · lodged by Wilson, Bill

Lodged on

22 Mar 2011

Heard / answered on

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That the Parliament welcomes what it sees as the considerable evidence put in the public domain by Canadian academic Bruce K Alexander in his book, The Globalization of Addiction, A Study in Poverty of the Spirit, which examines the causation of overwhelming addiction, argues that there is no such thing as a demon drug, that individuals are not largely responsible for their own addictions and that the vast majority of addictive behaviours can be attributed to psychosocial dislocation caused by what Professor Alexander describes as hypercapitalism; considers that Professor Alexander’s work substantially complements that of Professors Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett on what is considered to be the devastating effects of inequality caused by the predominant economic system, and also complements the contents of a recent report on the opinions of non-governmental organisations and public bodies on alternatives to gross domestic product, The Emperor Has No Clothes; welcomes the suggestions made by Professor Alexander for taming capitalism and promoting psychosocial integration, and agrees with him that only by doing these things can society effectively reduce harmful addictive behaviours.

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Supported by 1 additional MSP

Lab 1

Lodged by Wilson, Bill (Scottish National Party).

Smith, Elaine (Lab)

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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S3M-08217
22 Mar 2011 · Standard Motion · Wilson, Bill

That the Parliament welcomes what it sees as the considerable evidence put in the public domain by Canadian academic Bruce K Alexander in his book, The Globalization of Addiction, A Study in Poverty of the Spirit, which examines the causation of overwhelming addiction, argues that there is no such thing as a demon drug, that individuals are not largely re...