That the Parliament notes the validation of the result of the Venezuelan presidential election; understands that the citizen verification phase has audited 100% of ballot papers and found no evidence of any electoral fraud or error; suggests that this confirms that the election result, which was very close, was fair and accurate, and hopes that all concerned will now accept the result and that President Maduro and his government can get on with governing in the interests of the Venezuelan people.
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That the Parliament notes the validation of the result of the Venezuelan presidential election; understands that the citizen verification phase has audited 100% of ballot papers and found no evidence of any electoral fraud or error; suggests that this confirms that the election result, which was very close, was fair and accurate, and hopes that all concerned will now accept the result and that President Maduro and his government can get on with governing in the interests of the Venezuelan people.
Supported by: John Finnie, Hanzala Malik, Patricia Ferguson, Iain Gray, Bill Kidd, Dennis Robertson, Elaine Smith, Richard Lyle, Hugh Henry, Anne McTaggart, Roderick Campbell, Sandra White, Jamie Hepburn
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That the Parliament commends Pedal Power Bike Shop in West Calder for organising Bike Night on 18 June 2013 as part of the UK-wide Bike Week; congratulates Pedal Power on encouraging cyclists of all ages and abilities to participate in this local event; understands that hundreds are expected to take part; believes that cycling is a pastime that fosters good health and wellbeing; wishes the event every success, and hopes that all who take part spend an enjoyable evening cycling in the rolling hills of the Breich Valley and beyond.
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That the Parliament commends Pedal Power Bike Shop in West Calder for organising Bike Night on 18 June 2013 as part of the UK-wide Bike Week; congratulates Pedal Power on encouraging cyclists of all ages and abilities to participate in this local event; understands that hundreds are expected to take part; believes that cycling is a pastime that fosters good health and wellbeing; wishes the event every success, and hopes that all who take part spend an enjoyable evening cycling in the rolling hills of the Breich Valley and beyond.
Supported by: Patricia Ferguson, Kezia Dugdale, Dennis Robertson, Colin Beattie, John Lamont, Richard Lyle, Hugh Henry, Anne McTaggart, Jayne Baxter, Mike MacKenzie, Kevin Stewart, Sandra White, Jamie Hepburn, Nigel Don
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That the Parliament notes the forthcoming TUC and STUC Austerity Uncovered tour in June 2013; recognises the serious impact of austerity policies on the lives of many working people, their families and communities in Scotland; commends the STUC and affiliated organisations in their efforts to use the Austerity Uncovered tour to join with local groups fighting for fair benefits and against the so-called bedroom tax, supporting low-paid workers campaigning for fair pay and challenging high youth unemployment, and further commends its commitment to involving local trade union branches and community organisations in collecting evidence through the Austerity Uncovered programme of videos, blogs, meetings and events across Scotland.
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That the Parliament notes the forthcoming TUC and STUC Austerity Uncovered tour in June 2013; recognises the serious impact of austerity policies on the lives of many working people, their families and communities in Scotland; commends the STUC and affiliated organisations in their efforts to use the Austerity Uncovered tour to join with local groups fighting for fair benefits and against the so-called bedroom tax, supporting low-paid workers campaigning for fair pay and challenging high youth unemployment, and further commends its commitment to involving local trade union branches and community organisations in collecting evidence through the Austerity Uncovered programme of videos, blogs, meetings and events across Scotland.
Supported by: John Finnie, Jayne Baxter, John Wilson R, Patricia Ferguson, Mary Fee, Jackie Baillie, Kezia Dugdale, Jean Urquhart, Margaret McDougall, Drew Smith, Anne McTaggart, Mike MacKenzie, Richard Lyle, Sarah Boyack, John Mason, Jamie Hepburn, Siobhan McMahon, Elaine Smith
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That the Parliament congratulates Fauldhouse United from West Lothian on the team's recent success in winning the Scottish Junior FA East Region, South Division championship and Linlithgow Rose on securing the East League; recognises what it considers the hard work of the respective players, committees and supporters, and wishes both teams well in the 2013-14 season.
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That the Parliament congratulates Fauldhouse United from West Lothian on the team's recent success in winning the Scottish Junior FA East Region, South Division championship and Linlithgow Rose on securing the East League; recognises what it considers the hard work of the respective players, committees and supporters, and wishes both teams well in the 2013-14 season.
Supported by: Sarah Boyack, Richard Lyle, Kevin Stewart, Bill Kidd, Hanzala Malik, Helen Eadie, Annabelle Ewing, Colin Beattie, Jackie Baillie, Kenneth Gibson, Mike MacKenzie, Anne McTaggart, Nigel Don, Gil Paterson, Margaret McCulloch, Sandra White, Maureen Watt, Jamie Hepburn
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As an amendment to motion S4M-06764 in the name of Jim Eadie (St John's Hospital), leave out from first "believes" to end and insert “regrets what it considers the failure of the SNP councillor, Peter Johnston, to support the motion put forward by the West Lothian Council representative on the NHS Lothian board, Frank Toner, which rejected any proposal to downgrade the delivery of accident and emergency services at St John's Hospital from a 24/7 doctor-led service; considers that the motion highlighted NHS Lothian’s failure to consult the public on its contingency plan, failure to present a clinical case for change, failure to present information on travel arrangements for patients and failure to present a clinical risk assessment of patients having to travel to Edinburgh for unscheduled care; welcomes West Lothian Council’s opposition to any contingency plan that will reduce services at the hospital and calls on SNP representatives in West Lothian to apologise to the public for, it considers, misleading them with election pledges to 'keep healthcare local', and supports the local community-based campaign of opposition to the erosion of services at St John's Hospital."
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As an amendment to motion S4M-06764 in the name of Jim Eadie (St John's Hospital), leave out from first "believes" to end and insert “regrets what it considers the failure of the SNP councillor, Peter Johnston, to support the motion put forward by the West Lothian Council representative on the NHS Lothian board, Frank Toner, which rejected any proposal to downgrade the delivery of accident and emergency services at St John's Hospital from a 24/7 doctor-led service; considers that the motion highlighted NHS Lothian’s failure to consult the public on its contingency plan, failure to present a clinical case for change, failure to present information on travel arrangements for patients and failure to present a clinical risk assessment of patients having to travel to Edinburgh for unscheduled care; welcomes West Lothian Council’s opposition to any contingency plan that will reduce services at the hospital and calls on SNP representatives in West Lothian to apologise to the public for, it considers, misleading them with election pledges to 'keep healthcare local', and supports the local community-based campaign of opposition to the erosion of services at St John's Hospital."
Supported by: Iain Gray, Hanzala Malik, Jackie Baillie, Anne McTaggart, Richard Simpson, Sarah Boyack, Margaret McDougall
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That the Parliament notes what it understands are repeated abstentions in the European Parliament by the SNP MEPs, Ian Hudghton and Alyn Smith, in votes that could have led to the introduction of measures to combat corporate tax avoidance and called for support for anti-avoidance and anti-fraud initiatives; is bemused at the voting behaviour of members of a party that claims it is concerned with the achievement of social justice; believes that the abstentions, alongside the SNP's proposal to cut corporation tax in an independent Scotland, are evidence of the vision of the type of so-called Friedmanite Scotland that was promoted by Michael Russell and Dennis MacLeod in the book, Grasping the Thistle: How Scotland Must React to the Three Key Challenges of the Twenty First Century; believes that that vision would be a step nearer should people in Scotland, it considers, be unwise enough to vote to support the SNP’s model for an independent Scotland, and considers that members of the Yes Scotland campaign who reject what it sees as this flawed laissez-faire economic model should distance themselves from such policies and actions.
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That the Parliament notes what it understands are repeated abstentions in the European Parliament by the SNP MEPs, Ian Hudghton and Alyn Smith, in votes that could have led to the introduction of measures to combat corporate tax avoidance and called for support for anti-avoidance and anti-fraud initiatives; is bemused at the voting behaviour of members of a party that claims it is concerned with the achievement of social justice; believes that the abstentions, alongside the SNP's proposal to cut corporation tax in an independent Scotland, are evidence of the vision of the type of so-called Friedmanite Scotland that was promoted by Michael Russell and Dennis MacLeod in the book, Grasping the Thistle: How Scotland Must React to the Three Key Challenges of the Twenty First Century; believes that that vision would be a step nearer should people in Scotland, it considers, be unwise enough to vote to support the SNP’s model for an independent Scotland, and considers that members of the Yes Scotland campaign who reject what it sees as this flawed laissez-faire economic model should distance themselves from such policies and actions.
Supported by: Neil Bibby, Patricia Ferguson, Hanzala Malik, Jackie Baillie, Michael McMahon, Anne McTaggart, Richard Simpson, Sarah Boyack
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That the Parliament is very concerned at the decision by the board of NHS Lothian on 21 May 2013 to propose and pass a paper that, if agreed, could see patients from West Lothian who have certain conditions being diverted from their local hospital accident and emergency department at St John's in Livingston to what it considers the already under pressure Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; understands that amendments to the paper that would have ruled out this proposal were rejected by the NHS board; believes that these proposals fly in the face of commitments made by SNP parliamentary and council candidates to keep services local, and suggests that West Lothian residents, already concerned and angry about the future of the children’s ward and forthcoming closure of the hospital nursery, will not accept what it considers this further erosion of services at the hospital.
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That the Parliament is very concerned at the decision by the board of NHS Lothian on 21 May 2013 to propose and pass a paper that, if agreed, could see patients from West Lothian who have certain conditions being diverted from their local hospital accident and emergency department at St John's in Livingston to what it considers the already under pressure Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; understands that amendments to the paper that would have ruled out this proposal were rejected by the NHS board; believes that these proposals fly in the face of commitments made by SNP parliamentary and council candidates to keep services local, and suggests that West Lothian residents, already concerned and angry about the future of the children’s ward and forthcoming closure of the hospital nursery, will not accept what it considers this further erosion of services at the hospital.
Supported by: Hugh Henry, Hanzala Malik, Iain Gray, Anne McTaggart, Jackie Baillie, Patricia Ferguson, Graeme Pearson, Richard Simpson, Margaret McDougall
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That the Parliament is both shocked and appalled by the news that the anti-blacklisting campaigner, George Tapp, was allegedly run-over deliberately during a demonstration against blacklisting outside a Manchester building site; notes George’s lifelong work in labour and trade union movement and wishes him a speedy recovery; hopes that he can fulfil his commitment to see justice delivered for blacklisted construction workers, and looks forward to the perpetrator of the alleged hit-and-run incident being brought to justice.
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That the Parliament is both shocked and appalled by the news that the anti-blacklisting campaigner, George Tapp, was allegedly run-over deliberately during a demonstration against blacklisting outside a Manchester building site; notes George’s lifelong work in labour and trade union movement and wishes him a speedy recovery; hopes that he can fulfil his commitment to see justice delivered for blacklisted construction workers, and looks forward to the perpetrator of the alleged hit-and-run incident being brought to justice.
Supported by: Drew Smith, John Finnie, Jackie Baillie, Mary Fee, Patricia Ferguson, Richard Lyle, Elaine Smith, Hugh Henry, Margaret McDougall, Jean Urquhart, Jamie Hepburn, Anne McTaggart, Neil Bibby, John Pentland, Sandra White, Richard Simpson, Sarah Boyack, John Mason
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That the Parliament welcomes the decision of the 2013 annual conference of the train drivers' union, ASLEF, held in Edinburgh, which agreed unanimously to campaign against independence in the forthcoming referendum; congratulates its members on what it considers to be their excellent political judgement, and believes that the historic mantra of the trade union movement, Unity is Strength, is more relevant now than ever.
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That the Parliament welcomes the decision of the 2013 annual conference of the train drivers' union, ASLEF, held in Edinburgh, which agreed unanimously to campaign against independence in the forthcoming referendum; congratulates its members on what it considers to be their excellent political judgement, and believes that the historic mantra of the trade union movement, Unity is Strength, is more relevant now than ever.
Supported by: Hanzala Malik, Patricia Ferguson, Mark Griffin, Michael McMahon, Mary Fee, Murdo Fraser, Jackie Baillie, Anne McTaggart, Drew Smith, Margaret McCulloch, Margaret McDougall, Helen Eadie, Iain Gray, Nanette Milne, John Pentland, Richard Simpson
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That the Parliament commends the launch of the West Calder and Harburn Community Action Plan 2013-2018; compliments the work of the steering group involved; considers the action plan to be a notable step forward in improving the living standards and local environment of people in West Calder and Harburn; suggests the plan's approach in engaging the local community to be an exemplar of good practice; looks forward to the plan being progressed by the newly formed community development trust, and welcomes the support of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust for this project.
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That the Parliament commends the launch of the West Calder and Harburn Community Action Plan 2013-2018; compliments the work of the steering group involved; considers the action plan to be a notable step forward in improving the living standards and local environment of people in West Calder and Harburn; suggests the plan's approach in engaging the local community to be an exemplar of good practice; looks forward to the plan being progressed by the newly formed community development trust, and welcomes the support of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust for this project.
Supported by: Nigel Don, Kenneth Gibson, Colin Beattie, Richard Lyle, Kevin Stewart, Hanzala Malik, Maureen Watt, Jackie Baillie, Dennis Robertson, Gil Paterson, Annabelle Ewing, Sandra White, Margaret McDougall, Sarah Boyack
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