Early Day Motion
Support for Bristow staff
(7 Signatures)
15 May 2024
Tabled by:
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Independent - Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
That this House commends the work of Bristow staff who operate helicopters for search and rescue services in the Outer Hebrides across Scotland and the UK and who also operate offshore oil and gas flights; supports the 360 staff including pilots, co-pilots, winchmen operators and winchmen paramedics in their decision …
Early Day Motion
80th anniversary of the Catalina crash on Vatersay
(7 Signatures)
14 May 2024
Tabled by:
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Independent - Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
That this House notes the 80th anniversary of the crash of the the Catalina aircraft on 12 May 1944; further notes that the aircraft was on a training exercise from Oban to Barra Head but sadly crashed near Heiseaval Beag on the Island of Vatersay; marks the anniversary of the …
Early Day Motion
Remembering Fergie MacDonald
(20 Signatures)
24 Apr 2024
Tabled by:
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Independent - Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
That this House notes with sadness the passing of the great Fergie MacDonald, the legendary Scottish Ceilidh King and bandleader, who died aged 86 on 23 April 2024; pays tribute to his life and the joy and delight he brought to so many throughout the Highlands, Scotland, the pan-Celtic nations …
Early Day Motion
Gaza
(6 Signatures)
10 Jan 2024
Tabled by:
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Independent - Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
That this House believes there should be a weekly vote in the Commons calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, until there is a ceasefire, given the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza.
Early Day Motion
Scottish independence and the role of the Scottish Government (No. 2)
(4 Signatures)
5 Dec 2023
Tabled by:
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Independent - Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
That this House notes that 30 November is St Andrew's Day, the patron saint of Scotland; further notes that the UK government continues to refuse to grant a Section 30 order to test Scottish opinion, post-Brexit, on independence; notes that in November 2022 the UK Supreme Court ruled against the …
Early Day Motion
Scottish independence and the role of the Scottish Government
(4 Signatures)
29 Nov 2023
Tabled by:
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Independent - Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
That this House notes that 30 November is St Andrew's Day, the patron saint of Scotland; further notes that the UK government continues to refuse to grant a Section 30 order to test Scottish opinion, post-Brexit, on independence; notes that in November 2022 the UK Supreme Court ruled against the …
Early Day Motion
St Kilda sheep deaths
(6 Signatures)
17 Jul 2023
Tabled by:
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Independent - Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
That this House recognises that all sheep in the islands of the UK are protected animals under the respective animal welfare legislation, apart from the feral Soay and Boreray sheep on the St Kilda archipelago, for which the Scottish government have created an exception, thereby leaving them subject to high …
Early Day Motion
A Dyslexic Life campaign
(30 Signatures)
14 Nov 2022
Tabled by:
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Independent - Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
That this House welcomes A Dyslexic Life campaign, which originated in Na h-Eileanan an Iar and has gained traction in Scotland and across the UK; recognises that one in 10 people have dyslexia and notably over five in 10 prisoners have dyslexia; calls on the UK Government to support the …
Early Day Motion
Iain MacNeil's global voyage
(16 Signatures)
19 May 2022
Tabled by:
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Independent - Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
That this House notes that from the time of the great Magellan Expedition of 1518-1521, the first to circumnavigate the world, that mankind has always been fascinated with nautical circumnavigations of the world; warmly congratulates Iain MacNeil from the Hebridean Island of Barra, following in those footsteps by completing the …
Early Day Motion
European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
(12 Signatures)
2 Mar 2022
Tabled by:
Angus Brendan MacNeil (Independent - Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
That this House calls on the Government to re-join the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS); notes that EGNOS is a Safety-of-Life service that is required across the UK for safe flight operations from the Hebrides to the Isles of Scilly; recognises airline services to be vital in many places …