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BUSINESS BULLETIN 123 / 2000 Friday 11 August 2000 Section F - Motions and Amendments
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The full text of all outstanding motions and amendments will appear in the Business Bulletin every Monday. Items marked with an asterisk (*) are new or have been altered. Asterisks in the text show the extent of alterations made. Motions which members wish to be considered for debate as members’ business in the Parliament are marked with a hash symbol (#)
*S1M-1118 Pauline McNeill: Childhood Sexual Abuse-That the Parliament recognises the complex, devastating and long term effect of childhood sexual abuse on children and adult survivors; further notes that childhood sexual abuse has an immense impact on society as a whole and calls upon the Scottish Executive to develop and implement a national strategy addressing the social, health and legal implications of sexual abuse and provide central support to develop a network of agencies throughout Scotland to support survivors of sexual abuse. *S1M-1117# Mr John Munro: Date Stamping on Skye Bridge Concessionary Tickets-That the Parliament supports the Skye against Tolls campaign and Highland Council in their call for the removal of date stamping from Skye Bridge concessionary tickets. *S1M-1116# Christine Grahame: Age Discrimination in the NHS-That the Parliament notes the recent survey by Pat Grant, consultant at Glasgow Western Infirmary's accident and emergency department, which identifies trends suggesting age discrimination in accident and emergency practice; further notes last year's Age Concern report Turning Your Back on Us, which also highlighted examples of age discrimination in the treatment of elderly people by the NHS, and the article by Dr Brian Williams, President of the British Geriatrics Society, in the Scottish Executive's May 2000 Health Bulletin, which cited evidence of age discrimination within the NHS; further notes the Scottish Executive's statement that the NHSiS does not discriminate against the elderly, and urges the Executive to initiate an immediate independent assessment of these and other reports and an immediate investigation of the alleged discriminatory practices, both at a national level and in each health board area, and to make these findings available to the Parliament at the earliest opportunity. S1M-1115# Protection of Children from Hard-core Pornography (lodged on 3 August 2000) Fergus Ewing* S1M-1114 Long Term Care (lodged on 28 July 2000) David Mundell* S1M-1113 Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (lodged on 27 July 2000) Pauline McNeill* S1M-1111# Programme of Action for Scots and Gaelic in the European Year of Languages (lodged on 25 July 2000) Christine Grahame* S1M-1110 Borders Railway Funding (lodged on 24 July 2000) Mr Adam Ingram* S1M-1109 Poverty in Scotland (lodged on 21 July 2000) Christine Grahame* S1M-1104 Failings of New Deal (lodged on 12 July 2000) Christine Grahame* S1M-1103# Skye Bridge Toll Regime (lodged on 12 July 2000) Christine Grahame* S1M-1096# SBG and Transport Operatives Pension Schemes (lodged on 5 July 2000) Christine Grahame* S1M-1095 Scottish Granite for the Scottish Parliament (lodged on 5 July 2000) Christine Grahame*
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