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Conduct Of The Secretary Of State For Scotland And European Aid To Scotland

EDM number 732 in 1989-90, proposed by Harry Ewing on 14/03/1990.

That this House expresses its deep concern at the conduct of the Secretary of State for Scotland in his comments to the media on the question of EEC aid to the Highlands and Islands and rural areas of Scotland wherein he first of all broke the confidentiality of the negotiations and proceeded to compound that felony by displaying an appalling ignorance of which EEC Commissioner is responsible for the policy in question by attacking Commissioner Millan when in fact if the Secretary of State had been more interested in the economic wellbeing of the Highlands and Islands and the other rural areas of Scotland he should have been aware which Commissioner is actually responsible for the policy; believes that in view of this serious lack of awareness on the part of the Secretary of State he has shown that he is totally unfit to hold that office; and calls on him to resign.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Harry Ewing14/03/1990Falkirk EastProposed
Ernie Ross14/03/1990Dundee WestSigned
John Home Robertson14/03/1990East LothianSigned
John McAllion14/03/1990Dundee EastSigned
William McKelvey14/03/1990Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Alexander Eadie14/03/1990MidlothianSigned
Brian Wilson14/03/1990Cunninghame NorthSigned
Tony Worthington14/03/1990Clydebank & MilngavieSigned
Bill Michie15/03/1990Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Ron Davies15/03/1990CaerphillySigned
Maria Fyfe15/03/1990Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Alan Meale16/03/1990MansfieldSigned
John Cummings16/03/1990EasingtonSigned
Martin Redmond19/03/1990Don ValleySigned
Mike Watson19/03/1990Glasgow CentralSigned
Alice Mahon21/03/1990HalifaxSigned
Roland Boyes22/03/1990Houghton and WashingtonSigned
James Wray26/03/1990Glasgow ProvanSigned
Jack Thompson28/03/1990WansbeckSigned
Allan Rogers18/04/1990RhonddaSigned
Nigel Griffiths19/04/1990Edinburgh SouthSigned
Jimmy Hood19/04/1990ClydesdaleSigned
David Lambie26/04/1990Cunninghame SouthSigned
Tommy Graham26/04/1990Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Andrew Faulds09/05/1990Warley EastSigned
Norman BuchanUnknownWithdrawn

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