Isle Of Barra: Community Of The Year Winner

EDM number 100 in 2008-09, proposed by Angus MacNeil on 03/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Countryside and Cultural heritage.

That this House warmly congratulates the community of the Island of Barra, in the constituency of Na h-Eileanan an Iar, for being adjudged the Community of the Year in a UK-wide competition at the Guildhall in London sponsored by Calor Gas; notes that the island is famous for its Gaelic culture, history and landscape of mountains and beaches; further notes that the island airport is the only commercial airport in the world that uses a beach, which can be viewed clearly on Google Earth; and further notes that owing to the introduction of road equivalent tariff, ferry fares have dropped dramatically, making Barra, once the backdrop for the famous Ealing Studios film Whisky Galore, and the Outer Hebrides generally, both an ideal and affordable holiday location in times of the credit crunch.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Angus MacNeil	03/12/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Proposed
John Mason	03/12/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Angus Robertson	03/12/2008	Moray	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Hywel Williams	03/12/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Pete Wishart	03/12/2008	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Alex Salmond	03/12/2008	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Stewart Hosie	03/12/2008	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Weir	03/12/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	03/12/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Adam Price	03/12/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andrew George	04/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	08/12/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	08/12/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	08/12/2008	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	08/12/2008	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Paul Flynn	08/12/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	08/12/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Mundell	08/12/2008	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	08/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	08/12/2008	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	09/12/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Stewart Jackson	09/12/2008	Peterborough	Conservative	Signed
Mark Durkan	09/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	10/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	10/12/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
John Hemming	11/12/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	12/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	13/01/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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