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Bagpipes At The Rugby World Cup

EDM number 429 in 2015-16, proposed by Hannah Bardell on 11/09/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Performing arts and Sports.

That this House condemns the banning of bagpipes from the upcoming Rugby World Cup; calls on World Rugby Union to allow bagpipes to be played at the World Cup; recognises that bagpipes are not dangerous; stresses the importance of cultural identity associated with bagpipes for Scots, in the UK and around the world; and acknowledges that bagpipes are often played in formal ceremonies.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Hannah Bardell11/09/2015LivingstonScottish National PartyProposed
Michael Weir14/09/2015AngusScottish National PartySeconded
Jonathan Edwards14/09/2015Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSeconded
John Nicolson14/09/2015East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySeconded
Roger Mullin14/09/2015Kirkcaldy and CowdenbeathScottish National PartySeconded
Ian Blackford14/09/2015Ross, Skye and LochaberScottish National PartySeconded
Martin Docherty14/09/2015West DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law14/09/2015Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Alison Thewliss14/09/2015Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySigned
Jim Shannon15/09/2015StrangfordDUPSigned
Ronnie Cowan15/09/2015InverclydeScottish National PartySigned
Chris Stephens15/09/2015Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Kirsty Blackman15/09/2015Aberdeen NorthScottish National PartySigned
Kirsten Oswald16/09/2015East RenfrewshireScottish National PartySigned
Philippa Whitford16/09/2015Central AyrshireScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson16/09/2015MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Paul Monaghan16/09/2015Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Carol Monaghan17/09/2015Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Angela Crawley17/09/2015Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned
Anne McLaughlin17/09/2015Glasgow North EastScottish National PartySigned
Calum Kerr17/09/2015Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkScottish National PartySigned
Joanna Cherry12/10/2015Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Martyn Day12/10/2015Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Douglas Chapman12/10/2015Dunfermline and West FifeScottish National PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh14/10/2015Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Neil Gray20/10/2015Airdrie and ShottsScottish National PartySigned
Corri Wilson15/12/2015Ayr, Carrick and CumnockScottish National PartySigned

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