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1916 Rising Centenary Committee

EDM number 818 in 2015-16, proposed by Carol Monaghan on 03/12/2015.
Categorised under the topic of Cultural heritage.

That this House welcomes the launch in the Irish Consulate in Edinburgh of the 1916 Rising Centenary Committee, Scotland; recognises that this committee will organise events to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland, a watershed moment in that country's history that ultimately led to the establishment of an independent Irish state; further recognises that many Irish Scots, such as Coatbridge-born Margaret Skinnider, Edinburgh-born James Connolly and many others from around Scotland played a pivotal role in the Easter Rising and the subsequent War of Independence; notes that Irish Republicanism at this time was also heavily linked with both the labour movement in Ireland and the push for women's suffrage; acknowledges that this committee and its endeavours encompasses a wide array of Irish and Scottish community interests, relatives of participants in the Easter Rising, cultural, heritage and sports organisations, academics, representatives from the arts, the trades union movement, the Scottish and Irish Governments and politicians from different parties in Scotland; and looks forward to the events planned to commemorate the centenary.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Carol Monaghan03/12/2015Glasgow North WestScottish National PartyProposed
Margaret Ferrier03/12/2015Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySeconded
Martin Docherty03/12/2015West DunbartonshireScottish National PartySeconded
Stephen Gethins03/12/2015North East FifeScottish National PartySeconded
Patrick Grady03/12/2015Glasgow NorthScottish National PartySeconded
Phil Boswell03/12/2015Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillScottish National PartySeconded
Callum McCaig03/12/2015Aberdeen SouthScottish National PartySigned
Mark Durkan03/12/2015FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh09/12/2015Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Neil Gray09/12/2015Airdrie and ShottsScottish National PartySigned
Mhairi Black10/12/2015Paisley and Renfrewshire SouthScottish National PartySigned
Steven Paterson10/12/2015StirlingScottish National PartySigned
Joanna Cherry10/12/2015Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Chris Stephens10/12/2015Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Paul Monaghan10/12/2015Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Drew Hendry14/12/2015Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
Hannah Bardell14/12/2015LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Brendan O'Hara14/12/2015Argyll and ButeScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil14/12/2015Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Angela Crawley11/05/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned

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