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Parliamentary Motions and Questions from Sessions 1 and 2
Motions
S2M-4940 Rob Gibson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): Congratulations to Eejits That the Parliament congratulates Itchy Coo publications on the success of its book, Eejits, a best selling Scots translation of Roald Dahl's children's classic, The Twits, and on the work of its develop... more
Oral Parliamentary Questions on Scots (Current Session)
24 April 2008
Dave Thompson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has for the promotion of the Scots language under the European charter for regional or minority languages.(S3O-3037)
##The Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture (Linda Fa... more
Parliamentary Debates and Discussions Concerning Scots (Current Session)
25 March 2008, Equal Opportunities Committee: discussion of whether to commission research into discrimination against Scots speakers in primary schools http://www.scottish.parliament more
Parliamentary Motions on the National Languages Strategy
S3M-1768.1 Hugh O’Donnell: International Education— As an amendment to motion (S3M-1768) in the name of Maureen Watt, insert at end "and calls for the Scottish Government to bring forward a comprehensive national languages strategy including a rolling programme to introduce a second langu... more
Culture Bill
Culture Bill Dead
Culture Minister Linda Fabiani has declared the Culture Bill "effectively dead", reports the Sunday Herald: http://www.sundayherald.com/ne
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The draft Culture (Scotland) Bill we... more
Parliamentary Motions on Scots (Current Session)
S3M-1759 Brian Adam: Congratulations to Scotland the What That the Parliament congratulates Scotland the What stars, George Donald, Steven Robertson and Buff Hardie, on receiving the freedom of the city of Aberdeen; notes with appreciation the special brand of local humour that they brought t... more
Parliamentary Questions about the National Language Strategy (Current Session)
All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament
S3W-8784 Cathy Peattie: To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to develop the proposals in the na... more
Parliamentary Questions on Scots (Current Session)
All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament
S3W-8781 Cathy Peattie: To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Minister for Europe, External Affa... more
Conversation Now Translated into Scots
The Scottish Government’s 'National Conversation' document, published in the autumn of 2007, has now been translated into the Scots language. Ministers Linda Fabiani and Maureen Watt are to be congratulated for taking the decision to include Scots. Both of the ministers, who are currently explo... more
Network for Multilingualism in Europe Established
The Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) has decided to set up a network to promote European multilingualism, with a particular focus on Europe’s regional and minority languages. Many European regions are bilingual or multilingual, and the network’s main aim is to make better use of... more