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INAUGURAL FLIGHT FROM DUNDEE TO AMSTERDAM

EDM (Early Day Motion) 210: tabled on 14 June 2016

Tabled in the 2016-17 session.

This motion has been signed by 34 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House celebrates the inaugural flight that took off from Dundee Airport to Amsterdam Schipol in May 2016; congratulates everyone involved in campaigning for the maiden flight; notes that this route will not only provide the people of Dundee and the surrounding areas with more options for international travel, but that it will bring additional benefits to the city and wider region in terms of business opportunities and attracting further investment into the local economy and universities, as well as giving business travellers and holidaymakers fast and convenient links to hundreds of destinations worldwide; considers that this flight will have a transformational impact on Dundee; and further notes that it is part of a wider set of projects designed to regenerate the ambition and vision of the city as a whole.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Ahmed-Sheikh, Ms Tasmina
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
Ochil and South Perthshire
Arkless, Richard
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
Dumfries and Galloway
Black, Mhairi
Scottish National Party
Signed on 4 July 2016
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Blackman, Kirsty
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
Aberdeen North
Boswell, Philip
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Cameron, Dr Lisa
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Crawley, Angela
Scottish National Party
Signed on 5 July 2016
Lanark and Hamilton East
Donaldson, Sir Jeffrey M.
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 29 June 2016
Lagan Valley
Donaldson, Stuart Blair
Scottish National Party
Signed on 28 June 2016
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Ferrier, Margaret
Scottish National Party
Signed on 27 June 2016
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Gibson, Patricia
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
North Ayrshire and Arran
Grady, Patrick
Scottish National Party
Signed on 28 June 2016
Glasgow North
Gray, Neil
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
Airdrie and Shotts
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Kerr, Calum
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
MacNeil, Angus Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 27 June 2016
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
McDonald, Stewart Malcolm
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
Glasgow South
McDonnell, Dr Alasdair
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
Belfast South
McLaughlin, Anne
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
Glasgow North East
McNally, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
Falkirk
Monaghan, Dr Paul
Scottish National Party
Signed on 28 June 2016
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Nicolson, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on 28 June 2016
East Dunbartonshire
O'Hara, Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
Argyll and Bute
Salmond, Alex
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
Gordon
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
Strangford
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 June 2016
Glasgow South West
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on 4 July 2016
Glasgow Central
Thompson, Owen
Scottish National Party
Signed on 27 June 2016
Midlothian

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.