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Haggis Industry Skills Shortage

EDM number 770 in 2007-08, proposed by Alistair Carmichael on 23/01/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Employment and Food.

That this House notes that haggis is an iconic Scottish dish which exemplifies the global appeal of Scottish premium food products; further notes that haggis generates around £1 million to the Scottish economy in the run-up to Burns night; notes further that the production of haggis requires ongoing investment in training to ensure Scotland has enough skilled butchers; regrets that in December 2007 financial support from the European Social Fund, which previously accounted for half of all public funding for training in Scotland's meat trade, was withdrawn; expresses concern that `Improve', the independent sector skills council which oversees training in the food and drink industry, has reported that a number of haggis producers in Scotland consider there to be a shortage of skilled workers in the craft butchery trade; and calls on the United Kingdom Government to do everything possible to ensure that the haggis industry in Scotland is adequately supported.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alistair Carmichael23/01/2008Orkney and ShetlandLiberal DemocratProposed
John Thurso23/01/2008Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSeconded
Alan Reid23/01/2008Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Danny Alexander23/01/2008Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSeconded
John Barrett23/01/2008Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSeconded
Robert Smith23/01/2008West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSeconded
Charles Kennedy23/01/2008Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Moore23/01/2008Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Willie Rennie23/01/2008Dunfermline and West FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Pope24/01/2008HyndburnLabourSigned
John Hemming24/01/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Browne24/01/2008TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson25/01/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Osborne28/01/2008Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Ann Cryer28/01/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock28/01/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter28/01/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Gregory Campbell29/01/2008East LondonderryDUPSigned
Jim Devine29/01/2008LivingstonLabourSigned
David Simpson30/01/2008Upper BannDUPSigned
Phil Willis30/01/2008Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Angus MacNeil30/01/2008Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Menzies Campbell04/02/2008North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
David Hamilton07/02/2008MidlothianLabourSigned

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