Partick Thistle Amputee Football Team (EDM1083)

Partick Thistle Amputee Football Team

EDM number 1083 in 2016-17, proposed by Gavin Newlands on 16/03/2017.
Categorised under the topics of Equality and Sports.

That this House wishes Partick Thistle Amputees, Scotland's only amputee football team, the best of luck as it gets set to take on other teams in the fifth round of the Great Britain Amputee Football League; notes that awareness around amputee football has rocketed in Scotland since Dundee United fan, and Partick Thistle Amputee player, Tommy McKay, scored a wonder goal for his side in the McEwan Fraser Legal #HomeAdvangage Challenge at Tannadice in November 2016, with his goal being viewed by more than 2 million people on social media; welcomes the launch of Partick Thistle's Amputees' new shirt which is being supported by McEwan Legal; and supports all efforts to increase sporting opportunities for people of all backgrounds.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Gavin Newlands	16/03/2017	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Scottish National Party	Proposed
Richard Arkless	16/03/2017	Dumfries and Galloway	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Deidre Brock	16/03/2017	Edinburgh North and Leith	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Patricia Gibson	16/03/2017	North Ayrshire and Arran	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Alan Brown	16/03/2017	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Marion Fellows	16/03/2017	Motherwell and Wishaw	Scottish National Party	Seconded
Michael Weir	16/03/2017	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Phil Boswell	20/03/2017	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Scottish National Party	Signed
Roger Mullin	20/03/2017	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ian Blackford	20/03/2017	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Scottish National Party	Signed
John McNally	20/03/2017	Falkirk	Scottish National Party	Signed
Chris Stephens	20/03/2017	Glasgow South West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Neil Gray	20/03/2017	Airdrie and Shotts	Scottish National Party	Signed
Hannah Bardell	20/03/2017	Livingston	Scottish National Party	Signed
Angus MacNeil	20/03/2017	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stewart McDonald	20/03/2017	Glasgow South	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alex Salmond	20/03/2017			Signed
Alan Meale	20/03/2017	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Stephen Gethins	20/03/2017	North East Fife	Scottish National Party	Signed
Brendan O'Hara	21/03/2017	Argyll and Bute	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Monaghan	21/03/2017	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Scottish National Party	Signed
Chris Law	21/03/2017	Dundee West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Drew Hendry	22/03/2017	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jim Shannon	22/03/2017	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Natalie McGarry	22/03/2017	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Carol Monaghan	22/03/2017	Glasgow North West	Scottish National Party	Signed
Owen Thompson	22/03/2017	Midlothian	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Nicolson	24/03/2017	East Dunbartonshire	Scottish National Party	Signed

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