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The Storr Lochs Monster

EDM number 408 in 2016-17, proposed by Ian Blackford on 06/09/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Marine environment, Science and Wildlife.

That this House celebrates the first public unveiling of a 170-million year old Jurassic predator fossil that was discovered on a beach near SSE's Storr Lochs Power Station on the Isle of Skye; notes that it is the most complete skeleton of a sea-living reptile from the age of dinosaurs that has ever been found in Scotland; welcomes that its preservation and unveiling was only made possible thanks to a partnership between the University of Edinburgh, National Museums Scotland and SSE; further notes that its discovery will help palaeontologists to reveal how ichthyosaurs evolved during the Middle Jurassic period, a part of earth's history that has long been shrouded in mystery owing to a lack of fossil evidence from the time; further celebrates that the Isle of Skye is one of the few places in the world where fossils from the Middle Jurassic period can be found; and encourages the public to visit the Storr Lochs Monster fossil when it appears at SSE's new visitor centre at the Pitlochry Dam, which opens in a few months' time.

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

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ian Blackford06/09/2016Ross, Skye and LochaberScottish National PartyProposed
Martyn Day07/09/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySeconded
Paul Monaghan07/09/2016Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySeconded
Alex Salmond07/09/2016Seconded
Patrick Grady07/09/2016Glasgow NorthScottish National PartySeconded
Chris Stephens07/09/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySeconded
Natalie McGarry08/09/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Deidre Brock08/09/2016Edinburgh North and LeithScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law12/09/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Phil Boswell12/09/2016Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillScottish National PartySigned
Alison Thewliss13/09/2016Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySigned
Alasdair McDonnell14/09/2016Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Carol Monaghan14/09/2016Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Marion Fellows15/09/2016Motherwell and WishawScottish National PartySigned
Margaret Ferrier15/09/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySigned
Joanna Cherry10/10/2016Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Stuart Donaldson10/10/2016West Aberdeenshire and KincardineScottish National PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh10/10/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil10/10/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Drew Hendry10/10/2016Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson10/10/2016MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Hannah Bardell10/10/2016LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Angela Crawley11/10/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned
Corri Wilson12/10/2016Ayr, Carrick and CumnockScottish National PartySigned

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