PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
INAUGURAL FLIGHT FROM DUNDEE TO AMSTERDAM (13 June 2016)

Motion Details

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.

Sponsored by:
Chris Law (Scottish National Party)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Scottish National Party
28
82%
 
 
Independent
3
9%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
3%
 
 
Conservative
1
3%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
3%
 
Sponsor List (34 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
SNP
Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
SNP
Richard Arkless
SNP
Mhairi Black
SNP
Kirsty Blackman
Aberdeen North
SNP
Philip Boswell
Con
Dr Lisa Cameron
SNP
Angela Crawley
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
SNP
Stuart Blair Donaldson
Ind
Margaret Ferrier
SNP
Stephen Gethins
SNP
Patricia Gibson
SNP
Patrick Grady
SNP
Neil Gray
SNP
Drew Hendry
SNP
Stewart Hosie
SNP
Calum Kerr
SNP
Chris Law (Sponsor)
Dundee Central
Ind
Angus Brendan MacNeil
SNP
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
SNP
Anne McLaughlin
SNP
John McNally
SNP
Dr Paul Monaghan
SNP
Roger Mullin
SNP
John Nicolson
SNP
Brendan O'Hara
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
SNP
Alex Salmond
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
SNP
Chris Stephens
SNP
Alison Thewliss
SNP
Owen Thompson
SNP
Mike Weir
SNP
Pete Wishart
Perth and Kinross-shire

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