Pete Wishart

That this House is deeply concerned about the future of the public post office service; notes the consideration by Royal Mail of shutting down or selling off more than 160 high street post offices including the Crown post offices in Scotland at Bathgate, Coatbridge, Dunfermline,

30 Jan 2006

That this House notes with deep concern the decision by the Army Board to renege on the much publicised deal to allow the Black Watch Regiment to continue to wear their iconic Red Hackle emblem at all times following the unwanted merger of all Scottish regiments; further notes th

28 Nov 2005

That this House welcomes the vote in the Spanish Parliament which has approved proposals to grant greater autonomy to Catalonia; notes that Catalonia is now to be acknowledged as a nation and will be given the right to control taxation and change laws passed by Parliament; believ

3 Nov 2005

That this House notes the campaign by C-ScOT to secure a separate Scottish team to participate in the 2012 London Olympics; further notes that this is a campaign that is supported by 78 per cent. of the Scottish people as found in an independent opinion poll; further notes that t

28 Oct 2005

That this House welcomes the important steps taken by the United Kingdom and the European Union in speeding up the progress towards the millennium development goals; recognises however the ongoing failure of all the G8 participants to meet the United Nations target of 0.7 per cen

7 Jun 2005

That this House condemns the proposal by the honourable Member for North Wiltshire that Scotland's MSPs should be abolished and their work done on a part-time basis by Scottish honourable Members; believes that this is typical of the anti-Scottish Tories who have failed to learn

19 May 2005

That this House notes that it was the failure of the Liberal Democrats to turn out and vote in sufficient numbers in the second reading of the Prevention of Terrorism Bill that saved the Government from certain defeat; further notes that the Liberal Democrat leader, the Chief Whi

23 Mar 2005

That this House notes the online vote to name a footbridge at the new Wembley Stadium; believes that there could be no more appropriate and suitable name than the Jim Baxter Bridge in acknowledgement of the genius of 'slim Jim'; remembers when he humbled world champions England i

23 Feb 2005

That this House condemns comments made about Scotland by the Opposition spokesperson, the honourable Member for Beaconsfield, while trying to defend the Conservative Party's narrow-minded and short-sighted immigration policy; disagrees profoundly with the honourable Member's stat

8 Feb 2005

That this House welcomes the return of the Celtic Connections music festival to Glasgow; recognises that Celtic Connections has become one of the world's great Celtic festivals with more that 300 events at nine venues across Glasgow at this year's events; welcomes the combination

12 Jan 2005