Honesty on Nuclear Weapons in Scotland and the Middle East

Motion S4M-05982 calling for inspection of Israel's vast nuclear arsenal has been closed, with 43 MSPs in support of S4M-05982 opposing nuclear weapons in
Scotland and the Middle East.

18 March 2013

43 signatories equals over a third of the total number of MSPs and 40% if we
exclude the 21 Ministers who by convention decline to sign such motions.

S4M-05982 Honesty on Nuclear Weapons in Scotland and in the Middle East allowed Scottish civil society and political representatives to maintain momentum towards a nuclear-free Scotland and a nuclear-free Middle East.

Israel is not only involved in the ethnic cleansing of Palestine but is the only regional nuclear military power. Israel has amassed a huge nuclear arsenal but has refused to sign the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspection of its nuclear facilities by the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Authority). At the same time Israel is threatening to attack Iran on the grounds that it might at some time in the future have the capability to develop a nuclear weapon. US intelligence sources report that Iran has no plans to develop a nuclear weapon.

Signatories at final count:
Central Scotland (5) Linda Fabiani, Jamie Hepburn, Richard Lyle, Angus MacDonald, Christina McKelvie
Glasgow (8) Bob Doris, James Dornan, Patricia Ferguson, Patrick Harvie, Bill Kidd (mover), John Mason, Drew Smith, Sandra White
Highlands (5) John Finnie, Robb Gibson, Mike McKenzie, Dave Thompson, Jean Urquart
Lothian (8) Colin Beattie, Marco Biagi, Malcolm Chisholm, Jim Eadie, Neil Findlay, Alison Johnstone, Gordon MacDonald, Margo MacDonald
Mid-Scotland & Fife (2) Roderick Campbell, David Torrance,
North East Scotland (6) Brian Adam, Graeme Dey, Mark McDonald, Dennis Robertson, Kevin Stewart, Maureen Watt
South Scotland (6) Claudia Beamish, Chic Brodie, Christine Grahame, Adam Ingram, Joan McAlpine, Aileen McLeod
West Scotland (3) Kenneth Gibson, Stuart McMillan, Gil Paterson