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Where the text of a motion is lengthy only the title is included. For full text and full list of current motions please see the Scottish Parliament website

S3M-6408 Hugh O’Donnell: Withdrawal of Funding for South Lanarkshire Disability Forum.

S3M-6432 Bill Kidd: European Parliament-paid Traineeships for People with Disabilities—That the Parliament congratulates the European Parliament on the continuing success of its paid scheme for disabled people, which was launched in 2006 as a positive-action measure for facilitating the integration of disabled people in the workplace; notes that the programme is designed to encourage applications from men and women with disabilities and allows successful candidates to familiarise themselves with the activities of the European Parliament; further notes the importance of promoting equal opportunities in the workplace, and wishes further success for the scheme in continuing to remove barriers for disabled people to future employment.

S3M-6447 Mary Scanlon: Congratulations to Maggie’s Highlands on Fifth Birthday.

S3M-6466 Cathy Jamieson: Breast Way Round 2010—That the Parliament congratulates Shirley-Ann Barnes and everyone involved in the Breast Way Round 2010 fundraiser for Macmillan Cancer Care, which set off from the home of Kilmarnock Football Club on 28 May 2010; notes the importance of the event in raising both awareness and finances for the progression of care for cancer patients, and wishes Shirley-Ann and everyone involved in the Breast Way Round event the best of luck for next year’s event.

S3M-6467 Anne McLaughlin: Welcoming the First-ever National Strategy to Tackle Dementia in Scotland—That the Parliament welcomes the launch of the Scottish Government’s National Dementia Strategy and notes that this is the first-ever national strategy to tackle dementia in Scotland; recognises the difficulties that dementia causes for many families, the public policy challenges that it presents and that the number of people with dementia is expected to double by 2035; welcomes the desire of the Minister for Public Health and Sport, Shona Robison MSP, to have a new era of respect, dignity and self-determination for people with dementia; further notes the work of various organisations, including Alzheimer Scotland and the Scottish Dementia Working Group, in helping to draw up the strategy; notes the welcome given by these groups to the newly published strategy, and looks forward to the strategy’s successful implementation.

S3M-6486 Sarah Boyack: Waverley Care Celebrates 21 Years.

S3M-6493 Irene Oldfather: Scotland’s National Dementia Strategy—That the Parliament notes the publication of Scotland’s National Dementia Strategy ahead of Dementia Awareness Week.

S3M-6494 Trish Godman: National Thrombosis Week 2010.

S3M-6515 Robin Harper: Young Carers in Scotland—That the Parliament, during Carers Week 2010, acknowledges the contribution made by Scotland’s 100,000 young carers in providing support to family members who are disabled, ill, frail or affected by drugs and alcohol misuse and commends the work of young carers projects across Edinburgh, the Lothians and Scotland as they provide both the time and space to enable young carers to be children first and the support needed to help them achieve their full personal and academic potential in increasingly challenging economic circumstances.

S3M-6532 Mary Scanlon: Carers and Young Carers in Remote and Rural Areas.

S3M-6539 Bill Kidd: Welfare Reform and Means-testing of DLA.

S3M-6540 Kenneth Gibson: Achieving Smoke-free Mental Health Services in Scotland.

S3M-6557 Robert Brown: Support for Princess Royal Trust for Carers.

S3M-6562 Robert Brown: Eye Health Week—That the Parliament welcomes National Eye Health Week running from 14 to 20 June 2010; notes the importance of ensuring a high level of awareness of eye health; believes that the early detection of conditions that could contribute to sight loss and impairment is essential not only for the wellbeing of the individual but because such intervention could reduce future costs to the public purse, in particular to the health and social care budgets; recognises that Scotland has exemplary eye health services that have been made possible through leading innovations such as free eye tests, and congratulates all those involved in the eye care sector for the professional and dedicated work they carry out.

S3M-6567 Alasdair Allan: Quarriers and National Epilepsy Week 2010—That the Parliament notes the importance of National Epilepsy Week, taking place this year from 13 to 19 June 2010; welcomes Quarriers’ Epilepsy Week Reception in the Parliament on Wednesday 16 June as an opportunity to mark the occasion; acknowledges the outstanding service that Quarriers provides to people in Scotland living with the condition; commends the valuable contribution that third sector organisations and specialist epilepsy services make to patient-centred treatment and epilepsy management, and believes that the planned Quarriers Scottish epilepsy centre will be a centre of excellence that will provide vital diagnostic facilities, treatment, therapeutic support and advice to individuals and families affected by epilepsy.

S3M-6568 Mary Mulligan: Raising Awareness in National Epilepsy Week 2010.

S3M-6572 Karen Whitefield: Insulin Pumps: A New Lease for Life.

S3M-6573 Jim Tolson: Breathe Easy Week—That the Parliament notes the importance of the British Lung Foundation’s Breathe Easy Week, taking place from 14 to 20 June 2010 in its 25th anniversary year; welcomes the British Lung Foundation reception in the Parliament on Wednesday 16 June as an opportunity to mark the occasion; further welcomes the launch of its Children’s Charter, which outlines the organisation’s campaigning priorities to improve children’s lung health as well as support and care for children with lung disease, and commends the work of the British Lung Foundation in providing support, advice and information to those living with lung disease.

S3M-6584 Mary Scanlon: Supporting Depression Alliance Scotland’s Mood Matters Campaign—That the Parliament supports the launch of the Mood Matters campaign by Depression Alliance Scotland as part of Scottish National Depression Week, which runs from 16 to 22 June 2010; notes that the campaign is launched alongside new survey findings that reveal an overwhelming demand for depression prevention programmes in Scotland and seeks to encourage people who may be experiencing problems with their mood to take action early, and commends the work done by Depression Alliance Scotland throughout the year to improve the diagnosis and treatment of depression and challenge the stigma associated with the illness by offering information and support to those affected by and working with depression.

S3M-6596# Linda Fabiani: Caring for Carers—That the Parliament notes that figures produced for the Scottish Government suggest that approximately 20% of people with learning disabilities live and are cared for in the family home by family members over the age of 65; recognises the particular concerns and needs of these families, as noted by Public Petition PE743 submitted by Madge Clark and Jeanette Kelly of the Murray Owen Carers Group, East Kilbride, which first raised the issue in the Scottish Parliament on 24 May 2004; welcomes and invites support for the Charter for Change: Improving Lives for Older Families Which Include People with Learning Disabilities, launched in Edinburgh on 16 June 2010, and looks forward to publication and implementation of the Scottish Government’s carers strategy.

S3M-6601 Christina McKelvie: MND Scotland’s Field of Hope—That the Parliament declares its support for MND Scotland’s online Field of Hope campaign, which is scheduled to take place during Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Awareness Week from 21 to 27 June 2010; notes that the campaign aims to plant a virtual field of blue cornflowers by encouraging people with a Facebook page or Twitter feed to incorporate a Twibbon of MND Scotland’s blue cornflower logo in their profiles, which will link to a fundraising page; further notes that MND Scotland believes that each £1,000 raised through this campaign will be enough to provide a year of specialist care for one of the 373 people in Scotland who currently live with MND, and encourages everyone with a Facebook page or Twitter feed to plant their own cornflower in MND Scotland’s Field of Hope from 21 June.

S3M-6608 Stuart McMillan: Action Mesothelioma Day, 2 July 2010.

S3M-6644 Bill Kidd: The UK Budget and the Future of Disability Living Allowance—That the Parliament expresses concern that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has stated in his budget speech that a new medical assessment for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) will be introduced from 2013 and will be applied to new and existing claimants; notes that this appears to be adopting a model similar to that of Employment and Support Allowance, and further expresses concern that this new test will be introduced with the express intention of reducing the number of people eligible for DLA rather than being based on the principle of fairness.

S3M-6650 Kenneth Gibson: The Family Fund, A Lifeline to Families with Disabled Children

S3M-6654 Nanette Milne: Increasing Access to Self-monitoring and Self-management of Anticoagulation Therapy.

S3M-6705 Jackie Baillie: See Me Campaign—That the Parliament considers the significant contribution that the see me campaign has made in tackling the stigma and discrimination associated with mental health problems; further notes that it is estimated that as many as one in four Scots will experience some form of mental health problem and that more than half of those with such conditions have experienced stigma or discrimination; recognises that the stigma associated with mental health problems can be more distressing and damaging than the symptoms of the condition itself; believes that it will take a generation to effect lasting change in society, and would welcome continued support for the see me campaign in Dumbarton and across the rest of Scotland.

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