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Chamber and committees

World Cerebral Palsy Day

  • Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
  • Motion reference: S6M-01576

That the Parliament celebrates World Cerebral Palsy Day 2021, which is being marked on 6 October; acknowledges that Cerebral Palsy Scotland has issued its annual review with a call for an urgent plan to #StampOutTheGap and give everyone with the condition the help, support and services that they need; believes that the Scottish Government, MSPs, the NHS and local authorities should listen to the voices of people with cerebral palsy and their families; considers that seeing people with cerebral palsy in person is an essential service; recognises how hard the COVID-19 pandemic has hit people with the condition; notes that the review states that 60% had said that their mental health has been negatively affected, with 44% saying that they felt that this had impacted on other people in the family, 43% reported that their physical health had deteriorated and 63% said that their care arrangements had still not returned to pre-pandemic levels, and supports the call for an urgent plan to #StampOutTheGap and for care arrangements to return pre-pandemic levels.


Supported by: Clare Adamson, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Jackson Carlaw, Finlay Carson, Katy Clark, James Dornan, Sharon Dowey, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Russell Findlay, Murdo Fraser, Meghan Gallacher, Maurice Golden, Jamie Greene, Dr. Sandesh Gulhane (Registered interest) , Rachael Hamilton, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Bill Kidd, Dean Lockhart, Douglas Lumsden, Fulton MacGregor, Ruth Maguire, Stuart McMillan, Edward Mountain, Audrey Nicoll, Douglas Ross, Alex Rowley, Alexander Stewart, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Mercedes Villalba, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White, Brian Whittle