Supported by: Jeremy Balfour*, Miles Briggs*, Liz Smith*, Maurice Corry*, Finlay Carson*, Alexander Burnett*, Graeme Dey*, David Stewart*, Alex Rowley*, Donald Cameron*, Edward Mountain*, Rachael Hamilton*, Mairi Gougeon*, Alison Harris*, Jamie Greene*, Alexander Stewart*, Monica Lennon*, Michelle Ballantyne*, Colin Beattie*, Murdo Fraser*, Tom Mason*, Ivan McKee*, Gordon Lindhurst* Other new and altered motions and amendments *S5M-09430 Alex Cole-Hamilton: BBC to Help Young People Identify So-called Fake News That the Parliament welcomes the BBC's launch of a new initiative to help young people — distinguish what is real news and what is so-called fake news, which it considers is the dissemination of falsehoods under the guise of legitimate news reporting; understands that this will see up to 1,000 schools across the UK offered mentoring to help pupils determine the reliability of news, and high-profile BBC journalists taking part in events with students; notes the results of the study undertaken by the University of Salford in conjunction with Newsround, which showed that, while children know about the existence of fake news, they can struggle to identify what is credible; considers the phenomenon of fake news to be corrosive, a means to obstruct genuine scrutiny and a threat to democracy; therefore expresses disappointment at the Tweet by Gordon Macdonald MSP...