Home Secretary's Comments on the Traveller Community
- Submitted by: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party.
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 September 2020
- Motion reference: S5M-22865
That the Parliament condemns recent comments by the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, regarding the Traveller community; rejects any suggestion that the Traveller community is inherently criminal or violent; considers that Travellers remain routinely and unfairly stigmatised in the UK; believes that prejudiced comments from senior public figures contribute to ongoing discrimination; supports calls for the Home Secretary to apologise and retract her comments, and extends its solidarity to the Traveller community.
Supported by:
Clare Adamson, Neil Findlay, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Fulton MacGregor, Rona Mackay, Ruth Maguire, John Mason, Liam McArthur, Mark McDonald, Stuart McMillan, Gil Paterson, Alex Rowley, Stewart Stevenson, David Torrance, Sandra White, Andy Wightman