Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Owen Thompson (Scottish National Party), on Monday, 8 March 2021, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 30 members in total.

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Scots language added to Spotify

That this House welcomes Spotify’s lang-owerdue deceesion tae add Scots as yin o its kent leids (welcomes Spotify’s long-overdue decision to add Scots as one of its recognised languages); congratulates singer Iona Fyfe for leading the public campaign for that music giant to make that change; recognises that Scots is one of Scotland’s three traditional national languages alongside English and Gaelic, with more than 1.5 million speakers and official recognition under the European Charter for Minority Languages; asserts that recognising a language’s existence on large platforms such as Spotify is the first step towards acceptance and empowerment of its speakers; and thanks all those working to lift up the Scots language as well as welcoming Government efforts to promote and protect that language.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1592 

Session

2019-21

Other sponsors

Jonathan Edwards

Jim Shannon

Alan Brown

Marion Fellows

Allan Dorans

Subjects

Ulster Scots language Spotify

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk