Motion · S5M-16354 · 14 Mar 2019
2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games
The motion
That the Parliament sends best wishes to the Scottish athletes taking part in the at the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in the United Arab Emirates; notes that 47 of the 129 athletes representing Great Britain are from Scotland; understands that the Special Olympics is the world’s largest humanitarian sporting event and a global movement that focuses on the empowerment of people of determination with intellectual disabilities through the power of sport; further notes that the games, which take place in venues in Abu Dhabi and Dubai from 14 to 21 March will feature 24 sports and will have a record number of female athletes competing, and wishes the 7,500 athletes from about 170 countries taking part the very best of luck.
Supporters (28)
- Clare Adamson Scottish National Party 14 Mar 2019
- Bill Bowman 14 Mar 2019
- Miles Briggs Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 14 Mar 2019
- Peter Chapman 14 Mar 2019
- Maurice Corry 14 Mar 2019
- Murdo Fraser Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 14 Mar 2019
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 14 Mar 2019
- Jamie Greene 14 Mar 2019
- Bill Kidd 14 Mar 2019
- Gordon Lindhurst 14 Mar 2019
- Richard Lyle 14 Mar 2019
- John Mason 14 Mar 2019
- Tom Mason 14 Mar 2019
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 14 Mar 2019
- Margaret Mitchell 14 Mar 2019
- Liz Smith 14 Mar 2019
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 14 Mar 2019
- Alison Harris 15 Mar 2019
- Liam Kerr Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 15 Mar 2019
- Mark Ruskell Scottish Green Party 18 Mar 2019
- Jackie Baillie Scottish Labour 19 Mar 2019
- Neil Findlay 19 Mar 2019
- Maurice Golden 19 Mar 2019
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 19 Mar 2019
- Gil Paterson 21 Mar 2019
- Alexander Burnett Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 26 Mar 2019
- Pauline McNeill Scottish Labour 26 Mar 2019
- Colin Smyth 1 May 2019
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.