That the Parliament welcomes the success of Haddington RFC in being awarded a £1,000 top prize by Royal Bank RugbyForce, the nationwide rugby programme launched by Royal Bank in partnership with Scottish Rugby, and in securing a visit from a current Scottish International player during this year’s RugbyForce weekend, which takes place on 11-12 August 2018; notes that, in addition to using some of the funding to support a recruitment drive to increase playing numbers at all levels and funding community engagement projects, the club will also attempt to invite 700 people for the world’s largest game of tag rugby with the aim of marking one person for each year since the town of Haddington gained a Royal Charter and thereby beating the current world record of 442 people, and wishes the club and everyone involved the best of luck with the attempt.
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That the Parliament welcomes the success of Haddington RFC in being awarded a £1,000 top prize by Royal Bank RugbyForce, the nationwide rugby programme launched by Royal Bank in partnership with Scottish Rugby, and in securing a visit from a current Scottish International player during this year’s RugbyForce weekend, which takes place on 11-12 August 2018; notes that, in addition to using some of the funding to support a recruitment drive to increase playing numbers at all levels and funding community engagement projects, the club will also attempt to invite 700 people for the world’s largest game of tag rugby with the aim of marking one person for each year since the town of Haddington gained a Royal Charter and thereby beating the current world record of 442 people, and wishes the club and everyone involved the best of luck with the attempt.
Supported by: Bill Kidd, Stewart Stevenson, Maureen Watt, Edward Mountain
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That the Parliament congratulates the six members of the Dunbar Grammar School team on their victory at the first-ever Transatlantic Mock Court competition held inside New York’s Federal Court; understands that the Dunbar Grammar team competed against William Cullen Bryant High School from New York and were declared unanimous winners, and commends the pupils and staff involved in the competition on this hugely impressive achievement.
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That the Parliament congratulates the six members of the Dunbar Grammar School team on their victory at the first-ever Transatlantic Mock Court competition held inside New York’s Federal Court; understands that the Dunbar Grammar team competed against William Cullen Bryant High School from New York and were declared unanimous winners, and commends the pupils and staff involved in the competition on this hugely impressive achievement.
Supported by: Edward Mountain
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That the Parliament welcomes the recent win by the Prestonpans boxer, Josh Taylor, over the former world champion, Viktor Postol, at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow; notes that this latest win, in his 13th professional fight, puts him in line for a shot at the WBC Super Lightweight world title; congratulates Josh on his victory, and looks forward to him competing for the WBC world title in the near future.
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That the Parliament welcomes the recent win by the Prestonpans boxer, Josh Taylor, over the former world champion, Viktor Postol, at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow; notes that this latest win, in his 13th professional fight, puts him in line for a shot at the WBC Super Lightweight world title; congratulates Josh on his victory, and looks forward to him competing for the WBC world title in the near future.
Supported by: Neil Findlay, Bill Kidd
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That the Parliament welcomes the recent success of P7 pupils at Pencaitland Primary School at the finals of the Edinburgh International Film Festival Edinburgh and Lothians Schools Film Competition held at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh; understands that, out of the four films shortlisted from the school, two, How to Master Life, for Best Animated Film, and Newsround Special, for the Jury Selection Award, were chosen as category winners, and commends all of the pupils and staff involved in producing and submitting their films, as well as the Edinburgh International Film Festival for running the competition.
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That the Parliament welcomes the recent success of P7 pupils at Pencaitland Primary School at the finals of the Edinburgh International Film Festival Edinburgh and Lothians Schools Film Competition held at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh; understands that, out of the four films shortlisted from the school, two, How to Master Life, for Best Animated Film, and Newsround Special, for the Jury Selection Award, were chosen as category winners, and commends all of the pupils and staff involved in producing and submitting their films, as well as the Edinburgh International Film Festival for running the competition.
Supported by: Stewart Stevenson
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That the Parliament welcomes the publication of Adoption UK’s report, Bridging the Gap; considers that, while there are different legislative frameworks surrounding adoption in different parts of the UK, many of the challenges young people and families face are similar; notes with concern that adopted children do around half as well as their peers in exams; is concerned that, in Scotland, over half of adopted children have missed school due to their mental wellbeing and that nearly 60% of parents do not feel that their child has an equal chance in school; recognises what it sees as the importance that increasing resources in schools and closing the attainment gap will have in improving outcomes for adopted young people, and calls on the Scottish Government to seriously consider the report’s recommendations.
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That the Parliament welcomes the publication of Adoption UK’s report, Bridging the Gap; considers that, while there are different legislative frameworks surrounding adoption in different parts of the UK, many of the challenges young people and families face are similar; notes with concern that adopted children do around half as well as their peers in exams; is concerned that, in Scotland, over half of adopted children have missed school due to their mental wellbeing and that nearly 60% of parents do not feel that their child has an equal chance in school; recognises what it sees as the importance that increasing resources in schools and closing the attainment gap will have in improving outcomes for adopted young people, and calls on the Scottish Government to seriously consider the report’s recommendations.
Supported by: Jeremy Balfour, Alexander Burnett, Kezia Dugdale, Neil Findlay
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That the Parliament welcomes the success of the community café, All Mixed Up, in being named the Best New Café in Scotland at the recent Scottish Café Awards in Glasgow; notes that All Mixed Up, based at the Pennypit Centre in Prestonpans and managed by Lorna Souness, has only been running since the end of October 2017; congratulates Lorna and her team on winning this award, and wishes them continued success with the café.
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That the Parliament welcomes the success of the community café, All Mixed Up, in being named the Best New Café in Scotland at the recent Scottish Café Awards in Glasgow; notes that All Mixed Up, based at the Pennypit Centre in Prestonpans and managed by Lorna Souness, has only been running since the end of October 2017; congratulates Lorna and her team on winning this award, and wishes them continued success with the café.
Supported by: Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Ash Denham, David Torrance
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That the Parliament congratulates Dee Hoggan of Tranent Bowling Club on her success in being crowned the new British Isles Ladies’ Singles Champion at the competition at Belmont Bowling Club in Belfast; welcomes this latest success for Dee, who was already holder of the Scottish title, and notes that her victory is the latest in a long line of triumphs for lawn bowlers from East Lothian.
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That the Parliament congratulates Dee Hoggan of Tranent Bowling Club on her success in being crowned the new British Isles Ladies’ Singles Champion at the competition at Belmont Bowling Club in Belfast; welcomes this latest success for Dee, who was already holder of the Scottish title, and notes that her victory is the latest in a long line of triumphs for lawn bowlers from East Lothian.
Supported by: Stewart Stevenson, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Kenneth Gibson, Ash Denham, David Torrance, Alexander Burnett
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That the Parliament congratulates Archie Baird on being awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in The Queen’s Birthday Honours; notes that Archie, a golf historian and former long-serving curator of the Heritage of Golf Museum in Gullane, and the author of several books on the history of golf, was awarded the BEM in recognition of his services to the history of golf, and thanks Archie, who has also served as captain of Gullane Golf Club, where he is now an honorary life member, for his significant contribution to golf and East Lothian.
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That the Parliament congratulates Archie Baird on being awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in The Queen’s Birthday Honours; notes that Archie, a golf historian and former long-serving curator of the Heritage of Golf Museum in Gullane, and the author of several books on the history of golf, was awarded the BEM in recognition of his services to the history of golf, and thanks Archie, who has also served as captain of Gullane Golf Club, where he is now an honorary life member, for his significant contribution to golf and East Lothian.
Supported by: Colin Beattie, Alexander Burnett
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That the Parliament congratulates the environmental charity, Fidra, which is based in East Lothian, and its staff and volunteers, on their work to eliminate the pollution that is caused by the nurdle pellets that are used in the manufacture of plastics and on their efforts to encourage and require plastics producers, users, transporters and trade associations to introduce best practice in pellet management through the campaign, Operation Clean Sweep; understands that these pellets can attract and concentrate pollutants such as DDT and PCBs to highly toxic levels; notes that in a survey carried out by Fidra volunteers in May on beaches in Fife, 450,000 washed-up nurdles were collected in under two hours from one beach at North Queensferry; understands that this beach is less than 15 miles from a polymers plant; believes that unacceptable levels of nurdles are being detected on beaches as far west as Barra and as far north as Collieston in Aberdeenshire, and calls on the Scottish Government to properly hold the plastics industry to account for this pollution and for strict enforcement action to be taken.
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That the Parliament congratulates the environmental charity, Fidra, which is based in East Lothian, and its staff and volunteers, on their work to eliminate the pollution that is caused by the nurdle pellets that are used in the manufacture of plastics and on their efforts to encourage and require plastics producers, users, transporters and trade associations to introduce best practice in pellet management through the campaign, Operation Clean Sweep; understands that these pellets can attract and concentrate pollutants such as DDT and PCBs to highly toxic levels; notes that in a survey carried out by Fidra volunteers in May on beaches in Fife, 450,000 washed-up nurdles were collected in under two hours from one beach at North Queensferry; understands that this beach is less than 15 miles from a polymers plant; believes that unacceptable levels of nurdles are being detected on beaches as far west as Barra and as far north as Collieston in Aberdeenshire, and calls on the Scottish Government to properly hold the plastics industry to account for this pollution and for strict enforcement action to be taken.
Supported by: Kenneth Gibson, Claudia Beamish, Stewart Stevenson, Alex Rowley
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As an amendment to motion S5M-12358 in the name of Liz Smith (Education: Subject Choices), insert at end “; recognises that there remains a stubborn attainment gap between pupils from the most and least deprived families; notes concerns that the narrowing of curricular choice may be greater in schools in the most deprived areas, and calls for action on this issue and in closing the attainment gap.”
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As an amendment to motion S5M-12358 in the name of Liz Smith (Education: Subject Choices), insert at end “; recognises that there remains a stubborn attainment gap between pupils from the most and least deprived families; notes concerns that the narrowing of curricular choice may be greater in schools in the most deprived areas, and calls for action on this issue and in closing the attainment gap.”
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23/05/2018
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