Plenary, 03 Apr 2002
Meeting date: Wednesday, April 3, 2002
Official Report
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One Minute's Silence
We welcome to this specially convened meeting of the Parliament the lord provosts of the four cities, the moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and other church representatives, the consular corps and other distinguished guests. Our only item of business today is tributes to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Colleagues, we meet today to pay tribute to the life and work of a great daughter of Scotland, whose lifetime spanned the entire 20th century. Her public service as Duchess of York, as Queen Consort—especially during the second world war—and as Queen Mother was itself a fulfilment of her Strathmore family motto:
"In thou God I put my trust without change to the end".
Before we move to the motion of condolence to the royal family, let us pause to recall the Queen Mother's love of her native Scotland, her active support as patron of so many institutions in our cities and her enjoyment in participating in community life in our countryside.
Let us all stand for a minute's silence.