That the Parliament congratulates Sheriff Iona Sara McDonald MA LLB DL on her appointment as the new Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran; recognises that Sheriff McDonald, an Ayrshire native, was educated at Cumnock Academy and the University of Glasgow, and thereafter joined the Ayr firm, Mathie-Morton, Black and Buchanan, where she was named partner in 1982; notes that she became a Senior Sheriff in the Sheriffdom of North Strathclyde at Kilmarnock in 2007; congratulates Sheriff McDonald on this tremendous achievement, and wishes her success in the position.
Supported by:
Tom Arthur, Jeremy Balfour, Michelle Ballantyne, Bill Bowman, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Maurice Corry, James Dornan, Murdo Fraser, Kenneth Gibson, Maurice Golden, Rachael Hamilton, Alison Harris, Liam Kerr, Ruth Maguire, Tom Mason, Margaret Mitchell, Liz Smith, Annie Wells, Brian Whittle