That the Parliament congratulates the Borders rugby legend, Doddie Weir, on being announced as the 12th recipient of the Edinburgh Award; understands that the prestigious award is given to those deemed to have garnered international recognition for the city of Edinburgh, and that the former Scotland star, capped 61 times between 1990 and 2000, will be presented with an engraved loving cup by the city’s Lord Provost, Frank Ross, and have his hand prints set in stone at the City Chambers later in 2018; recognises that Mr Weir is following in the footsteps of 2017’s recipient, the former University of Edinburgh principal, Timothy O’Shea, and the novelists JK Rowling and Ian Rankin, the artists, Elizabeth Blackadder and Richard Demarco, the boxer, Ken Buchanan, the judo champion, George Kerr, and the cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, and commends Mr Weir’s long and celebrated rugby career and his ongoing charity work for motor neuron disease.
Supported by:
Clare Adamson, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Bill Bowman, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Peter Chapman, Maurice Corry, Bob Doris, Neil Findlay, Jamie Greene, Rachael Hamilton, Alison Harris, Liam Kerr, Bill Kidd, Dean Lockhart, Tom Mason, Stuart McMillan, Margaret Mitchell, John Scott, Liz Smith, Annie Wells, Brian Whittle