Supported by: Stewart Stevenson* R, Jeremy Balfour*, Sandra White*, Ruth Maguire*, Joan McAlpine*, Richard Lyle*, Ash Denham*, David Torrance*, Gordon Lindhurst*, Bill Kidd*, Jenny Gilruth*, Jackie Baillie* *S5M-11452 Jamie Halcro Johnston: Orkney, the Best Rural Place in the UK That the — Parliament congratulates Orkney on retaining its title as the best rural place to live in the UK in the 2018 Halifax Rural Areas Quality of Life Survey; notes that the islands have a high employment rate, a good level of skills and educational achievement and scored high in life satisfaction and happiness; recognises that winning this award again is testament to the efforts of the people and communities across Orkney who work hard to make the islands what they are, and believes R that Orkney will continue to be a great place to live.