Supported by: Alexander Stewart*, Tom Mason*, Liz Smith*, David Torrance*, Bill Bowman*, Annie Wells*, Richard Lyle*, Gordon Lindhurst*, Maurice Corry*, Jamie Greene*, Miles Briggs*, Peter Chapman*, Kenneth Gibson* *S5M-16354 Jeremy Balfour: 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games That the — Parliament sends best wishes to the Scottish athletes taking part in the at the 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games in the United Arab Emirates; notes that 47 of the 129 athletes representing Great Britain are from Scotland; understands that the Special Olympics is the world s ’ largest humanitarian sporting event and a global movement that focuses on the empowerment of people of determination with intellectual disabilities through the power of sport; further notes that the games, which take place in venues in Abu Dhabi and Dubai from 14 to 21 March will feature 24 sports and will have a record number of female athletes competing, and wishes the 7,500 athletes from about 170 countries taking part the very best of luck.