Parliament Workbench
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Standard Motion · S3M-05348 · Session 3

Congratulations to Forbes Nursery

Lodged by Shirley-Anne Somerville SNP Lodged 3 Dec 2009 10 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates Forbes Nursery on its recent award-winning success; notes that Sara Breignan won Nursery Nurse of the Year at the Nursery World Magazine Awards and Sonya Stewart was a finalist in the Food of the Year category; further notes that Forbes Nursery was a finalist for Green Nursery of the Year and Kirsty Simpson won Personality of the Year at the New Management Today Nursery Awards 2009; recognises that Forbes is a family-run nursery, now in its 14th year, based in Leith Links and Bruntsfield, and highlights that these awards are a tribute to the staff, children and parents of the nursery and their achievements of the last year, including raising £1,000 to be divided between Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children and a children’s home in Nepal.

Signatures by party

10 MSPs besides the lodger · 1 from other parties
SNP 9Green 1

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Vote

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

Supporters

10 MSPs

SNP 9 Green 1

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SNP 9

Green 1

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In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3M-05348 by reference.