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Standard Motion · S4M-00649 · Session 4

Congratulating Teachers Gordon and Audrey Ford on their Retirement

Lodged by Neil Findlay Lab Lodged 12 Aug 2011 5 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates Gordon and Audrey Ford on their retirement from West Lothian Council; notes their role in and contribution to the education of countless children in West Lothian; considers Audrey Ford to have served the people of West Lothian with distinction in her 30 or so years as a teacher, depute head teacher and head teacher, most prominently at Balbardie Primary School and Livingston Village Primary School; considers that Gordon Ford made an immense contribution in progressing West Lothian schools as Depute Chief Executive and Director of Education and specifically in his work as head teacher at Inveralmond High School, and, finally, considers that public servants such as Gordon and Audrey Ford are vital to the wellbeing and effective functioning of Scottish society.

Signatures by party

5 MSPs besides the lodger · 2 from other parties
Lab 3SNP 2

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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

5 MSPs

Lab 3 SNP 2

Show all 5 supporters by party

Lab 3

SNP 2

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4M-00649 by reference.