Congratulations to Guide Dogs on its 90th Anniversary

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates Guide Dogs on celebrating 90 years of helping people with sight loss to live the life they choose; notes that the UK’s first guide dog partnerships qualified 90 years ago, in October 1931, when four veterans of the First World War were matched with their German Shepherds; acknowledges the pioneering achievement of Muriel Crooke and Rosamund Bond, who organised the training of the first four British guide dogs from a garage in Wallasey, Merseyside; understands that, in the years that followed, Guide Dogs has helped to transform the lives of 36,000 people across the UK, through a range of services, and that it is the world’s largest breeder and trainer of working dogs; recognises that Guide Dogs opened its Forfar guide dog training centre in 1965 and that, with centres in Hamilton and Edinburgh, Guide Dogs continues to make a life-changing difference to people with sight loss in Scotland, and commends all guide dog volunteers and supporters in communities across Scotland and the UK on their invaluable work.

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.

Con 8 Lab 1

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

No contribution in the Official Report cites S6M-01537 by reference.