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St Kilda Swim 2015

EDM number 425 in 2015-16, proposed by Marion Fellows on 10/09/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Charities and Sports.

That this House congratulates the members of the St Kilda swim team 2015 who swam from St Kilda to Hushinish on Harris, a distance of 60 miles; notes that seven swimmers swam for 35 hours accompanied by three kayakers and a three-person support boat crew; further notes they raised over £16,000 for Yorkhill Hospital, Aberlour Child Trust, the Fisherman's Mission and the Leanne Cystic Fibrosis Trust; notes also that this is the first time that this feat has been accomplished; and congratulates Motherwell resident John Dyer, a retired firefighter and grandfather, who took part.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Marion Fellows10/09/2015Motherwell and WishawScottish National PartyProposed
Lisa Cameron10/09/2015East Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowScottish National PartySeconded
Anne McLaughlin10/09/2015Glasgow North EastScottish National PartySeconded
Alison Thewliss10/09/2015Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySeconded
Ian Blackford11/09/2015Ross, Skye and LochaberScottish National PartySeconded
Drew Hendry11/09/2015Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySeconded
Kirsty Blackman11/09/2015Aberdeen NorthScottish National PartySigned
Chris Stephens11/09/2015Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Paul Monaghan11/09/2015Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Patrick Grady11/09/2015Glasgow NorthScottish National PartySigned
Martin Docherty14/09/2015West DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law14/09/2015Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Michael Weir14/09/2015AngusScottish National PartySigned
Richard Arkless14/09/2015Dumfries and GallowayScottish National PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh14/09/2015Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Jim Shannon15/09/2015StrangfordDUPSigned
Kirsten Oswald16/09/2015East RenfrewshireScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson16/09/2015MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Philippa Whitford16/09/2015Central AyrshireScottish National PartySigned
Carol Monaghan17/09/2015Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Martyn Day12/10/2015Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Douglas Chapman12/10/2015Dunfermline and West FifeScottish National PartySigned
Julian Lewis12/10/2015New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Neil Gray20/10/2015Airdrie and ShottsScottish National PartySigned
Corri Wilson15/12/2015Ayr, Carrick and CumnockScottish National PartySigned
Angela Crawley11/05/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned

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