Brendan O'Hara

That this House congratulates Ross Kemp, producer Jamie Welham and director Marta Shaw on their outstanding documentary, Libya's Migrant Hell, a film that exposes the harrowing reality of the journey made by hundreds of thousands of people from sub-Saharan Africa as they try to m

23 Feb 2017

That this House congratulates Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, the founder of Mary's Meals, on receiving the 2017 Westminster Award for Human Life, Human Rights and Human Dignity; recognises his and his team's outstanding contribution to alleviating child hunger and improving the life c

22 Feb 2017

That this House congratulates Fr Michael Hutson and all the parishioners, past and present, of St Andrew's Church, Rothesay on the Isle of Bute on the occasion of the parish's sesquicentennial celebration, 150 years of the island's Roman Catholic community being officially recogn

16 Nov 2016

That this House congratulates Argyll Talking Newspapers, the Ardrishaig-based charity which in 2016 is celebrating its 30th anniversary of reading and recording local news for blind and visually impaired people in Argyll and Bute and across the highlands and islands of Scotland;

16 Nov 2016

That this House congratulates 16 year old Laura Campbell from Oban who through her campaign, Laura's Appeal, successfully persuaded 212 local people, including 101 of her fellow pupils at Oban High School, to register as potential bone marrow donors; applauds the remarkable suppo

24 Oct 2016

That this House congratulates all of the Highland dancers of the Margaret Rose School of Dance in Helensburgh on their recent success, particularly Eilidh Gammons, Catriona Gammons, Isla Flint, Skye McSorley, Iona McSorley and Rhiannon Charles who have performed tremendously well

5 Sept 2016

That this House notes that BBC ALBA, the Scottish Gaelic language television channel, reaches 74 per cent of the Scottish Gaelic audience 15 per cent of the national Scottish audience and has over 100,000 plays on BBC iPlayer every week; further notes that BBC ALBA is the first a

5 Sept 2016

That this House congratulates 23 year old Gian Bove from Oban on becoming Argyll and Bute's first volunteer Young Inspector for Services for Children and Young People; notes that Gian, having grown up in the care system, saw the Young Inspector Project as his opportunity to give

5 Sept 2016

That this House congratulates and acknowledges the immense contribution made by 23 year old Yazidi woman, Ms. Nadia Murad Basee Taha, in raising awareness of the plight of the victims of people trafficking, particularly women and girls across the world; commends that Nadia's work

5 Sept 2016

That this House congratulates Gordon Reid from Helensburgh on winning two titles at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, the men's doubles wheelchair final, playing alongside partner Alfie Hewett, and the inaugural men's singles wheelchair title just 24 hours later, when he defeated

11 Jul 2016