YOUNG POET WINS OPPORTUNITY TO MEET PRESIDENT OBAMA

Early day motion 5, tabled 21 June 2017 by Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party). Signed by 19 members.

That this House congratulates Mila Stricevic, a pupil at Hyndland Secondary School in Glasgow, on her success in a writing competition to meet former US President Barack Obama at the Hunter Foundation's charity dinner in May 2017; notes the strong message of inclusion and tolerance in Mila's winning poem, If I Ruled Scotland; understands that Mila was delighted to read the poem to the audience, including President Obama, at the dinner in the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on 26 May 2017; recognises the significance of the opportunity to attend such a prestigious event and to hear from the 44th President of the US; commends the Hunter Foundation on raising £670,000 for Scottish charities which will help hundreds of people, many of whom are children, across the country; thanks English teacher, Mandy McGuire, in the English Department at Hyndland Secondary School for her support in the competition; and wishes Mila all the success in the future in her pursuit of plans to work for social justice.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 18, DUP 1.