MPs salute ‘inspirational’ minister Lorna

A former Renfrew church minister has been described as an“inspirational figure”in the House of Commons.

MPs lauded Very Rev Dr Lorna Hood, on-time minister of Renfrew North Parish Church, who was presented with the OBE by Prince of Charles at Buckingham Palace earlier this week.

She was honoured by the Queen for her “exceptional and long service to the Church of Scotland and promoting tolerance and understanding”through her role as the chairwoman of the Scottish board of the Remembering Srebrenica charity.

Dr Hood, a chaplain to the Queen and a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, said she was dedicating her OBE to the Mothers of Srebrenica organisation and the many survivors of the 1995 Bosnian massacre who bravely speak out to try and tackle hatred and intolerance.

Paisley and Renfrewshire North MP Gavin Newlands tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons in Dr Hood’s honour.

“I’ve met Lorna a number of times now and you can’t help be impressed by her,”he said.

“Whether it was serving the people of Renfrew and Renfrew North Parish Church for close to four decades and as one of the Church’s first female moderators. Or her outstanding work with the mothers of the victims of the Srebrenica genocide.”