On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I apologise to you and to members. I will be as brief as I can.
At First Minister’s question time earlier today, I invited the Deputy First Minister to commit to providing on-going support for the international island games, which will take place in Orkney, and to congratulate young athletes from Orkney and Shetland on having taken part in last weekend’s junior intercounty competition. At the time, I should have declared my interest as the former chair of the Orkney islands games bid committee.
While I am on my feet, let me declare an interest as the uncle of Emily McArthur, who won the 400m and 800m races before joining her sister, Ella McArthur, and the rest of the hockey team to beat the Shetland team 2–1. I recognise that this is not a point of order, and I also recognise that Emily and Ella McArthur will be mortified by this. [Laughter.] However, in the interests of transparency, I thought it important to put that on the record. [Applause.]
It is probably fair to say that that is the first time that a non-point of order has been applauded so warmly in the chamber. I am not going to add anything to that, Mr McArthur—you are well aware that it is not a point of order—but your sentiments and comments are on the record.
We have concluded the debate on the Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill at stage 3. We will now move to the next item of business.
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