That the Parliament celebrates the 150th anniversary of Dr Henry Faulds, an Ayrshire man born in Beith in 1843, undertaking Scotland’s first medical mission to Japan; recognises his groundbreaking achievements, including being the first person to conceive and test the concept that fingerprints are a form of biometrics, that is, a unique means of identifying people, and that this discovery has revolutionised forensic science and criminal investigation worldwide; acknowledges his extraordinary contributions in Japan, where he not only founded a hospital and teaching facility, but also established a society for the blind, successfully halted a rabies epidemic, and eradicated a plague, and commends his enduring legacy as a trailblazer in medicine and science, while strengthening what it sees as Scotland’s historical and cultural ties with Japan.