That the Parliament congratulates an Auschwitz survivor, who played in the promotion-winning Stirling Albion FC in the late 1940s, on celebrating his 101st birthday with friends and family early in January 2024; understands that Jan Szpula of St Ninians, who now lives at Randolph Hill Nursing Home in Dunblane, played in Scotland’s top division during part of the 1949-50 season after moving to Scotland in 1946, stationed at Recovery Barracks in Causewayhead, where he also met his wife, Jean, who passed away 23 years ago; acknowledges that Jan was born and raised in the village of Lasiska Górne, a mining town in the south of Poland, close to the Czech border; understands that, whilst growing up in a family of five, with his father Augustyn and his mother Maria, as well as his older sister and older brother, also named Maria and Augustyn, Jan’s mother sadly died when he was a youngster and his stepmother helped to raise him in Katarzyna, a village in eastern Poland; further understands that, at the age of just 16, he joined the army when the Second World War broke out, walking more than 125 miles with his brother and father over three days, but spent some time during the war in forced labour in Germany and Auschwitz whilst serving with the Polish army in Poland, Russia, Belgium and France; understands that, during his spell with Albion from September 1948 to May 1950, Jan played 38 games and scored eight goals; believes that, after leaving the team, Jan worked at Rossleigh’s Garage in Stirling, completing over 25 years’ service; further believes that, during his time there, he chauffeured members of the Royal Family at Holyrood Palace; notes that Jan has a son and daughter, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; applauds what it sees as his long and wholesome life, and commends his military service and courage during the Second World War.