That the Parliament recognises the incredible life of much-loved Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale, a spy who became a trailblazer for women in the secret service, who was once tipped to lead MI6 and who died in May 2026; understands that Margaret (Meta) Ramsay was from a working-class background and graduated from the University of Glasgow, becoming active in international student politics in the 1950s and joining the Diplomatic Service in 1969; notes that her service in the field ended officially when she was promoted to a senior MI6 headquarters role in 1987; believes that, by then, she had built a formidable reputation in her 22 years of service, including as station chief in Finland, infiltrating agents in the Soviet Union to get defectors out and notably, in one of the most audacious operations of the Cold War, extracting double agent Oleg Gordievsky from the Soviet Union from under the nose of the Russians; notes that, in an interview in 2024, she recalled many brushes with danger; understands that, famously, she used her field experience to open the locked village hall on the occasion of George Robertson’s 50th birthday celebrations; acknowledges that she retired at the mandatory age of 55 after the Gulf War as the most senior woman in the service, and, as a lifelong socialist, subsequently served as foreign policy adviser to the late Labour leader, John Smith MP, before becoming a UK Government minister under Tony Blair and helping to steer the Scotland Bill through the House of Lords, and believes that her integrity, commitment and quiet strength will be remembered by all who had the privilege to know and work with her.