That the Parliament welcomes the announcement that eight charities are set to fund a two-year project, which will cost more than £365,000 and will offer genetic testing to thousands of people with ancestral links to Westray in Orkney and Whalsay in Shetland, helping to identify those who have a higher inherited risk of developing certain cancers; understands that the project will be led by researchers from the University of Aberdeen and the NHS North of Scotland Genetics Services, which are based in NHS Grampian, and will offer testing for the specific BRCA gene variants that are more common in people with Westray and Whalsay ancestry; notes that the project will be funded by a unique partnership of NHS charities across Scotland, including NHS Grampian Charity and Friends of ANCHOR; believes that it is the first time that NHS charities have come together to fund a Scotland-wide project, with each charity funding the costs associated with its own geographic region, while Friends of ANCHOR will fund costs associated with the roll-out in Orkney and Shetland; notes that it is anticipated that around 5,000 tests will be carried out across Orkney, Shetland, Grampian, Highland, Tayside, Lothian and Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS areas; understands that, at present, BRCA testing in Scotland is only available to people who know of a direct family connection to a variant or who have a history of breast, ovarian and/or prostate cancer in their family; commends the efforts of all involved in delivering this project, and wishes them all the best going forward.