That the Parliament congratulates the Scottish Judge, Lord Reed, on his appointment as President of the Supreme Court replacing Lady Hale who has retired; notes that Lord Reed previously served as the Court’s deputy president under Lady Hale and has been one of its 12 justices since 2012; understands that, prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, Lord Reed became Scotland’s youngest ever judge in 1998, aged 42, serving in the Outer House of the Court of Session as principal commercial and companies judge for 10 years; recognises that he qualified as an advocate in Scotland and as a barrister in England and Wales and practised at the Scottish Bar in a wide range of civil cases, as well as prosecuting serious crime; acknowledges that Lord Reed is also a member of the panel of ad hoc judges of the European Court of Human Rights, and a non-permanent judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, and wishes him well on his new appointment.