Supported by: James Dornan*, Ivan McKee*, John Finnie*, Douglas Ross*, Kenneth Gibson*, Clare Haughey*, Ben Macpherson*, Bill Kidd*, Richard Lyle*, Stuart McMillan*, Graeme Dey*, Gail Ross*, Maree Todd*, Colin Beattie* *S5M-05420 David Stewart: Duncan Slater Completes the Marathon Des Sables That the — Parliament congratulates Duncan Slater, who is a veteran from Muir of Ord, on, it understands, being the first person to have undergone a double amputation to complete the Marathon Des Sables in Morocco, which is sometimes described as the toughest race on Earth; notes that Duncan and his colleague, Chris Moore, raised £20,000 towards Walking With The Wounded's project for former armed forces members with mental health difficulties by completing the challenge, which involved travelling across 156 miles of the Sahara desert in temperatures of up to 50C; acknowledges that he did this despite being told once that he would never be able to walk again, and considers Duncan to be tremendously inspirational by showing that, despite injury, people can still achieve many things.