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I thank my wonderful team, especially Kirsty-Louise Hunt, who has worked on the bill from the beginning, and who was not able to fully celebrate her birthday yesterday because of preparations for today.
That heritage spans centuries, and many genres and forms. In 2021, we will celebrate the 250th birthday of Walter Scott and, next year, we will celebrate the 160th birthday of J M Barrie.
It is marked by the promotion of literary culture, the celebration of the freedom to write and action taken to call for justice and freedom for imprisoned and murdered colleagues.
There is a great deal of anticipation and excitement about the opening celebrations, as can be seen in the excellent public reaction to the Queensferry crossing experience.
As Andy Wightman acknowledged, it was not some kind of joyous, civic, democratic celebration. For those who were abused online merely for expressing an opinion, it was not an enjoyable time.
It was a case of a 17-year-old with a history of alcohol and drug abuse. He was just short of his 18th birthday when he was admitted to hospital, following a suicide attempt.
Tomorrow we will mark international ME awareness day, and the reason why that date was chosen is that it was the birthday of Florence Nightingale; it is believed that Florence Nightingale was a sufferer of ME.
Although, on the face of it, it might appear that somebody who is 60 can obtain a maintenance loan and somebody who is 61 cannot—and maybe there is only a short time period between their birthdays—that approach has been afforded legitimacy by the courts.
We feel that the Government is rather like an indulgent uncle who pops along every now and again to give you 20 quid, forgets your birthday and Christmas, then comes along all of a sudden to splurge more money.