John is pleased to announce an exciting offer for local community groups, charities, and events in Glasgow Shettleston. Through the generosity of David Quarrell, we are able to provide free venison products including burgers, sausages and lorne to support local activities and initiatives.

The venison is locally sourced, aligning with the commitment to sustainable wildlife management and the reduction of food waste. This aims to bring quality food to community events at no cost, while also promoting the responsible use of natural resources.

John encourages any local groups interested in taking up this offer to get in touch with his office.

That the Parliament notes the recent report from Zoopla, which shows that the number of homes valued over £1,000,000 in Scotland has increased by 2,264; understands that this represents an increase of one quarter over 2017; believes that this growth highlights increasing wealth for the richest and a rising gap between the richest and poorest; considers that such increases in wealth are not adequately taxed; recognises that, compared to many other areas of the UK, Scotland has a relatively small number of these properties with 11,101, compared with the South East of England, which has 180,397; believes that this inequality in society is unhealthy and potentially damaging for the economy, and welcomes any proposals to deal with this through taxation or otherwise.

That the Parliament welcomes World Radio Day, which is held annually on 13 February and aims to celebrate why people love radio and, it believes, need it now more than ever; understands that the day was first announced at the 36th UNESCO Conference after being proposed by Spain; notes that this year’s theme is Radio and Sports, looking at a variety of issues, including gender equality in sports broadcasting; further notes that, according to the Radio Joint Audience Research (RAJAR) Q4 2017 figures, 90% of the UK adult population tuned into a radio station weekly in the fourth quarter of 2017, with a total of 1.039 billion hours being listened to a week on average; further understands that 62% of the population now tune into radio digitally each week; welcomes an increase in listeners of 178,000 on the same period in 2016, and considers that this shows that radio is still a trusted and resilient pillar for a huge number of people in Scotland at a time of what it sees as falling trust in many other forms of communication.