[laughter] you know glasgow and having come up through politics, you know what is said about glasgow. if your a comedian there and if they like you, they deny it last -- they do not laugh, they just let you live. ask people in north glasgow who offered them comfort. when it lost their jobs and was problems with housing, troubles with schooling or troubles on the street, you'll get the same answer, it was michael martin. this house should salute the speaker who has made his constituency proud and is hailed as a friend from people of every background come every walk of life. a speaker who was born and brought up in the city and has represented it with pride 30 years. you have brought home to thousands what you can do for people, never interested in the trappings of office but only the concerns of people you represent. this is a speaker who returned every weekend to meet the people he represented an to is never forgot where he came from, always determined to hear what they had to set. he was speaker because he worked his way up with no special privileges accorded to him and encouraged in