New Elected Davy Russell is welcomed to the Scottish Parliament by Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar and other Labour MSPs

The Scotsman

New Elected Davy Russell is welcomed to the Scottish Parliament by Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar and other Labour MSPs, ahead of him being sworn in this afternoon

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00:00Hi, I'm Rachel Emery, the Scotsman's political correspondent. I'm here in Holyrood today

00:03where the new Labour MSP for Hamilton, Lark Hall and Stonehouse, David Russell, is due to be sworn in.

00:09We've just seen him being presented to the media by Anna Sarwar, the party leader.

00:14All of the Labour MSPs came out to greet him, wearing red roses as well and a big round of applause for him.

00:19He's just got up to the waiting room now where he's going to be officially sworn in as the new MSP.

00:22I'm honoured and humbled to have been chosen by the people of Hamilton, Lark Hall and Stonehouse

00:28to represent them in the Scottish Parliament. I'm here to pray for them, I've listened to them for weeks

00:36and now I'm going to take their case forward so that it's a springboard for Scottish Labour

00:43to take the reins and be in charge of the Scottish Government come next May.

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