 I know that all in Parliament are shocked and deeply saddened at the sudden loss of our colleague David Hill who died on Saturday while representing the Parliament playing rugby in Dublin, and I'd like to invite Jamie Greene to say a few words. Thank you very much, Presiding Officer, friends, colleagues. We politicians like to speak but this is one speech I would rather not be making. The news of the sudden passing of our friend and colleague David Hill came as a shock to each and every one of us, but the outpouring of messages of condolence also has been overwhelming, and I hope that brings some comfort to his family, reaching the many messages of kindness from across the political spectrum and watching today's proceedings. Presiding Officer, David Ross Hardyhill was born on 17 April 1991. He passed away on Saturday afternoon doing what he loved, playing rugby with his friends. David was a people person, a true gentleman. He was kind, generous, respected and well liked. He was a friend to all, and our thoughts are not only with his family but those close friends who were enjoying his company on that rugby trip to Ireland. A trip that I joined him on just a few years ago, so I too know how much fun and camaraderie they will all have been sharing this weekend. It may be a cliché, but David really was one of the genuinely nice guys in the world. He was a huge rugby fan. He was actually one of the founding members of this Parliament's rugby team. As it so often does, Presiding Officer, sport brings together those with differences of opinion and different views, and it forges unlikely friendships and alliances. David played scrum half for the Parliament, but also for the Dumfries Science and Dundee University rugby club. He followed our Scottish national team with passion, as a season ticket holder at Murrayfield, but away on trips to England, Ireland and Italy, cheering them on in their wins and their defeats with equal passion. David was a bagpiper. I didn't know this when I first met him. I recall once telling him that I was never overly fond of the bagpipes. But I'm sure you're most excellent, I said. He smiled back wrily and politely in his usual way, thinking plenty but saying nothing. He was an enthusiastic golfer and a man United fan, but politics was his passion. He attended St Michael's Primary and St Joseph's College in Dumfries. He went to Dundee University to study politics and international relations. After graduating, David has been a stalwart of the Scottish Conservative Party for almost a decade. He campaigned and organised and helped with the Better Together campaign in the referendum. He was a campaigner with David Mundell in the Scottish Parliament here. He was part of our party leader Douglas Ross's team in the last election, driving him around from place to place, donning his blue jacket, leaflet bundle in one hand and probably tweeting and taking pictures. More recently, he was head of office for Tom Mason, a retired MSP for many years, but he also helped Annie Wells when she was short of staff and my colleague Sandesh Gohani when he first joined us. More recently, David was my own head of office, taken over from another good egg in this place, Andrew Brown. We often spend more time with our staff here than we do with our own families and friends. I am sure that my endless team WhatsApp messages drove David to utter distraction, but he never, ever once complained. Our staff are always there for us. They shield us, they support us, they humour us and they do so with the sort of humility and patience that I can only aspire to. We cannot do the job that we do without them and I know that that is a story that will be familiar to all of you in this chamber. Our grief here is not unique. Our thoughts and prayers today are with David's family. His father Roger, his mother Sharon, his step-parents Leslie and Gordon, his siblings Alex and Georgia and his two nephews, Freddie and Hunter, who were all special to him and he to them. I take great comfort in the words of David's father who I spoke to on Saturday in our first exchange after learning the awful news. Roger said, David was living his best life and, Presiding Officer, isn't that the highest accolade or aspiration for any of us? He was taken from us living his best life, doing what he loved, with the people he loved. When I arrived at my desk this morning, some kind soul had placed a vase of daffodils on David's desk. They are a very visual reminder that the gloom of winter does and will pass. So I pray that the passage of time will ease the pain of those grieving today. And when we applaud David in the response to the remarks spoken today, let us also applaud each and every one of our own respective teams too. Because David's legacy will be his passion for crossing political boundaries and divisions, with no motivation other than simply to be kind. And that is a lesson we could all learn. Let us be kind and friendly to one another as David was to us. Let us all be a little more like David as we go about our business. Presiding Officer, we will all miss him dearly.