Jamie and Andy Murray: Sporting Legacy

Margaret Ferrier Excerpts

Wednesday 7th December 2016 Commons Chamber

[Steven Paterson]

The point is well made, and I will go on to say that the point of the debate is to see how we can build a fitting legacy for Jamie and Andy Murray.

[Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West) (SNP)]

I would like to pay tribute to the Rutherglen lawn tennis club in my constituency, which does a superb job in promoting the game of tennis and which works to help more people to enjoy this fantastic game. Does my hon. Friend agree that we should all do our bit to encourage more people to take up the sport so that, hopefully, we will have more Andy Murrays and Jamie Murrays?

[Steven Paterson]

Yes, indeed. There are clubs all over the country—not just Rutherglen—that are doing that, and my hon. Friend’s intervention speaks for all of them.