secondary schools to speak to pupils about the dangers of gambling. In 2014, McMillan also led a Members' Debate in the Scottish Parliament on the increasing reliance of food banks in Scotland. He was the first MSP to raise the issue in the Scottish Parliament and continues to work with and support the local foodbanks. At present, Stuart is the Deputy Convener of the Scottish Parliament's Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee and is also a member of the COVID-19 Committee and also Convenes the Cross-Party Groups on Tourism, Visual Impairment and Recreational Boating and Marine Tourism. Stuart is also the Scottish Parliament's Parliamentary Piper and plays the pipes at official functions for the Parliament. In 2017, Stuart toured the country and played the pipes at all 42 senior football grounds in Scotland raising money for charity. Stuart is a lifetime honorary member of Action on Asbestos and is currently taking forward a Member's Bill to recovery the NHS the medical costs relating to industrial disease. On 3 May 2015 he was elected to the board of Moving on Inverclyde, a charity which supports recovery from problematic substance use (drugs and alcohol). In November 2020, McMillan condemned Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie for claims of "anti-English rhetoric" by the SNP during the COVID-19 pandemic. McMillan, who was born in Cumbria, said: "As an English Scot I'd like to put on record my anger and disgust at the comments from Willie Rennie at the weekend. In his appalling attempt to bring naked constitutional politics into COVID-19 was ill-befitting of any party leader in this chamber. I'm sure that Willie Rennie will not have found the FM or any SNP politician spouting the rubbish that he claimed at the weekend. I quote from Mr Rennie: 'Anti-English rhetoric has reared its ugly head at different points throughout this crisis and there is no place for it.' Just as he is not responsible for the comments of his supporters, there is no party leader in this parliament that is responsible for the people who support them. Similarly, no party leader is responsible for people who are not members of their party in supporting their particular cause." References External links Stuart McMillan MSP's Website 1972 births Living people People from Barrow-in-Furness People from Port Glasgow Alumni of Abertay University Scottish National Party MSPs Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011 Members of the Scottish Parliament 2011–2016