OOR WULLIE'S 80TH ANNIVERSARY

That this House celebrates the 80th birthday of Dundee comic character, Oor Wullie; notes that Oor Wullie has been causing havoc since 8 March 1936 when he first appeared in DC Thomson, Dundee publication, the Sunday Post; recognises the work of creator Robert Low and cartoonist Dudley Watkins; further notes the erection of a statue in Dundee city centre of Oor Wullie with his famous bucket and pea-shooter; notes Oor Wullie's appearances in the DC Thomson Christmas annual; congratulates Oor Wullie and his friends Fat Bob, Wee Eck and Soapy Soutar on evading their nemesis PC Murdoch for eight decades; and notes that Dundee's favourite son really is Oor Wullie,·Your Wullie, A'body's Wullie.