Brian Higgins, a Working Class Hero

That the Parliament notes with sadness the death of Brian Higgins, who was a bricklayer from Glasgow who, as a shop steward and safety rep for the construction union, UCATT, was subject to blacklisting by major building firms using the services of what it sees as the notorious Economic League and Consulting Association; understands that Brian, who it believes was also kept under surveillance by undercover police officers from the now disgraced Special Demonstration Squad, was granted core-participant status in the Mitting public inquiry into undercover policing. but believes however that lamentable delays and a failure to disclose evidence meant that he became one of the many Scottish activists to have been denied justice, and sends its condolences to Brian's wife, Helen, his daughters and his friends, and his comrades in the trade union movement, who stood in solidarity with him in the fight against victimisation.