That the Parliament congratulates Alison Houston for her 50 years of service as a telephone operator, turned engineer, in Glasgow; understands that Alison is “hanging up” after 50 years’ with the GPO, BT and, latterly, Openreach; understands that she began her career in 1974, following her night-operator dad into the business, then known as the General Post Office; acknowledges that the 68-year-old started her career in the city’s Pitt Street exchange, connecting local calls to operators around Scotland, then moved to International Enquiries and into clerical roles; understands that, when Alison began her career, there were places in the UK that she could not direct dial and most clerical workers and operators were female; notes that Alison switched to engineering more than 20 years ago; understands that Alison's career journey from operator to engineer sees her as Openreach’s longest serving female engineer in the UK, and the only person in its 3,400-strong Scottish workforce to achieve 50 years, and wishes her a happy retirement.