WATCH: Funeral of former Deputy First Minister Lord Jim Wallace

The funeral service will take place at St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, and is being livestreamed from around 11.30am for people to watch.

First Minister John Swinney is expected to attend the funeral on Tuesday, alongside other political figures including Lord Wallace’s colleagues in the Liberal Democrats.

Liam McArthur MSP and Alistair Carmichael MP are expected to give a eulogy.

Lord Wallace died at the end of January aged 71.

The politician, who served as Holyrood’s first ever Deputy First Minister after devolution, was undergoing a procedure at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh but died as a result of complications from what was a scheduled major operation.

Flags were lowered to half mast at the Scottish Parliament and tributes were paid from figures across the political spectrum.

The funeral service on Tuesday will be conducted by Rev Dr Marjory Maclean.

The service will be followed by a private interment at St Andrew’s Cemetery.

Paying tribute to Lord Wallace at Holyrood earlier this month, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said: “We are all the poorer now he has gone, but this Parliament and this country are immeasurably richer because he lived.”

He added: “Jim is celebrated for his ability to lay aside political tribalism and to reach for the better nature of his adversaries.

“There is such rancour in our politics today we could all learn something about his approach and lean into his legacy about his way of doing politics through grace and reconciliation.”

First Minister John Swinney also paid tribute to Lord Wallace during the special session in Holyrood, saying: “In this Parliament’s early years, when it was yet to prove itself in the eyes of many Scots, Jim sought to ensure that it delivered what people had voted for in 1997, a Parliament that worked together, across parties, to get things done and to improve life for all Scots.”

The funeral is being livestreamed on YouTube.