[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73MQYgeQ3Tw[/embedyt] I was delighted to speak in a Member’s debate in the Scottish Parliament in recognition of the great work of the Ecology Centre in Kinghorn and to congratulate them as they celebrate their 20th anniversary. Visiting the Ecology Centre is a great day out and one that I would recommend to anyone. […]
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlTm-zAo0pw[/embedyt] I was pleased to speak in the debate welcoming the return of the Social Enterprise World Forum back to Scotland for its 10th anniversary. The purpose of the World Forum is for social enterprise leaders, practitioners and supporters from all over the world to come together to share knowledge, build networks and discuss […]
I have joined calls to release figures of the number of veterans who take their own lives. These calls have been made by a number of high-profile individuals to examine the situation including human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar and the former head of the Royal Navy, Admiral Lord West who said it would “make absolute sense” […]
I raised a motion in the Scottish Parliament on the amazing work undertaken by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) in Fife and across the rest of Scotland. You can see the motion below, as well as a briefing from the SSCPA of the work they have been getting up […]
I was delighted to take part in the Scottish Parliament Great Get Together in order to honour the memory of Jo Cox MP. This June should have been Jo Cox’s 44th birthday – but a person filled with hate and prejudice took her life. We must always remember, as Jo Cox herself said in […]
I have raised a motion in the Scottish Parliament calling for strategic state support for the oil and gas industry. The industry has been quick to make workers bear the brunt of recent economic downturns, and this is not in the best interest of anyone apart from companies making profit from cutting terms and […]
The Holocaust is an event in human history that should not be forgotten. Millions of people lost their lives in Nazi extermination camps. Gena Turgel MBE was a survivor – she survived the Kraków ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. She spent much of her life afterwards sharing her testimony with hundreds of thousands of young […]
If we are to tackle bad health and obesity then we must do more to become a Good Food Nation and I was delighted to catch up with campaigners from the Scottish Food Coalition to hear their views on how we do that. The campaigners are calling for a Good Food Nation Bill, […]
I raised the £2 million of cuts in the Fife secondary school education budget during Portfolio Questions in the Scottish Parliament, asking the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills what he was going to do to address them, as well as what support the Scottish Government is giving our education system so that it delivers […]
Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alex Rowley has raised concerns in the Scottish Parliament over the decision of the Gambling Commission to refuse to adopt a maximum stake of £2 on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). Dubbed the “crack cocaine” of gambling, FOBTs allow gamblers in high street betting shops to bet up to £100 […]