I have called on the Scottish and UK Government’s to treat soaring energy prices as a national emergency in order to help tackle the ongoing cost of living crisis. I have raised a motion in the Scottish Parliament, which you can read below, highlighting that the energy price cap is predicted to rise in April, […]
I brought a motion to the Scottish Parliament to celebrate the hard work of pupils from Forgandenny Primary School who took part in an event called “The Moment” for COP26. “The Moment” took place on the 29th of October and was an initiative of the Children’s Parliament for COP26 where school-age children and their elected […]
The number of primary class sizes with over 25 and 30 pupils per classroom is shockingly high in Fife. Through a Freedom of Information request I submitted to Fife Council it was shown that local schools have 412 primary classes with other 25 pupils per classroom and 136 primary classes with over 30 children in […]
I have raised a motion in the Scottish Parliament supporting calls by the Coalition Against Gambling Ads to help end all gambling advertising, promotion and sponsorship in order to safeguard children and vulnerable adults from the predatory behaviour of many gambling advertisements. The coalition is made up of 19 organisation including Clean Up Gambling, the […]
I was delighted to join with members of Scotland’s Climate Assembly recently to discuss and listen to views on how Scotland should change to tackle the climate emergency in an effective and fair way following the publishing of the full report by the assembly. Government, businesses and citizens all have a role to play in […]
I have been contacted by a number of constituents about nuisance gulls. To understand more about the background of this issue, please see the below briefing composed by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. My main query to SPICe was that while gulls are protected I wanted to find out if this protection extends to when […]
The Public Petitions Committee in the Scottish Parliament has published a report into improving youth football in Scotland. A full copy of the report is available below or you can click here to download the report.
I spoke in the Remembrance Commemorations debate in the Scottish Parliament this year and highlighted the importance of honouring those who made the ultimate sacrifice. The way we did so was different this year and we applaud those people who stood at their doorsteps on Sunday, laid wreaths at war memorials or went to church […]
