Please see the briefing that I have received from Barnardo’s Scotland, Children 1st and NSPCC Scotland ahead of the Stage 1 Debate: Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill. This is the view these charities are taking in regard to the upcoming legislation, please have a read of what they have to say.
I pledged support in the Scottish Parliament for the crucial research being done by the MS Society in Scotland to stop Multiple Sclerosis. MS Society Scotland were in the Scottish Parliament to raise awareness of the important role research plays in the lives of people affected by MS. MS affects more than 11,000 people […]
I joined with ‘Children in Scotland’ campaigning in the Scottish Parliament this week for change to ensure children can enjoy their rights and experience greater equality. The children’s charity is calling on the Scottish Government to top up child benefit by £5 per week to support children out of poverty and they say: “It could […]
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5i8DdczXZE[/embedyt] I believe the Scottish Government are not being ambitious enough with their distant target to tackle fuel poverty in Scotland by 2040. As such, I introduced an amendment in the upcoming fuel poverty bill to move the fuel poverty target from 2040 to 2032, becuase the 2040 target is not ambitious enough, […]
I raised the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen in the Scottish Parliament this week, asking the Scottish Government what support it is offering and what representations it is making to the UK Government on the situation. I have also written to all MPs across Mid Scotland and Fife, calling on them to raise the situation […]
I questioned the First Minister during FMQs on the reports that BiFab have lost out on vital wind farm contracts. Trade unions state that Fife based BiFab is believed to have lost out on the bulk of offshore renewables contracts worth £2.8 Billion to yards in Belgium, Spain and the UAE. I asked the First […]
The Scottish Conservatives are in complete denial about the situation that we find ourselves in and the threat that it poses to the Scottish economy and people’s livelihoods. Many people I have spoken to in recent weeks say that they are fed up with the whole process and just want it to be over, but […]
I joined with Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland and patients to call on the Health Secretary to demand a life-changing stroke procedure be brought back into Scottish hospitals. Earlier this year, a procedure called thrombectomy was withdrawn from Scottish hospitals but remains available elsewhere in the UK. In 2017, only 13 people received this […]
Fife based artist Drew Walker held an exhibition in the Scottish Parliament to raise awareness of mental health and the role that art can play in recovery. The exhibition entitled ‘Falling UP’ was designed and created by Drew who himself has been open about his struggles with mental illness and how he used the facilities […]
Below is the response I received from the Cabinet Secretary for transport to a written question I submitted as a result of the volume of complaints I was getting about the poor rail service being experienced in Fife. He seems to think the problems people are facing on a daily basis in Fife have been […]