Alex constituency work and important updates
I recently joined with a number of fellow MSP’s and campaigners outside the Scottish Parliament to support Battersea Dogs & Cats Home’s campaign calling for five year sentences for animal cruelty offences in Scotland. There is no place for animal cruelty in Scotland. This is why I have regularly stood up against it. I have […]
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfGHYaLYwMM[/embedyt] Why would any Government in a civilised society continue to roll out a new policy that it knows is going to hurt tens of thousands of people, will drive people into debt and towards relying on charity to feed themselves, and will result in even more people in our country being […]
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rreoRP0in90[/embedyt] The facts are fairly sobering, in the areas where the pilots have been run for Universal Credit, Citizens Advice Scotland are reporting that they have seen a 15% rise in rent arrears issues compared to a national decrease of 2%, an 87% increase in Crisis Grant issues compared to a national increase of […]
I was pleased to give my support to the Too Much Information campaign in Parliament this today. In April 2016, The National Autistic Society launched Too Much Information, its biggest ever campaign to increase public understanding of autism. The coinciding report, Too Much Information: why the public needs to understand autism better, revealed that 99.5 […]
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsTEQiBuh98[/embedyt] This week I raised specific questions with the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills John Swinney about the lack of funding in our schools. Mr Swinney is pushing ahead with a number of education reforms but, in my view, is failing to address the key issues for education which are the cuts […]
I would urge anyone that is interested to come for a visit to the Scottish Parliament to see the Prestonpans Tapestry which is currently on display in the main foyer. The Prestonpans Tapestry tells the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s journey from exile to victory on the battlefield in 1745 against the Redcoat British […]
Pilot areas named for new food insecurity project in Scotland I was pleased to announce the three areas that will take part in a new project tackling food insecurity at an event at the Scottish Parliament. The project will work intensively with local groups in Dundee, East Ayrshire and Fife. The three areas will […]
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIRJQdnfL1o[/embedyt] This week I spoke in the Scottish Parliament on the Freedom of Information Requests debate. There have been many concerns raised surrounding the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and the performance of the SNP Government in responding to requests under the act. It has been repeatedly said that the application of the […]
Scottish Labour Deputy Leader Alex Rowley Calls for Independent Review of Fife Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran Following a weekend of intensified flaring, and an outpouring of thick black smoke, Scottish Labour Deputy Leader Alex Rowley has made calls for an independent review into the workings, processes and current condition of Fife Ethylene Plant […]
I was pleased to sign my support for Unite’s Fair Hospitality Campaign today in the Scottish Parliament. In the wake of the success of the Better than Zero campaign in forcing some of Scotland’s most exploitative employers in the hospitality industry to change their ways, Unite Scotland have launched the Fair Hospitality Campaign – a campaign which […]