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Changing The Picture
Last Thursday Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament brought their Picture the Change Campaign to Holyrood. Picture the Change is a consultation process which asks young people aged 14-25 what changes they would like to see to existing legislation, and what new laws they think should be introduced. Participants are asked to complete a questionnaire covering [...]
Continue reading...Usdaw Visit Parliament
26 June 2010
Last week I played host to the Executive Council of Usdaw at the Scottish Parliament. We discussed a range of matters relating to the rights of shop workers across Scotland. One of the key issues was the continued fight to protect shop workers from violence. Usdaw are fully supportive of the Workers Aggravated Offences Scotland [...]
Continue reading...Freedom from Fear
15 April 2010
Violence against shop workers is an increasing problem in Scotland and last night, the Parliament debated the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Worker’s, Freedom from Fear campaign. During the past few years, there has been a 78% increase in violence and abuse against Scottish shopworkers. This is a truly shocking statistic and Usdaw’s campaign is aimed at securing a [...]
Continue reading...Helpin’ Haiti
17 February 2010
I have tabled a motion in Parliament congratulating Caitlin Currie of Tollbrae Primary School on her hard work in organising a musical extravaganza, Helpin’ Haiti. Caitlin personally enlisted the cooperation and help of Glasgow Fort, her dance school, local musicians and the choir and staff of Tollbrae Primary. Helpin’ Haiti will be performed on Sunday 28th [...]
Continue reading...Yesterday’s debate on local newspapers
29 January 2010
Labour’s debate on local newspapers in the Scottish Parliament yesterday was a victory for local democracy. At present local authorities must advertise public information notices in newspapers, predominantly local newspapers. The Government has plans to remove this duty and allow councils to advertise these notices only on web sites. On the face of it this might seem [...]
Continue reading...Local Newspapers
20 January 2010
Today the Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee is continuing to take evidence in its inquiry into the problems facing Scotland’s local newspaper industry. Local newspapers make a vital contribution to local communities but there is real concern that moves to remove local authority and Scottish Government advertising will weaken the financial viability of local papers, [...]
Continue reading...Progress on Bill to Protect Workers
13 January 2010
I’m pleased to report that Hugh Henry’s Bill to give workers in Scotland greater protection has received the cross party support from MSPs needed to progress to the next stage. The Workers (Aggravated Offences) Bill had already received strong support from trade unions, transport bodies, local councils and individual workers across the country. I ran my own [...]
Continue reading...Public Service Reform
7 January 2010
Today MSPs are debating the Government’s Public Services Reform Bill and I am scheduled to speak in Chamber this afternoon. While the Bill has many good features, in terms of securing better value for taxpayers and better integration of services, there are also concerns that the Bill will centralise too much power in the hands [...]
Continue reading...Respect for Shopworkers
3 December 2009
Yesterday afternoon, Usdaw officials and reps came to the Parliament to highlight the increasing workplace violence faced by shopworkers. I was pleased to have the opportunity to discuss the growing problem with Airdrie Usdaw rep, Jean Hession, who, like other colleagues in her store and shopworkers across the country, deals with regular abuse just for doing her job. With [...]
Continue reading...Ending Child Poverty
25 November 2009
This afternoon, MSPs will hopefully agree a Legislative Consent Motion on the UK Government’s Child Poverty Bill, which will enshrine in law the Government’s commitment to eradicate child poverty by 2020. It will mean that Westminster, Holyrood and local authorities will have to work together to deliver the 2020 goal and that our success in meeting the 2020 target [...]
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