SNP MP Alison Thewliss is calling on the commitments from World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) – which finished on Sunday- to continue, and for MPs to join the campaign to raise awareness and end the stigma surrounding breast feeding in public. A key objective of WBW has also been informing people of the role breastfeeding …
Sensory loss is an extremely important issue that the SNP Scottish Government takes very seriously. In 2014, more than one million people in Scotland experienced either hearing loss or significant sight loss – nearly 20% of the population. It is both important and welcome that some digital services companies have already announced plans to …
Animal welfare is a matter which is devolved to the Scottish Parliament. The SNP Scottish Government have modernised the law on control of dogs in Scotland, in order to tackle the problem of irresponsible dog ownership. The Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 is designed to highlight the responsibilities of dog owners by putting in …
The system for which drugs are made available on the NHS in Scotland is different from that of England. The Scottish NHS seeks guidance from the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) rather than NICE. Everolimus has not yet been submitted by the holder of the marketing authorisation for consideration for this use in Scotland. The SMC are therefore unable to recommend its use …
The SNP Scottish Government has made it absolutely clear that they do not approve of zero hours contracts when employers deny workers – any workers – proper working terms and conditions which, in this day and age, all those in employment are entitled to expect. The power to ban zero hours contracts resides with …
The result of the EU referendum is understandably a cause of concern and anxiety for over 150,000 EU citizens who have made Scotland their home and legitimately live and work here. This is why I, and other SNP colleagues, have written to EU citizens who have chosen to make their home in my constituency to assure them that they …
The recent decision by NHS England to limit routine funding for second stem cell transplants is a policy which applies to England. My colleagues in the SNP Scottish Government have no plans to introduce such limits in Scotland. Indeed, Glasgow has a world-leading stem cell transplant facility. The SNP Scottish Government is ambitious about making further …
I am grateful to the trade union PCS for bringing this issue to the attention of the public and MPs. My SNP colleague Chris Stephens MP, secretary of the SNP Trade Union Group, has tabled an Early Day Motion on this issue and I, too, am concerned that these cuts could be discriminatory and unfair. …
NEW PM’S RHETORIC CONTRASTS WITH REGRESSIVE ACTIONS Theresa May’s decision to scrap bursaries for nurses and midwives in England and Wales as one of the first acts of the new Prime Minister is a “depressing insight” into the priorities of the new government, the SNP has said today – and stands in stark contrast to …
The next generation of up and coming TV presenters and news reporters may come from West Dunbartonshire after an award of £9,300 to Skapade Inspirational Development Solution CIC. Earlier this year the group won the rights to broadcast and run Dumbarton TV, an online broadband TV channel and the money will allow them to run …
A Parliamentary petition which calls on the House of Commons to hold former Prime Minister Tony Blair to account for misleading statements he made in the run up to the war in Iraq has passed its first significant milestone this week (Week beginning Monday 25th July 2016). The petition has now received the support of …
No country wants to be known for such cruelty to animals. The issue has been brought to the attention of a number of Peruvian officials following online awareness campaigns and I hope that they will take these international concerns about animal welfare laws very seriously. In addition, I understand that the President of Peru …
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