My SNP colleagues and I absolutely support all efforts which encourage the government of Israel to remove any obstacles which may hamper treatment for patients. I was delighted to see the recent awareness campaign organized by the Aid and Hope Program for Cancer Patient Care in Palestine, which received support from the UN. I understand …
AN ELEVEN MONTH WAIT IS ‘COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE’ SNP MP Margaret Ferrier has said the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) cannot ‘kick criticisms into the long grass’ following a parliamentary answer she received on the treatment of one of her constituents – who had to wait a full 11 months for an Employment Support …
CALLS TO PURSUE PIP CLAIMS COST UP TO 45p A MINUTE The SNP have called on the Prime Minister to scrap the “telephone tax” on social security claimants and for all Department for Work and Pensions numbers to be replaced with low-cost numbers. It is free to call the DWP to make an initial claim …
A number of people, mostly from outside of the constituency, have contacted me regarding the need for a stroke strategy for the UK. Health is an area of policy devolved to the Scottish Parliament, and this is not an area I would wish to comment on with regards the rest of the UK. I …
In principle, the SNP support the sugar tax as part of a wider effort to reduce childhood obesity, but this measure must be only part of a wider health strategy. The SNP Scottish Government have been focussed on improving health outcomes in Scotland, which is why health spending has increased to a record level under …
This is an issue of grave concern to the SNP and our MPs have been extremely active in challenging the UK Government on these matters. Only limited details on the Gulf Strategy Integrated Delivery Unit have been made public, following pressure and written questions by SNP MPs. You can read the answer from the …
The SNP has been at the forefront of efforts to pressure the UK Government to respond to the refugee crisis. The SNP made numerous calls on the UK Government to place its level of commitment to resettling unaccompanied children on a statutory footing, and fully supported the Lord Dubs amendment to the Immigration Bill. As …
Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act was passed in March 2013 to implement the recommendation made by the Leveson enquiry that any new regulator set up by the press should be accredited as independent and effective. The purpose of this Section is to provide costs protection for claimants and Leveson regulated newspaper publishers. …
The latest SNP motion for a backbench debate is as follows: “This House welcomes the Landman Economics Report into the impact of the changes to pension arrangements for women born in the 1950s who will lose out from the Pensions Act 2011; acknowledges that the report identifies an affordable solution for those affected during …
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