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I know that because last summer I met children from Chernobyl when they visited my constituency for the one week in the year that they spend in an unpolluted environment.Of course, there are practical arguments against nuclear.
That leaves a group of people in Scottish society vulnerable and unprotected against inappropriate attitudes and behaviour, while similar groups, such as Irish Travellers, benefit from legal protection while they are visiting Scotland. What are your views on recognising Gypsy Travellers in Scotland as an ethnic minority?
As members have said, local councils are often forced into selling off open space or football and sports fields to finance school building developments.The second aspect that must be addressed is the need to ensure that existing facilities are properly maintained. I have visited many ash parks that are almost grass parks purely because of poor maintenance b...
During that time, his wife, who fell and broke her hip when she was visiting the hospital, also had a prolonged hospital stay and, sadly, died very suddenly of an unrelated problem on the day that she was due to be discharged.
My colleagues have taken every parliamentary opportunity at Westminster and we have the right to take the opportunity here.Members will know that I have the privilege to represent the North Tayside constituency, which recruits formidably for the Black Watch regiment. In the past few months, I have visited the families of constituents who have been injured i...
Members are probably fairly familiar with them, but it is good to have their names recorded in the Official Report.As the convener knows, my previous visit to the committee was within hours of my appointment to my present post and the circumstances were not the best for having a detailed exchange.
One group that we have discussed are public sector workers who might visit people in their own homes. I am thinking about workers such as social workers or housing officials who, because of the nature of the work, are often women and often go alone to people's homes.