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When gas canisters exploded at the warehouse that she was being held in, the human traffickers did not take her to a hospital but put her on a boat to die in agony in the Mediterranean. It is their stories that I think of and the pain on their faces that I remember when I hear members here congratulating the UK Government on its record.
Benchmark Woodwork Project in Ellon and Wood Recyclability Ltd in Pitmedden work with Aberdeenshire Council and Aberdeen City Council to provide adults with learning disabilities with an opportunity to work, and Can-Do Community Recycling in Ellon is a community recycling organisation that produces bedding plants that do not die when we plant them in the ga...
Could they believe that, 100 years on, two women would die every week at the hands of their violent partners, that 80,000 women a year would be raped, that 400,000 women would be sexually assaulted and countless more harassed?
Early last week, a well-known Canadian campaigner against vaginal mesh procedures became the first woman to die in what has become known as the vaginal mesh scandal.
I understand that there are many reasons why people die of overdoses, but if we are currently withdrawing services that can manage people’s lifestyles or get them clear of their behaviours, we can act to address those statistics.
For example, we know that Scots who are from poorer backgrounds are 64 per cent more likely to die from cancer and that general health outcomes for those in our deprived areas—specifically those in greater Glasgow—are some of the worst in Europe.