Alex Rowley

Labour MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife

@Alex_RowleyMSP

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  • Scottish Parliament: Scotland’s Economy 13 Mar 2024

    Education and skills are key if we are to have a high-wage and high-skill economy that works for the people of Scotland. Right now, we have a skills gap across much of the Scottish economy, our schools are struggling with increasing pressures, and our colleges are limping along from crisis to crisis, with staff morale reported as being at rock bottom. A survey report on employers by the...
  • Scottish Parliament: Mossmorran (Just Transition) 7 Mar 2024

    I congratulate Mark Ruskell on securing the debate. Ultimately, I believe that the debate should focus less on the specific Mossmorran site and more on a Scotland-wide—indeed, a UK-wide—approach to decarbonisation and the just transition. Put simply, we will not achieve the just transition that Scotland needs if we continue to approach the issue on a case-by-case, site-specific basis,...
  • Scottish Parliament: Mossmorran (Just Transition) 7 Mar 2024

    It is i nteresting to hear what the workers I have spoken to are really frightened of. Given the age range in many workforces in the sector, workers are frightened that, when they retire, the skills will go with them. They want a clear industrial strategy that will give young people the opportunities to get those skills and take them forward. The skills agenda and the industrial strategy are...

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Labour MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife

Entered the Scottish Parliament on 23 January 2014 — Byelection

Also represented Cowdenbeath

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