Emma Harper MSP, South Scotland

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Recent appearances

Scottish Parliament: Disability Equality and Human Rights 5 Dec 2023

I am pleased to speak today and have enjoyed hearing members’ contributions. I add my support for the UN’s international day of persons with disabilities, which is an opportunity to reflect on how we can ensure that disabled people have freedom, dignity, choice and control over their lives. I will focus my contribution on hidden disabilities and on the progress that Scotland continues to...
Scottish Parliament: Disability Equality and Human Rights 5 Dec 2023

I thank Martin Whitfield for that intervention. We recently had a debate that mentioned having, in toilets, facilities for people like me, so that I can put my insulin pump down when I need to change it, or for people with a colostomy, for instance. We need to be cognisant of what our public services and hospitals have in the way of facilities for people with hidden disabilities. We need to...
Scottish Parliament: Regeneration and Economic Renewal Projects (South of Scotland) 30 Nov 2023

I have previously raised regeneration and economic renewal in relation to addressing the many vacant, abandoned and derelict sites across south Scotland, such as the Arches restaurant in Stranraer and the Interfloor factory in Dumfries. Does the cabinet secretary agree that it is crucial that funding to address derelict sites ensures that rural areas such as D and G are included? Will he...