Labour MSP for Central Scotland
Entered the Scottish Parliament on 7 May 2016 — Election
I begin by reminding members of my voluntary register of interests, and I thank the committee for doing its job and inquiring into this most critical question of our times. Let me state right at the very outset that I do not believe, on the evidence that we have seen so far, that the transition to net zero in the north-east and Moray and in Grangemouth is a just transition at all....
Now the minister is twisting my words. What I said was that Unite was demanding that the new Labour Government takes out a transitional stake, but if Gillian Martin, on behalf of the Scottish Government, wants to volunteer to intervene in that process, I do not think that anybody would object. This is a company that has, in the past, secured £90 million of public money from this...
I begin by reminding members of my voluntary entry in the register of members’ interests. I thank Sharon Dowey for lodging the motion for today’s debate. She is one of the members of this Parliament who bring real-world experience to bear on issues and so deserves to be listened to. There is no question but that violence, theft and the abuse of shop workers is on the...
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