Colin Campbell

Former Scottish National Party MSP for West of Scotland

Recent appearances

  • Scottish Parliament: Closing the Opportunity Gap for Older People 27 Mar 2003

    I suppose I must declare an interest. When I was coming up the road, David Davidson told me that he supposed that I would be speaking today. I asked, "Why is that?" and he replied, "On grounds of antiquity." No one has tried to define older people. It is funny—the young people in the gallery probably think that older people are 30. When someone is 30, they think that old is 45, and when...
  • Scottish Parliament: Closing the Opportunity Gap for Older People 27 Mar 2003

    I could not possibly disagree with Helen Eadie in this instance. That is just great and really good to know. The second benefit of people taking non-vocational courses after they leave work is that they can share their life's experience with the other people on the course, and with the staff. Not only does that educate other people, it is good for their own self-esteem. To give the people in...
  • Scottish Parliament: Suicide Emergency Telephone Hotline 20 Mar 2003

    I would not pretend to have much knowledge of this subject but I have just reviewed in my head the few instances of suicide that I have come across in my lifetime. I remember meeting, at the age of six, older boys—probably about 10 years older than me—who were obviously grief stricken because one of their friends, whose younger relatives I knew, had died the previous night. It was not...

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Profile

Former Scottish National Party MSP for West of Scotland

Entered the Scottish Parliament on 6 May 1999 — Election

Left the Scottish Parliament on 31 March 2003 — Election

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