Results 1–20 of 39 for job speaker:Beatrice Wishart

Scottish Parliament: Salmon Industry (31 May 2023)

Beatrice Wishart: Last week, the Scottish salmon industry celebrated growth in exports to Asia. The salmon industry provides jobs to economically vulnerable island and coastal communities, but the sector faces concerns about the impact of Scottish National Party-Green proposals for highly protected marine areas. Will the Scottish Government boost the salmon industry by going back to the drawing board on HPMA plans?

Scottish Parliament: Supporting Mental Health in Rural Communities (11 May 2023)

Beatrice Wishart: ...farmers and agricultural workers often work alone, too, which increases the impact of loneliness, which can be a major contributor to poor mental health. More widely in rural areas, one in 10 rural jobs is based on an estate business and those businesses are feeling the pressure, too. Any impact on them would see a knock-on effect on unemployment across a community. Those are the...

Scottish Parliament: Unpaid Carers (Economic Inequalities) (16 Mar 2023)

Beatrice Wishart: My MP colleague Wendy Chamberlain is taking a bill through the United Kingdom Parliament that would give unpaid carers the right to take leave from their job. What additional steps can the Scottish Government take to support unpaid carers and ensure that any inequalities that are faced by unpaid carers are addressed?

Scottish Parliament: Police Officer Numbers (Target) ( 7 Dec 2022)

Beatrice Wishart: ...decade’s service. Strain on the police force is compounded by proposed cuts to the justice budget. How will the Scottish Government ensure that officers have the support and resources to do their jobs and ensure that there is staff retention?

Scottish Parliament: Violence Against Women and Girls (Men’s Role in Eradication) (30 Nov 2022)

Beatrice Wishart: ...that harmful norms can be fully challenged. For many women, going to work involves facing sexual and sexist harassment day after day. In one survey, half of women responded that on starting a new job, they were warned to expect inappropriate behaviour from particular colleagues. Workplaces need clear anti-harassment policies and anti-sexism education for all employees. For women from...

Scottish Parliament: Fisheries Negotiations (22 Nov 2022)

Beatrice Wishart: I take this opportunity to pay tribute to all our fishermen for the dangerous job that they do and for all the work that the fishing industry does both offshore and onshore to put food on our tables. I also acknowledge the impact on the industry of ever-increasing energy costs Last year, I highlighted that an increasing number of fisheries scientists were growing uneasy over the International...

Scottish Parliament: Scotland’s Population (27 Sep 2022)

Beatrice Wishart: ...challenge of population decline and agree with the principle that immigration is a good thing that can provide benefits across Scotland. It can be a means of bringing in new workers and people to jobs and areas with populations that are currently in decline. My MP colleague Alistair Carmichael has been campaigning for changes to immigration visas for fishing crew, to address shortages. The...

Scottish Parliament: National Parks ( 7 Jun 2022)

Beatrice Wishart: ...and wellbeing. Creating new national parks has the potential to encourage new visitors to enjoy an area that they may never have considered before. Rural employment can also be boosted as new jobs are created to help to maintain the land further. However, we must also consider local infrastructure. If we anticipate that more tourists will visit an area, we have to consider upgrades to...

Scottish Parliament: Carbon Neutral Islands (17 May 2022)

Beatrice Wishart: ...facility that began work in 1980—enters a new stage in its decommissioning. The port chief has reportedly said that decommissioning is becoming more of a pipeline of work rather than a big job here or there. That is a boost to local supply chains. Our island communities face different challenges from our mainland Scotland counterparts, but we must all do what we can to limit carbon...

Scottish Parliament: Ferries (20 Apr 2022)

Beatrice Wishart: ...limitations on passenger cabin and car capacity on the overnight crossing. The seafood sector is responsible for around one third of Shetland’s economic output. It generates hundreds of skilled jobs and supports an extensive local supply chain. Findings from Seafood Shetland in 2021 compared Shetland’s freight capacity with that of our closest neighbour, Orkney, which has capacity on...

Scottish Parliament: National Planning Framework 4 (19 Apr 2022)

Beatrice Wishart: ...in knowing that their concerns have been considered in new developments, so that they can feel safer in living their lives. Given what has been said about the general lack of planners, there is a job of work to be done in encouraging more people, especially women, into planning. The Scottish Sports Association also highlighted the ability of planning decisions to enhance lives in its...

Scottish Parliament: North Sea Oil and Gas (Energy Security) ( 8 Mar 2022)

Beatrice Wishart: Does the cabinet secretary recognise the importance of the thousands of onshore jobs in the Scottish supply chain that support North Sea oil and gas, and that the transferable skills of those workers are critical to the innovation and development of renewables?

Scottish Parliament: International Women’s Day 2022 ( 8 Mar 2022)

Beatrice Wishart: ...anyone from being proactive about their health, especially not the feeling of shame after diagnosis. I turn to finances. We know that women are more likely to be paid less, to work in more insecure jobs and to take on the bigger share of caring—paid and unpaid—and domestic chores. Those inequalities have been exacerbated by policies that have had consequences that were either not...

Scottish Parliament: Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 (20 Jan 2022)

Beatrice Wishart: ...and poverty have been laid bare during all that we have been through these past two years. Those who work in front-line roles with many one-on-one interactions are often paid less than those in jobs that could be done from home, yet they are more likely to be exposed to the virus through the volume and proximity of contact with others. Ensuring support to those with less means who are...

Scottish Parliament: Violence against Women (25 Nov 2021)

Beatrice Wishart: ...are subjected to domestic abuse are targeted at work. Unsurprisingly, perpetrator tactics such as sabotage, stalking and harassment affect women’s performance at work, levels of absenteeism and job retention. I was pleased that Shetland Islands Council received a bronze accreditation during the pilot of equally safe at work, and I encourage other employers to participate in that...

Scottish Parliament: Road Infrastructure (17 Nov 2021)

Beatrice Wishart: ...our environment and reversing biodiversity decline. All sectors need to reduce carbon emissions if we are to reach our net zero targets, and transport is lagging behind. As Labour members said, the job of providing core connections must go hand in hand with work to establish a climate-friendly transport system. Scottish Liberal Democrats would give local communities control over bus routes...

Scottish Parliament: Fisheries Negotiations 2021 (10 Nov 2021)

Beatrice Wishart: I, too, pay tribute to all our fishermen and the dangerous job that they do, and all the work that the fishing industry does to put food on our tables. I will not be the first to raise with the cabinet secretary the disparity between the scientific assessment of fish stocks, particularly cod, and the reality on the fishing grounds. I am told that the disparity has widened to the point where...

Scottish Parliament: Offshore Training Passport (28 Oct 2021)

Beatrice Wishart: ...Decisions to be made shortly, in Glasgow, and over the next 10 years will either make our planet or break it. We need a just transition to ensure that people are not left on the scrapheap as their jobs disappear. We saw that happen when the coal mines were closed; some communities never recovered, and some still struggle four decades on. The Scottish Government estimates that there are...

Scottish Parliament: Covid Recovery Strategy (28 Oct 2021)

Beatrice Wishart: ...that work fully reflects the islands dimension. We must make the country unrecognisable from where we are. We need to repair the damage to our economy, communities and public services and focus on jobs, mental health, our NHS, schools and the climate crisis. We must create a liberal country where every individual is able to achieve their potential. As others have said, we have seen great...

Scottish Parliament: North Sea Oil and Gas (15 Sep 2021)

Beatrice Wishart: ...in among the politicking that we have seen here today. As Shetland’s MSP, I recognise that the licence for Cambo has been in the works for 20 years. Investment and highly skilled, highly paid jobs are associated with it. Although the demands of the climate emergency mean that the need to move away from oil and gas could not be clearer, questions about how and when that happens are not so...


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