The responses collected will be used to help to develop the Bill that may go forward.
Short Term Access to Wheelchairs – Have your Say
Campaigning for Improved Facilities for Women Prisoners
“Women offenders need to be accommodated closer to home to allow loved ones, particularly children, to visit easily and to encourage rehabilitation back into society.”
Who are Labour?
“On the face of it, it’s a simple enough question, yet the actual answer eludes even their own supporters today it seems.”
Rhoda Grant: “Working group is turning a deaf ear to very serious concerns being raised by rural GPs”
“A recent survey carried out by RGPAS highlighted that 82% of members believed the outlook for rural healthcare was worse under the contract”
A Right to Food: Developing a Good Food Nation
“Reformation of our food system is long overdue. We advertise Scotland as a nation of food and drink, yet over a third of Scots worry about putting food on the table.”
The Gender Pay Gap
To celebrate both Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day Unison’s Sally George led a talk on Equal Pay for Women and The Gender Pay Gap.
David Stewart MSP Disappointed at Rise in Drink Drive Statistics
” It’s a cliché I know, but something has to give, something has to be done, but what?”
The Fight For Equal Pay
The meeting at the St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall is on from 6pm and is open to all.
Soft-Opt Out Organ Donation Bill Passes Stage 1 in Scottish Parliament
“How do we raise the level of organ donations in Scotland to match the needs of those desperately awaiting transplantation?” David Stewart MSP
Rhoda Grant MSP Condemns Proposal to do Away with Free TV Licence for Over 75s
“it is essential that those over 75 have this concession as for many the TV is the only company that they have and is the only means of communication and learning available to them.”
