Author: Alex Rowley

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09 MAY

Support for MS Research

  I pledged support in the Scottish Parliament for the crucial research being done by the MS Society in Scotland to stop Multiple Sclerosis. MS Society Scotland were in the Scottish Parliament to raise awareness of the important role research plays in the lives of people affected by MS. MS affects more than 11,000 people […]

02 MAY

Budget Cuts Bite Fife Food Inspections

  I raised in the Scottish Parliament the news that nearly half of Fife food premises are currently awaiting inspection following press coverage of a recent audit from Food Standards Scotland which has shown a backlog in the number of food premises inspections. I raised a motion in the Scottish Parliament highlighting the issue and […]

23 APR

Action Needed to Address Projected Increase in Child Poverty

I highlighted in the Scottish Parliament a projected increase in child poverty from the Resolution Foundation which suggests the Scottish child poverty rate is in fact likely to be higher in 2023-24 than in 2016-17 with the projected rate of 29% being the highest in over twenty years. This could be tackled by the Scottish […]

04 APR

SNP and Tories Unite to Delay Tackling Fuel Poverty

  I believe the Scottish Government are not being ambitious enough with their distant target to tackle fuel poverty in Scotland by 2040. As such, I introduced an amendment in the upcoming fuel poverty bill to move the fuel poverty target from 2040 to 2032, becuase the 2040 target is not ambitious enough, and we […]