In Parliament I asked the Health Secretary Shona Robison how many unfilled consultant posts we had in NHS Fife and would have to say I was surprised that the number of unfilled posts has actually risen over the last year. She stated that “Out of an establishment of 281.9 WTE consultant posts in NHS […]
Today I met with campaigners from enable Scotland to support their stop the bus campaign. The #stopthebus campaign aims to give more people who have learning disabilities to access bus travel by improving access to the concessionary travel scheme. Right now too many people with learning disabilities are struggling to get a bus pass. A bus […]
I had the great pleasure of sponsoring a Nordic Horzons event in the Parliament this week that was chaired by Lesley Riddoch and where Kristina Lemon from the Swedish Elections Authority gave a very informative and interesting presentation about how they do voting and elections in Sweden The recent UK General Election where we […]
I had the great pleasure of hosting a visit to the Parliament of this year’s recipient of the STUC Helen Dowie Award for Lifelong Learning. Helen Dowie, a Trade Unionist, a socialist and a wonderful person lived in Crossgates, Fife, worked in Rosyth Dockyard for 20 years and was taken far too soon but is […]
Speaking last weekend at a conference of Labour members in Fife, Scottish Labour MSP Alex Rowley called for support for ‘a transformation of Labour and how it functions within the UK, with the party in Scotland having an autonomous voice for Scotland’. Mr Rowley said; “Scottish Labour should build a new partnership and work with […]
Scottish Apprentice week took place two weeks ago with the purpose of drawing attention to the success of apprenticeships in Scotland and the need to achieve more for our young people. I had the pleasure of visiting a company called Glacier Energy Services at Ross Offshore based in my constituency in Dalgety Bay where I […]
Cllr Alex Campbell and I facilitated a meeting of local residents in Kelty to see what interest there is in the community taking over the Moray Institute and running it as a community venue once the new community centre is open. Over 40 people came along to the meeting representing many community groups and it […]
Cowdenbeath High Street This week saw local people and traders come together in Cowdenbeath Town House to discus how everyone could work together to support the sustainability and rejuvenation of Cowdenbeath High Street. The meeting was organised by Alex Rowley MSP who had invited Community Development Trust Scotland to give a presentation on the […]
This week in parliament I spoke to a range of organisations who were working in coalition to highlight the dangers of climate change and call on the Scottish government to take a lead in climate change issues ahead of The 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on […]
A coffee morning hosted by local MSP Alex Rowley at his constituency office on Cowdenbeath High Street last Friday received lots of support and raised over £1,600 for Macmillan Cancer Support. Many local businesses provided support and made donations along with Benarty Credit Union and local residents who baked and came in on the day […]