Holyrood

SNP MSP for Glasgow, Bob Doris, has won the support of Mike Russell MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Education to support a campaign for a VAT reduction on e-resources.

Tory/LibDem London government plans to spend nearly £1.7bn on NHS reorganisation SNP MSP Dr Ian McKee said it was an outrageous waste of money in these financially troubled times.

Holyrood Tories have yet again been left high and dry by their London party bosses after the Westminster Justice Secretary Ken Clarke said there was no link between prison and a fall in crime.

Education Committee member Kenneth Gibson today heralded the news that Scotland invests more money in universities than any other country in the OECD.

Bob Doris has slammed Labour’s shameful hypocrisy after Richard Baker (Labour Justice Spokesman) complained about the SNP delivering extra police officers when his own party had promised ZERO.

In the week that asylum seekers Florence and Precious Mhango have been served with removal directions from the Border Agency, Glasgow SNP MSP Anne McLaughlin has written to the Home Secretary, Theresa May, offering to fly to Malawi to get the evidence that proves the case for their asylum.

SNP MSP for the South of Scotland Aileen Campbell has today [Wednesday] welcomed the Supreme Court ruling allowing two asylum seekers to seek refuge in the UK on grounds of sexuality.

Today’s publication of the latest Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) report for 2008/09 not only fatally undermine the scaremongering by the London parties about Scottish independence but also makes the case that Scotland should have financial responsibility – particularly with Tory cuts threatening Scottish growth – says SNP MSP Linda Fabiani, a member of the Scottish Parliament’s Finance Committee.

MSP for Falkirk West Michael Matheson has today asked Job Centre Plus for a ‘little commonsense’ when it comes to those unable to attend bi-weekly meetings due to serious illness.

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond today urged the UK Government to review the case of Florence and Precious Mhango – the Glasgow based mother and child facing deportation to Malawi, despite 10 year old Precious having spent the majority of her life in the UK.