World COPD Day
Yesterday I met with Asthma + Lung UK to mark World COPD Day. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of lung conditions...
Cabinet Secretary Presents on Need to Continue Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance
Last night, I convened a Cross-Party Group (CPG) on Life Sciences meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), attended by 41 MSPs,...
Scotland at COP27
Following the cautious progress made during COP26 in Glasgow, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP announced an additional £5 million of...
Friday's Employment Fayre A Success
Last Friday, Patricia Gibson MP and I held our 11th Employment Fayre, the first since the pandemic, in Saltcoats Town Hall. Employers...
Visit to Persimmon Homes' Arran View Site, Saltcoats
Yesterday, Patricia Gibson MP and I met with Gregor Scotland, Persimmon Homes, Head of External Affairs at their Arran View site in...
Impact on Affordable Housing of Tory Cuts to Scotland's Capital Allocation
Yesterday, I asked Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government about the impact of high...
Families of 2,108 North Ayrshire Children Save £5,000 per Child
Across North Ayrshire 2,108 children - 95% of three and four year olds and eligible two year olds - now benefit from free early learning...
Speaking about the Newly Launched Cancer Card Website
On Thursday, I spoke in a Parliamentary debate on cancer, which, despite the steady progress made in cutting cancer mortality rates in...
Scottish Careers Week
From 07-11 November the second edition of #ScotCareersWeek22 will take place across Scotland, with a range of online and live events...
