Tag: Deidre Brock MP
Charges will threaten free immigration services
Charities and community groups providing free immigration advice could be charged fees from the government for the first time, putting the services under threat, Deidre Brock MP has said.The Edinburgh North and Leith MP...
Calls for discussion on the Old Town Hall in Leith
Deidre Brock MP is calling for discussion on future of Leith's Old Town Hall if Police decide to leaveThe station is one of those up for possible closure as part of Police Scotland’s estate...
Polic constables honours with award for work on underage drinking
Two North Edinburgh police officers have been given a Community Alcohol Partnership (CAP) award for their work in tackling underage drinking and promoting health and wellbeing matters among young people.PC Lauren Mitchell and...
April podcast – Deidre Brock MP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith
I met with Deidre Brock who has now been an MP for the area since 2015 in Leith - where else? And it was sunny.Our conversation, the first in person for a couple...
Lloyds plans to close the Shandwick Place branch of the Bank of Scotland criticised
Deidre Brock MP has criticised Lloyds Group for using a survey of bank use carried out during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 to justify its planned closure of the Bank of Scotland branch on...
Testing testing – Deidre Brock MP on the new coronavirus regime
By Deidre Brock MP for Edinburgh Northern and LeithIt’s a game we’ve been playing with ourselves for almost two years now, a game called “Do I have the cold or is it Coronavirus?”A...
A view from Westminster – Deidre Brock MP
by Deidre Brock MPThe news cycle has been dominated by allegations of multiple parties held at Downing Street and Whitehall departments last year during lockdown, and the public mood has been one of anger,...
Deidre Brock MP on being an apprentice
Skills of the past are skills of the future says Deidre Brock MP for Edinburgh North and LeithDid you know it takes three years to properly train up a butcher? So I learned from...
Brock warns of Brexit threat to games industry in Scotland
Deidre Brock MP for Edinburgh North and Leith has warned that leaving the EU single market will severely damage Scotland’s world-leading games industry.Attending a roundtable event in Edinburgh today, she will hear more about the...
Comment – Heading for Brexit in 2019
by Deidre Brock MPBy January I’m usually scunnered with dark nights and desperate for the warmth and optimism of Spring. This year, however, March 29 seems a bit too close for comfort, as this...
Brock claims Brexit threatens food supply
UK’s Brexit plans a threat to our food supply - BrockEdinburgh North and Leith MP Deidre Brock claims that the UK’s Brexit plans are a threat to our food supply.The chair of the UK...
MP congratulates Edinburgh restaurant manager Rachel with an invitation to Westminster
Local MP Deidre Brock greeted Rachel Clark from the Slug and Lettuce in Edinburgh at the House of Commons this week. Deidre wanted to congratulate her on graduating from Stonegate Pub Company's 'Bar to...
Comment – Time to move on from the Westminster museum
When I’m traipsing through the lobbies of Westminster I often think how much the mother of all parliaments could learn from its reconvened and revamped cousin up the road in Edinburgh. Not just the dangerously radical idea...
Deidre calls for action on institutional racism
Deidre Brock SNP MP for Edinburgh North and Leith has called for an unflinching look at institutional racism at Westminster after today’s announcement of an inquiry into the Windrush scandal.Ms Brock said:- “The appalling disregard for...
Edinburgh MP signs the Holocaust Education Trust Book of Commitment
This week Deidre Brock MP signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment. The anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, the site of the largest mass murder in history,...
Scotland Office costs back in the spotlight
The Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell MP may have retained his position in the Cabinet reshuffle at the beginning of the week, but no matter who is in the office Deidre Brock...
Deidre Brock has secured an adjournment debate today
Edinburgh North and Leith MP Deidre Brock has secured an adjournment debate at Westminster on Thursday afternoon.This comes after the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) which published a report on...
Deidre Brock MP adds extra surgery this Friday
The newly re-elected MP for Edinburgh North and Leith, Deidre Brock MP, is holding an extra surgery this Friday at Sainsbury's in Craigleith.She invites you to go along and tell her about any problems...
The Scottish Brexit question may not be asked
Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday would not confirm she would consult with the Scottish people, and ask the Scottish Parliament to agree, before she changes the Scotland Act after Brexit.
In response to a question from Edinburgh...
Edinburgh North & Leith surgery for Polish residents this Friday
Deidre Brock MP is holding an extra 'pop-up' surgery for Polish constituents this Friday 18 November 2016The meeting will be held at her constituency office at 166 Great Junction
Street when a Polish translator will be available. IF that suits you then get...
SNP MP asks about Brexit effect on Edinburgh’s financial services
The MP for Edinburgh North and Leith Deidre Brock MP asked the Prime Minister, Theresa May, about retaining what is known as 'passporting' rights for the finance sector on leaving the EU.But it appeared...
Film studio for Leith?
Deidre Brock SNP MP for Edinburgh North & Leith has called for the disused building in Leith formerly home to the wave energy company Pelamis Wave Power, to be converted into film studios and...
Edinburgh MP advises women to get checked for breast cancer
Deidre Brock MP has marked World Cancer Day today by calling on all eligible women to participate in the Scottish Breast Cancer Screening Programme and go for a routine mammogram. All women in Scotland aged 50-70...
