Tag: Westminster
Pentlands MSP claims Westminster to blame for Remploy closure
SNP MSPS CONDEMN “VACUOUS” TORY PROMISES AFTER REMPLOY MEETING
SNP MSPs have this afternoon condemned the UK Government for abandoning the disabled workers at Remploy factories across Scotland, following a meeting in the Scottish Parliament...
MP praises Whizz-kidz campaign
Mark Lazarowicz MP backs Whizz-Kidz campaign to capitalise on success of Paralympics
Local MP Mark Lazarowicz is strongly backing an initiative launched by the charity Whizz-Kidz to find out exactly what young disabled people’s hopes...
Edinburgh MPs call for High Speed Rail
LABOUR MPS UNITE TO CALL FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL IN SCOTLAND
Lothians MPs Sheila Gilmore, Mark Lazarowicz and Graeme Morrice have come together to call for the proposed High Speed Rail network to be extended...
Westminster – Edinburgh Labour MPs accused of inaction on tax
SNP SAY EDINBURGH MPS’ CREDIBILITY IN QUESTION AFTER TAX CUT NO-SHOW
Labour’s credibility is severely in question after the party MPs abstained in a vote, forced by the SNP and Plaid Cymru, opposing Tory plans...
Post-budget comment
The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivered his budget this week to a mixed response. Some have seen his apparent raid on pensioners as a Granny Tax and others have criticised his proposal...
Edinburgh MP switching the lights off at Westminster
Edinburgh MP switches off for WWF’s Earth Hour to show support for Rio environment summit
The Rio carnival comes to the Houses of Parliament as part of WWF’s Earth Hour 2012
Accompanied by WWF’s mascot, Ian...
Edinburgh MP supports water charity
Mark Lazarowicz MP for Edinburgh North and Leith has pledged his support to WaterAid’s Water Works campaign to bring safe water and sanitation to the world’s poorest people.
The United Nations has just announced that the...
MP asks for backing of Remploy workers
Further to yesterday’s announcement that Remploy are closing 36 of 54 factories with potential compulsory redundancies totalling 1752, including 28 staff at the Edinburgh factory, Ian Murray, Labour MP for Edinburgh South, has written...
Closure of Remploy Edinburgh Factory condemned
The UK Government has taken a decision to close the Remploy plants in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Motherwell, putting 111 jobs at risk. Clare Adamson, a member of the Education and Culture Committee and...
Ian Murray MP wins award for magazine
Ian Murray is Labour Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South, Shadow Minister for Employee Relations, Postal and Consumer Affairs. He writes to tell us of the award he won recently.
"This month I have again included some...
Craigiehall on the agenda at Westminster today
Mike Crockart MP for Edinburgh West will today take part in a debate on the progress of defence reform and the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
Since Dr Liam Fox, then Secretary of State for Defence,...
Opinion: The future state of the Union
I consider myself, before political bias, a social libertarian.
Whatever the political allegiance of the candidates, my vote usually ends up going to whoever offers me the closest thing to freedom, allowing me to live...
Edinburgh MP calling for action to stop pub closures
Mark Lazarowicz MP is one of the signatories of a Motion being debated in Parliament today calling for urgent action by the Government to tackle the increasing number of pub closures with 25 pubs...
Westminster announces full steam ahead for High Speed Rail
Britain will have a national high speed rail network providing vital new capacity and faster journeys across the country from 2026, Transport Secretary Justine Greening has announced, amid clamouring from protest groups about the...
AUDIO – The Edinburgh Reporter chats with Sheila Gilmore MP for Edinburgh East
Labour MP for Edinburgh East, Sheila Gilmore, is another of our Edinburgh MPs who split their week between time spent in Edinburgh and some time spent in London.
She was elected to Parliament in May...
AUDIO – The Edinburgh Reporter chats with Mark Lazarowicz MP
Mark Lazarowicz was first elected as an MP in 2001. He has represented the Edinburgh North and Leith consituency since then.
His website tells us:-
"Mark is an active member of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC)...
Edinburgh MP supports the White Ribbon Campaign
Sheila Gilmore, MP for Edinburgh East, met with campaigners from the White Ribbon Campaign this week to show support for the work to reduce violence against women.
The White Ribbon Campaign is the largest global effort of men working...
Edinburgh MP wants VAT cut
Mark Lazarowicz, MP for Edinburgh North and Leith, has been highlighting the campaign to cut VAT on building repairs and maintenance to 5% with a visit to a local architect’s practice in Stockbridge this...
Edinburgh MP speaks out on youth unemployment
The Office for National Statistics has announced today new figures for unemployment in the UK.
From this data it appears that youth unemployment has hit 1million.
Commenting on today’s unemployment statistics, Sheila Gilmore MP said:
“This is...
Edinburgh MP speaks out on youth unemployment
In the House of Commons this week Mark Lazarowicz MP for Edinburgh North and Leith spoke out on the fear and despair felt by many young people looking for work. He called for concrete...
Edinburgh MPs supporting Wear It Pink Day
MP for Edinburgh East Sheila Gilmore and MP for Edinburgh South, Ian Murray, have both joined forces with Breast Cancer Campaign to raise awareness of its biggest fundraising event, Wear It Pink Day.
On Friday...
SNP MP probes the cost of CSA computers
A parliamentary question asked by SNP MP Dr Eilidh Whiteford has revealed that the cost of a computer case management system purchased by the UK Government for the Child Support Agency has more than doubled from its...
Boundary Commission publishes proposals for change today
The Boundary Commission for Scotland today published its Initial Proposals for United Kingdom Parliament constituencies in Scotland as part of its Sixth Review. This marks the start of a 12 week public consultation process...
LIVEBLOG with Ian Murray MP 29 September 2011
Ian Murray is Labour MP for Edinburgh South. He was brought up in Wester Hailes and then went to Edinburgh University when he was just 16. He runs advice sessions in a variety of...
SNP to meet military bosses tomorrow
The Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru and the Democratic Unionist Party are set to meet the UK’s senior military commanders tomorrow to discuss the impact of the Strategic Defence Review (SDSR) on the Nations...
Edinburgh people should apply for Parliamentary Placements Scheme
In recent years, numerous studies have shown that the Westminster Parliament is unrepresentative, that the creation of a host of unpaid internship positions are making politics only accessible to the wealthy or those based...
Lazarowicz welcomes Government U-Turn
Mark Lazarowicz MP for Edinburgh North and Leith has welcomed the u-turn by the UK Government on its proposal to cut housing benefit by 10% for people who have been unemployed for over 12...
Westminster launch pilot website for Public consultations
The Coalition Government has this week launched the first stage of plans to give members of the public the right to comment on every aspect of new legislation, in a step towards...
The Scotland Bill – have your say
The Scotland Bill Committee is seeking views on a number of issues to help inform its scrutiny of the proposed legislation. Wendy Alexander MSP, Convener of the Scotland Bill Committee, said: -“We are calling...
The Scotland Bill to be examined by Holyrood
The Scottish Government has moved quickly to enable scrutiny of the Scotland Bill by the Scottish Parliament.
In a Ministerial Statement to the Scottish Parliament, External Affairs Minister Fiona Hyslop announced that a legislative consent...
