Sentences with phrase «msp at»

He was re-elected as an MSP at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election and appointed Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth.

I think Scottish Labour will be more vulnerable in seats where the MP is retiring and there is an SNP MSP at Holyrood.

In response to a question from Patrick Harvie MSP at First Minister's Questions, Nicola Sturgeon has announced her support for Northern Irish women to access free, safe, and legal abortion services through the NHS in Scotland.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has already told MSPs at Holyrood the «door is not closed» to a benefit top - up.

Both MSPs at Holyrood and MPs at Westminster have already backed the Section 30 order and it was expected the amendment to the 1998 Scotland Act would be approved in the House of Lords on Thursday.

First Minister Alex Salmond has told MSPs at the Scottish Parliament: «A childcare revolution is the sort of transformation impossible under devolution, that we can only imagine, under independence is one that we can implement.»

MSPs at our recent Parliamentary event instead chose listening and learning with third and...

MSPs at our recent Parliamentary event instead chose listening and learning with third and public sector partners to ensure we put positive relationships at the heart of Scotland.

Not exact matches

The Mid Scotland and Fife MSP was backed in the short term by Unite's Scottish secretary Pat Rafferty who said: «Under Alex Rowley's interim leadership we are confident that the voices of Scotland's working people will be heard loud and clear at Holyrood.»

According to the MSP, the 30 - year - old woman was intoxicated at the time of incident.

«Here at Auvik, we're 100 % committed to the success of our MSP partner and we want them to have the best possible experience.

Working closely with OTG Management, the firm has delivered groundbreaking designs at LGA Terminals C and D, MSP Concourse G, Toronto Pearson International Terminals 1 and 3, as well as JetBlue's Terminal Five (JFK).

Scotland's first minister and the Scottish National party's leader is also MSP for the constituency of Gordon, leading his opponents to question how he could carry out three jobs at once.

«Over a billion of repayments in the next five years is a devastating hit to the NHS budget - particularly at a time when budgets will be under increasing pressure as a result of Labour's economic mismanagement,» SNP MSP Kenneth Gibson said.

The Scottish Parliament should be given the power to call a referendum at anytime by super-majority: a referendum would be held if (say) two - thirds of MSPs eligible to vote supported it.

Friends of Dugdale have since pointed out that Rowley, when seeking election as the Scottish Party's deputy leader last year, promised that if he won he would not accept a protected place at the top of one of the lists from which a 56 of Holyrood's 129 MSPs are elected under a system of proportional representation only to go back on his word as soon as he won that particular race.

On Tuesday evening at Unite Scotland's HQ in Glasgow the two candidates for leader of the Labour Party in Scotland, Richard Leonard MSP and Anas...

When the time comes to construct the pantheon of Scottish Labour leaders, Ken Macintosh MSP will surely stand shoulder to shoulder with Jim Murphy at its highest point.

Finnie and Urquart joined forces with the two Green MSPs and Margo MacDonald to form the «GRINDY» group at Holyrood, along with fellow ex-SNP NATO rebel John Wilson.

This constituency is held by Iain Gray, the MSP who led Labour to landslide defeat at the last 2011 Scottish parliament election.

Alex Rowley, the MSP for Cowdenbeath, has quit his role as Labour's local government spokesman at Holyrood and urged Mr Murphy to stand down.

Upon his election at the age of 25, he became not only the youngest MSP of the 2011 - 16 Scottish Parliament, but the youngest in its history.

It was prompted by the recent release from prison of Lord Watson, the Labour MSP jailed last September for arson after setting fire to the curtains at an Edinburgh hotel.

It's significant that even those opposed to independence at this stage appear to see the potential,» Green MSP Alison Johnstone, whose party commissioned the poll, said.

Councillors are even more distanced than MSP's from events at Westminster, and the hurricane should blow over their heads, but will it?

On Tuesday evening at Unite Scotland's HQ in Glasgow the two candidates for leader of the Labour Party in Scotland, Richard Leonard MSP and Anas Sarwar MSP, spoke at one of the first hustings to take place in Scotland.

Tim - Murdo Fraser MSP's article at the end of October: We must not allow nationalists to drive England and Scotland apart.

A Scottish Labour MSP has withdrawn her invitation to speak at the Holyrood parliament from an academic who has linked abortion to mental health issues after fellow MSPs raised concerns about the event.

At a conference of the Scottish Campaign for Socialism on Saturday attended by a hundred leading CLP and trade union activists, MSPs, MPs and Scottish party executive members, former MSP Bill Butler said of the forthcoming leadership election:

Mr Corbyn was so keen to head straight to his next appointment with MSPs that he left Ms Dugdale trailing in his week at one point, apologising to her when she finally caught up with him as be posed for photographs outside the Our Dynamic Earth science centre.

He took his campaign north of the border, where he met MSPs and party activists.Miliband also watched Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray take on Alex Salmond at First Minister's Questions.»

The Scottish Tory leader announced she will step down in the autumn after her party's remaining 15 MSPs met for the first time in Scottish Parliament since the SNP rout at the polls last week.

Prior to being an MP she was an MSP for Glasgow Baillieston at the inception of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, and was re-elected in 2003 and again in 2007.

«How Aidan Burley won Cannock Chase on a swing of more than 14 % Main John Lamont MSP re-adopted for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire at next year's Scottish Parliament election»

Scotland voted 62/38 to remain, there is a majority of pro-independence MPs amongst the Scottish contingent at Westminster (and Mrs Thatcher said that this would be enough for independence), there is a majority of MSPs in the Scottish Parliament, which has also passed a motion demanding another referendum, The SNP and Greens have between them almost a majority of Councillors in Scotland.

But Labour MSP Neil Findlay called the position «empty words», adding that when Labour wanted to challenge the competence of the bill at Holyrood the move was blocked.

Ms Sturgeon told delegates at the conference that Holyrood had already shown «overwhelming opposition» to the measures, which are due to be debated by MSPs.

At a Scottish Police Federation fringe event, Michael Matheson MSP batted away questions about whether he would block the bill in Scotland if he could.

In the wake of Labour's second defeat at the Scottish Parliament election of May 2011, which saw the Scottish National Party (SNP) form its first majority government, Gray announced his intention to step down as leader of the Labour MSPs later that year.

For a sight that promises to be 5 times more effective than conventional sights, have a look at these MSP Glock Night Sights.

The biggest change in the renamed MSP program at Education would be to shift to competitive grants.

There is evidence that at least three of these antigens (MSP - 3, MSP - 7 and RAMA) as well as a novel protein that arrests parasite maturation (PfSEA - 1; Science 2014) have protective functions in pre-clinical or clinical studies.

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is due August 31st on XBLA at 400 MSP, while Dead Rising 2 releases on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC October 1st.

Here is a quick reminder of today's XBLA releases and you will be happy to hear that all 3 of today's XBLA games are priced at a mere 800 MSP... Read More

Spelunky 600 MSP This unforgiving platformer looks all cute and cuddly, but it will chew you up, spit you out, then laugh at you in front of your friends.

At 1200 MSP it may seem like a bit of a steep buy, but that purchase includes several tracks, planes, paint schemes for planes, a career mode and mulitplayer.

Developer Kalypso Media announced today that Boulder Dash XL has just released on Xbox Live Arcade at 800 MSP, coming with refreshed 3D HD look, new game modes, leaderboards, and a set of newly produced caves.

Priced at 800 MSP it features on - and offline cooperative gameplay for up to four... Read More

At 1,200 MSP this HD revamp is a little pricey also.

The game will now set you back a mere 800 MSP rather than the 1200 MSP it was originally priced at.