Parliament
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Keith Brown MSP meets with local stroke awareness campaigners following tragic death of father due to unidentified symptoms
LOCAL MSP CALLS FOR SUPPORT FOR STROKE AWARENESS PETITION The MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Keith Brown has recently met with the Bundy family, who are campaigning to raise greater awareness for all the symptoms of a stroke. The father of the family, Tony Bundy, tragically lost his life in June of this year after…
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Soaring water bills in England and Wales show the benefit of public ownership
Keith Brown MSP highlights the benefits of public ownership of Scotland’s Water It has recently emerged that the privatised water companies in England and Wales seek to increase their water bills by £156 a year. House of Commons Library analysis, commissioned by the SNP, shows that households in England and Wales are paying almost 10%…
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Keith Brown MSP calls for devolution of employment law in Parliament Debate
On Tuesday 26th of September the MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Keith Brown led a debate in the Scottish Parliament on his motion calling for employment law to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament. (Motion S6M-10491) In his speech, Keith referred to the Clackmannanshire miners strikes of the 1970’s and 80’s – stating that for too long it has been the case that successive UK Governments have been allowed to decide on the right…
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KEITH WELCOMES “UNASHAMEDLY ANTI-POVERTY” PROGRAMME FOR GOVERNMENT
Keith Brown MSP, Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Clackmannanshire & Dunblane constituency, has welcomed the measures laid out by the First Minister Humza Yousaf MSP in his first Programme for Government, presented to the Scottish Parliament this afternoon. Keith said: “Increasing the pay of social care workers has been an aspiration of the Scottish…
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Keith Brown MSP welcomes new citizenship plans for an independent Scotland
Keith Brown MSP has welcomed the publishing of ‘Citizenship in an independent Scotland’; a new Independence Paper from the Scottish Government which outlines the citizenship policy of an independent Scotland. The fairer, more inclusive and welcoming approach to citizenship outlined in ‘Citizenship in an independent Scotland will be key in tackling Scotland’s population decline –…
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Encouraging report on impact of minimum unit pricing welcomed
ENCOURAGING REPORT ON IMPACT OF MINIMUM UNIT PRICING WELCOMED Keith Brown MSP, Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Clackmannanshire & Dunblane constituency, has welcomed research published this week by Public Health Scotland as part of the evaluation of the Minimum Unit Pricing policy which was introduced by the Scottish Government in 2018. Speaking this…
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Building connections in North America
Last week I was in Canada to celebrate 150 years of friendship between our two nations and discuss future trade links. I was honoured to be gifted by the Canadian Government a hand-carved stone sculpture featuring the ship that carried some of the first Scottish settlers to Canada. This sculpture was crafted from a stone…
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Haggis is back on the menu for Canada
Yesterday I was delighted to attend a Toronto based food and drink event in Canada to celebrate the lifting of the 46 years old Canadian ban on importing Scottish haggis. Haggis is known the world over for being a truly iconic symbol of Scotland and this great news for the Scottish food industry and I…
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Keith Brown welcomes STEM teaching bursary
MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Keith Brown, has welcomed the recent announcement from the Scottish Government that those wishing to change career and become a teacher in science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM) subjects, will be offered a £20,000 bursary. School subjects which will be eligible for the bursaries are maths, computing science, physics and…
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Keith Brown MSP welcomes fracking ban
SNP MSP, Keith Brown, has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement that fracking will be banned. Clackmannanshire was one of the local authority areas identified as potentially having significant shale oil and gas reserves or coal bed methane. The Scottish Government previously announced a moratorium while it ran a public consultation and examined evidence over health…
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