Stuart McMillan MSP, (SNP) has today (Tuesday) welcomed the news from the Scottish Government that Scotland's farmers' markets are to receive more than £200,000 funding over three years.
Jo Swinson MP and Ross Finnie MSP have called on Scottish Health Minister Nicola Sturgeon to intervene after plans to go ahead with removing beds from St. Margaret’s Hospice were announced.
East Dunbartonshire Council’s Trading Standards Service is supporting a new Office of Fair Trading doorstep selling campaign and is once again warning local residents to be on their guard against bogus workmen. These individuals undertake all kinds of work but are most commonly associated with roofing or tarmac and paving.
A new project has been developed to increase the quality and quantity of woodland planting and to link up fragmented landscapes within East Dunbartonshire by encouraging riparian planting.
Stuart McMillan MSP, (SNP West of Scotland) has today (Monday) added his support to Carers UK’s national carers’ rights campaign on Friday 4th December 2009.
Jo Swinson MP has expressed disappointment at a Supreme Court ruling over bank charges and said a law should be passed to protect customers from unfair charges.
In the House of Commons this week, Jo Swinson MP called on the Government to assist the Scottish Government in cracking down on sex trafficking around the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
The overall operating costs for the NHS are massive, so the revelation that health boards are spending 14.2% of their budget on prescriptions is truly staggering.
It's good to see that East Dunbartonshire has slightly improved its recycling rates from 32.8% in the period of April 2008 - March 2009 to 34.4% in the period of July 2008 to June 2009.
Jo Swinson MP has tabled a Parliamentary Motion calling on the Government to implement a permanent solution to protect immigrant women from domestic violence.
Responding to Gordon Brown’s letter to East Dunbartonshire residents on climate change, Jo Swinson MP has said the Prime Minister must “raise his game”.