Green MSPs
Updates from Patrick Harvie and Alison Johnstone, the Greens in the Scottish Parliament
New working group established in Parliament
22 November 2012 Patrick and Alison have reached an agreement with Independent MSPs Margo MacDonald, Jean Urquhart and John Finnie to establish a working group under the Parliament’s Standing Orders. This grouping will give the MSPs representation on the Parliamentary Bureau which decides Parliamentary business, in turn providing the MSPs with further opportunities to...
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AIR DUTY DEBATE REVEALS OTHER PARTIES’ CO2 CONTRADICTIONS
20 November 2012 Scottish Greens are criticising the bigger political parties at Holyrood for backing aviation growth, contradicting their commitments to Scotland’s climate change targets. Today the SNP Government will use a debate on air passenger duty to call for the tax to be...
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Honest Answers Please
19 November 2012 Today’s Daily Record carries a piece by our Patrick, calling for both sides in the referendum debate to give voters honest answers, rather than bland assertions that independence will either be a land of plenty or a doomsday scenario. The most...
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Bumper Coverage For Better Buses
15 November 2012 This week Patrick published the Better Buses report, highlighting the views of bus users in Glasgow. Thank you to all who contributed. It’s prompted coverage in...
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REVEALED: COUNCILS PAY £375 MILLION IN LANDFILL TAX IN 5 YEARS
11 November 2012 Scottish Greens are calling for stronger action on supermarkets and manufacturers as new figures gathered by the party show that landfill tax has cost Scotland’s 32...
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MINISTERS MORE INTERESTED IN PLAQUES THAN POTHOLES
7 November 2012 Scottish Greens are promising to press the case for proper funding to fix the nation’s pothole backlog. Alison Johnstone, Green MSP for Lothian, used her debut...
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