In Parliament - James Kelly MSP

Glasgow City Council (Funding for No-deal Brexit)

Scottish Parliament debates

Given the interest in the Conservative Party around Boris Johnson’s candidacy for leader and therefore, were he to be successful, prime minister, the prospect of the no-deal Brexit that...

Glasgow City Council (Funding for No-deal Brexit)

Scottish Parliament debates

1. To ask the Scottish Government what funding it is making available to Glasgow City Council to support preparations for a potential no-deal Brexit. (S5O-03256)

Child Poverty Levels

Scottish Parliament debates

This week, data from the University of Loughborough was published that revealed that child poverty levels in Glasgow are running at 37 per cent. In the First Minister’s Glasgow Southside...

Treatment Time Guarantee

Scottish Parliament debates

I thank Alex Cole-Hamilton and the Liberal Democrats for lodging an important motion that shines a light on a serious issue: the amount of time that patients have to wait for treatment. The...

Food and Drink Sector (Cambuslang)

Scottish Parliament debates

The minister will be aware that the 2 Sisters chicken processing plant in Cambuslang closed last year. That was despite the payment to 2 Sisters of £650,000 in regional selective assistance...

Food and Drink Sector (Cambuslang)

Scottish Parliament debates

2. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote the food and drink sector in Cambuslang. (S5O-03223)

Global Climate Emergency

Scottish Parliament debates

It is disappointing that the cabinet secretary did not mention buses in her statement. To achieve lower emissions, we need more people to travel on buses and we need to build more low-emission...

ScotRail (Performance Improvement Action)

Scottish Parliament debates

The latest figures for Glasgow Central low-level station, which is widely used by passengers who travel from Rutherglen and Cambuslang, show that 51.9 per cent of trains—more than...

ScotRail (Performance Improvement Action)

Scottish Parliament debates

2. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve performance on ScotRail services. (S5O-03213)

Air Departure Tax

Scottish Parliament debates

In Scotland, 480,000 workers are not being paid the real living wage and we will not support a policy that means that they will have to pay more out of their paltry wage packets, making it more...

Air Departure Tax

Scottish Parliament debates

Air Departure Tax

Scottish Parliament debates

Of course, we are examining all our policies. As Claudia Beamish said, we need a sustainable transport policy that looks across all areas. That should start with rail. We need an operator that...

Air Departure Tax

Scottish Parliament debates

I will take the intervention.

Air Departure Tax

Scottish Parliament debates

No, I do not want to take an intervention. If we took £150 million out of the Scottish budget, that could be £150 million more out of council budgets, which have already been...

Air Departure Tax

Scottish Parliament debates

It has been an interesting couple of days, watching the political gymnastics of SNP ministers. For three years, we have watched SNP front-bench members doggedly defend this policy of passing tax...

Deposit Return Scheme

Scottish Parliament debates

I recently visited Family Shopper in Blantyre, which returns some of the proceeds from its reverse vending machine to the community. How can the scheme that the cabinet secretary has outlined...

New Currency (Impact on Businesses)

Scottish Parliament debates

In addition to the disastrous proposals on currency, we know that the effect of the proposals of the SNP cuts commission would be a decade of austerity, piling cuts on to local communities....

New Currency (Impact on Businesses)

Scottish Parliament debates

The principal objective of the SNP Government and the Scottish National Party is to achieve an independent Scotland where the pound would be immediately replaced by a new Scottish currency....

New Currency (Impact on Businesses)

Scottish Parliament debates

2. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has carried out on the potential impact on businesses across Scotland of no longer using the pound. (S5T-01624)

International Workers Memorial Day

Scottish Parliament debates

Like other members, I pay tribute to Bill Kidd for securing this important debate, which commemorates international workers memorial day ahead of the day itself on Sunday. I also pay tribute to...