70th Anniversary of Human Rights Day observed in Scottish Parliament Ruth Maguire SNP MSP for Cunninghame South was at the forefront of a special-one day conference at the Scottish Parliament to mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The conference “Human Rights Take Over” was hosted by... Continue Reading →

SCOTTISH BUDGET MEANS £25 MILLION BOOST FOR AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN Health services in Ayrshire and Arran will receive a £25m boost next year, the Scottish Government unveiled in the budget. The inflation busting increase will see Ayrshire and Arran Health Board funding increase 3.6 per cent year on year. The budget saw SNP Finance Secretary... Continue Reading →

This week Ruth introduced the Human Rights Take Over! event at the Scottish Parliament, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the UN's adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights, and to celebrate the efforts of human rights defenders in Scotland: https://youtu.be/laPj-r8XDME Amongst the many groups and visitors in attendance at the event were members of... Continue Reading →

Earlier this year the Scottish Government held a consultation into a review of provisions within the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 on parental responsibilities and rights and contact. As a part of this it asked the question “What steps should be taken to help ensure children continue to have relationships with family members, other than their... Continue Reading →

DISCRETIONARY HOUSING PAYMENT FIGURES FOR NORTH AYRSHIRE REVEALED SNP MSP: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT STILL MITIGATING TORY CUTS Ruth Maguire SNP MSP for Cunninghame South has highlighted the millions being spent on mitigating Tory welfare cuts by the Scottish Government, after new figures revealed that a total of £2,375,220 was paid to people in North Ayrshire under... Continue Reading →

RUTH MAGUIRE MSP ENGAGES WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES OVER BREXIT DAMAGE. UK DRAFT AGREEMENT COULD COST SCOTS £1,600 PER PERSON. Following the UK Government’s announcement that agreement has been reached with the EU on the terms of withdrawal, SNP MSP, Ruth Maguire has written to organisations across Irvine, Stevenston and Kilwinning to hold urgent discussions on... Continue Reading →

SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT UNITES AGAINST TORY BREXIT SNP MSP RUTH MAGUIRE VOTES AGAINST DAMAGING BREXIT DEAL The Scottish Parliament has overwhelmingly rejected Theresa May’s false choice of a bad Brexit or No Deal. The joint motion agreed by the SNP, Labour, Greens and the Lib Dems stated that a better alternative must be found – leaving... Continue Reading →

Irvine Times column, 4 December 2018 Last week I spoke in the Scottish Parliament on a motion to welcome the annual Saint Andrew’s Day celebrations. Our national day is always a wonderful opportunity to promote Scotland to the world as an inclusive and outward looking nation, but also to reaffirm to ourselves the very things... Continue Reading →

On Monday 26 November, Ruth had the pleasure to address the AGM of Nari Kallyan Shangho (NKS), a South Asian Women's organisation in Edinburgh, in her capacity as Convenor of the Scottish Parliament’s Equality and Human Rights Committee. On Tuesday 27 November, Ruth asked the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government if she agreed... Continue Reading →

SCOTLAND CAN DO BETTER ON WELFARE UK WELFARE SYSTEM “WORKS FOR MEN BUT NOT FOR WOMEN” An observation that misogyny is embedded in the UK’s welfare system was raised in the Scottish Parliament today as Ruth Maguire, SNP MSP for Cunninghame South picked up on an assessment made by the UN Special Rapporteur on UK... Continue Reading →