Last week, Ruth: • Attended Kilwinning’s Christmas Lights Switch On and dropped by to say hi to the North Ayrshire police officers on patrol • Spoke in a Holyrood debate about the importance of flexible working practices to both staff health and happiness and business productivity • Helped to raise awareness of HIV Testing Week... Continue Reading →
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RUTH MAGUIRE VISITS PRONOPORT’S IRVINE TRAINING ACADEMY
On Friday 18th November, local MSP Ruth Maguire visited the Prontoport Training Academy in Irvine to see trainees learning the skills they need to work in the renewables industries. Prontoport supplies consultancy, engineering support and maintenance to windfarms all across the UK, including providing specialist services such as non-destructive testing (NDT). The Training Academy, now... Continue Reading →
Motion S5M-02605: NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Award Winner
That the Parliament congratulates everyone at NHS Ayrshire and Arran on it winning the Achieving Results at Scale Award at the Quality Improvement Awards Ceremony 2016; notes that this was in recognition of its project to introduce a standardised regime and guidance for the administration of high-risk medication; understands that these awards, which celebrate and... Continue Reading →
RUTH GETS BEHIND HIV TESTING WEEK
Local MSP Ruth Maguire has backed calls to encourage people to get tested during this year’s HIV Testing Week. HIV Testing Week Scotland takes place between 18 and 25 November 2016 as part of the wider European Testing Week, and aims to reach the estimated one in six people in Scotland who are living with... Continue Reading →
RUTH HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF FLEXIBLE WORKING PRACTICES
On Thursday 17th November, MSPs held a debate recognising the importance of flexible working practices, particuarly in allowing women to stay active in the economy, and commending groups such as Family Friendly Working Scotland which promote them. SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, used her speech to highlight how more flexible working practices... Continue Reading →
RUTH WELCOMES SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT ACTION ON FUNERAL POVERTY
On 16th November, the Scottish Government announced that the Citizens Advice Bureaux will expand their support to people needing advice on funeral planning. Cunninghame South MSP, Ruth Maguire, who expressed her concerns about the rising costs of burial and cremation fees in a recent Holyrood debate, welcomed this news, saying: ‘The year on year increases... Continue Reading →
RUTH HIGHLIGHTS SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT ACTION ON TACKLING FUEL POVERTY
On Wednesday 16th November, MSPs debated the recent reports and recommendations of the Scottish Fuel Poverty Strategic Working Group and the Scottish Rural Fuel Poverty Task Force, set up by the Scottish Government in 2015 to inform a new eradication strategy, which will be published in 2017. A key recommendation of the strategic working... Continue Reading →
Motion S5M-02543: 200th Anniversary of the Kilwinning Abbey Clock Tower
That the Parliament recognises that 2016 marks the 200th anniversary of the completion of the clock tower of Kilwinning Abbey; understands that the original 1816 mechanism of the bell tower of the Grade B building remains in good working order; notes that the tower is also home to the Kilwinning Heritage Centre, which attracts hundreds... Continue Reading →
Ruth climbs the 143 steps of Kilwinning Abbey’s 200 year old clock tower
On Friday 11th November, local MSP Ruth Maguire enjoyed a special visit to Kilwinning Abbey hosted by Christine and Andrew of Kilwinning Heritage in advance of the 200th anniversary of the completion of the clock and its tower on Saturday 12th. Commenting after the visit, Ruth said: ‘This iconic Kilwinning landmark has come to represent... Continue Reading →
Motion S5M-02489:Congratulating Vanilla Joes Ice Cream Bar
That the Parliament congratulates the Irvine ice cream bar, Vanilla Joes, on winning the best ice cream award in Scotland at 2016's Scottish Italian Awards; understands that the shortlisted finalists were visited and independently judged by a panel of industry experts; considers that this award is all the more impressive given that the ice cream... Continue Reading →
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