Consultation event offers chance to address unmet needs of people living with HIV. Tom Arthur MSP has highlighted the importance of a sector-wide and community consultation event being hosted by HIV Scotland next month, encouraging interested parties to attend. The consultation aims to shape health and social policy and to Read more…
As part of Living Wage Week, taking place from Monday 11 – Saturday 17 November, Renfrewshire South MSP Tom Arthur is encouraging local businesses to join him in becoming accredited living wage employers and backing calls demanding an end to the exploitation of young workers imposed by the UK Tory Read more…
Local SNP MSP Tom Arthur has stressed the importance of acknowledging not only the huge opportunities presented by the development of artificial intelligence and data driven technologies, but also the challenges and concerns raised by this rapidly expanding sector. Speaking in a debate on the subject, Mr Arthur noted that Read more…
New figures from the Trussell Trust show that thousands of three day emergency food parcels were handed out in East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire this year. Between 1st April 2019 and 30th September 2019, across East Renfrewshire, 2,247 three day emergency food supplies were provided to people in crisis by food Read more…
Local SNP MSP Tom Arthur has highlighted the importance of a project focusing on people ageing with HIV. There are approximately 5,900 people currently living with HIV in Scotland and it is estimated that 50% will be over the age of 50 by 2030. HIV Scotland’s Living Well: 50+ project Read more…
Local SNP MSP Tom Arthur has reiterated his support for legislation that provides legal framework for the holding of referendums on any matters within Scotland’s control as the Referendums (Scotland) Bill was debated at the Scottish Parliament The Bill – which successfully passed stage one on Thursday 7 November – Read more…
NUMBER OF SCOTTISH BUSINESSES AT RECORD HIGH SNP MSP Tom Arthur has welcomed figures showing that the number of businesses in East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire are rising. The Businesses in Scotland 2019 report shows that, as of March 2019, there were an estimated 356,550 private sector businesses operating in Scotland Read more…
SNP MSP Tom Arthur has taken part in a Members’ Business Debate, led by Paisley’s MSP George Adam, remembering the veterans involved in the Ministry of Defence’s atmospheric nuclear test programme in the 1950s. Between 1952 and 1958 the UK carried out 21 atmospheric nuclear tests – 12 in Australia, Read more…
SNP MSP Tom Arthur has highlighted the positive impact of Fair Start Scotland, welcoming news that nine in 10 people who used Scotland’s new employment support service in its first year felt they were treated with dignity and respect. Fair Start Scotland, Scotland’s first fully devolved employment support service, has Read more…
Tom Arthur MSP has welcomed the rise in the number of potential stem cell donors in his constituency of Renfrewshire South. Figures released as part of Anthony Nolan’s Communities vs Blood Cancer campaign reveal that In Renfrewshire South, 917 potential stem cell donors are registered, with 92 added in the Read more…