Clydebank
Tougher laws are needed on knife crime to keep our streets safe. Far too many people are killed or injured in stabbing incidents.
St Margaret’s Hospice has offered compassionate and dedicated care to patients for almost 60 years. During a debate in Parliament recently, I made the case for St Margaret’s to be given a long term contract to provide continuing care, something which would greatly help secure its future.
The Scottish Government proposed cuts of nearly 50% in the regeneration budget for Clydebank. I worked hard to lobby Ministers to reverse the cuts and am pleased that a little more money was found for Clydebank rebuilt. But the budget has still been significantly reduced...
Clydebank MSP Des McNulty has spoken out against the re-designation of land between Dalmuir Park and the Boulevard, which includes the golf course, as open space as opposed to green space. He shares the concern expressed by organisations like Greenbelt and the Clydebank Seniors Forum that re-designation would remove protection which prevents the land being [...]
Watch Des's opening speech in the Literacy Commission Debate, where he called on the First Minister to make literacy Scotland’s number one educational priority and to ensure every child in Scotland leaves primary school able to read, write and count.
Those responsible for the overwhelming majority of the violence and anti-social behaviour linked to alcohol should be the government's target, people whose actions are in many cases fuelled by drinking the likes of Buckfast and cheap cider and end up with themselves or others having to be taken to casualty units. The measures the government should be prioritising are those tackling the behaviour of hazardous drinkers rather than someone wanting to buy a reasonably priced bottle of wine to enjoy with their dinner.
Residents in Old Kilpatrick are sadly familiar with helicopters flying over the village after suicide attempts. In the past, there were cases where people jumped off the bridge and landed in resident’s gardens. The installation of higher fencing on the northern approaches to the bridge in the early 1990s prevented further incidents of that kind [...]
If funding becomes available to take forward the Fastlink project, it is vital that Clydebank is connected via the Golden Jubilee, the waterfront area and Clydebank College with Glasgow City Centre.
Clydebank and Milngavie MSP Des McNulty has accused the Justice Secretary, Kenny McAskill, of driving forward plans to close District Courts in Clydebank and Milngavie, which would mean cases in future would all be heard in the Sheriff Court building in Dumbarton
I wrote to Iain Robertson, Leader of West Dunbartonshire Council, to highlight the extent to which resources are being skewed away from Clydebank by the Scottish Government and urging him to work with me to fight the case for more investment in regeneration, housing and health. His reply and my response can be read
