Videos
Hear Des McNulty MSPs closing speech in the Schools Debate in the Scottish Parliament, where he highlights amongst other issues the reduction in the numbers of teachers and classroom assistants since 2007, the lack of permanent jobs for newly qualified teachers and the problems facing the implementation of the Curriculum for Excellence.
Des McNulty MSP debates the crisis facing Higher Education in Scotland and calls for a proper structured independent review of Higher Education in Scotland.
Des debates relations between the UK Government and the Scottish Government. Looks particularly at the Westminster Coalition between the Conservatives and Liberal Demoncrats and the decision of the Scottish Government to defer its £330million cuts until 2011.
Des debates the merits of structural reform in Scottish education.
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.
Des McNulty MSP gives Labour's opening and closing speeches discussing Scotland's Road Safety Framework . Des raises the issue that the Government needs to do much more to support cyclists and pedestrians, and especially those with impaired vision, whose concerns are not given enough prominence in the road safety framework.
At the beginning of each new Parliamentary Session, the First Minister sets out the Scottish Government's legislative programme for the year in the Scottish Parliament. Click on the heading to see Des's contribution to this debate, focusing mainly on issues of Climate Change and Transport
Stage 3 of the Climate Change Bill is the final opportunity for MSPs to make changes to the Bill. Des and his collegues succeeded in pushing through amendments which led to challenging targets being set and reporting mechanisms being put in place which will force the Scottish Government to act. Please click on the heading and then follow the link to see Des's speech.
Transport debate where Des argues for the need for investment in transport infrastructure in the West of Scotland, particularly in Greater Glasgow travel-to-work area to ensure the areas continued competitiveness, especially given that Glasgow and surrounding areas linked with traditional manufacturing and heavy industry, which suffered badly in previous recessions, are experiencing disproportionate increases in unemployment compared with the Scottish average, as illustrated by claimant count statistics.
Ever since Des was first elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 he has worked very closely with the Clydebank Asbestos Group on campaigns to prevent insurance companies escaping their obligations to pay compensation to victims. More recently he has been campaigning to reverse the House of Lords ruling which removed the right of those with pleural plaques to compensation. Click on the heading to view Des's speech in the Scottish Parliament.
