Alex Cole-Hamilton: cuts to drug treatment funding will not help users kick their habits
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton today warned that cuts to drug and alcohol treatment services will not help drug users kick their habits as new figures revealed that more than 12,000 people were assessed for drug treatment services last year.
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Alex Cole-Hamilton calls for step change in mental health services
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton has called for a step change in the way that mental health services are supported as new figures from NUS Scotland revealed a 47% increase in the number of students seeking mental health support.
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Alex Cole-Hamilton calls for action to protect care home residents
In his first act after swearing in as a member of the Scottish Parliament, Liberal Democrat MSP for Edinburgh Western Alex Cole-Hamilton tabled a motion calling for the installation of thermostatic cut out valves in care homes across Scotland.
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Alex Cole-Hamilton backs MND Scotland’s fight to cure Motor Neurone Disease
To mark Global MND Awareness Week Edinburgh Western MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton is asking his constituents to help cure MND.
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Alex Cole-Hamilton congratulates community on saving Duart Crescent Post Office
Duart Crescent Post Office has been saved following a community council campaign supported by Edinburgh Western MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton. The counter is expected to be open within the next week following its sudden closure last month.
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Queensferry Crossing Delayed
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for Edinburgh Western Alex Cole-Hamilton today said the claims from the First Minister that the first the SNP government heard about potential delays to the Queensferry Crossing project ring hollow.
Mr Cole-Hamilton was speaking after pressing the First Minister on yesterday’s announcement that the new bridge is now not expected to open to traffic until May 2017, months later than previously announced.
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ACH calls on council to save the 64 bus service
Newly elected MSP for Edinburgh Western, Alex Cole-Hamilton has called upon the SNP/Labour led council to reverse its decision to end the subsidy of the 64 bus service, currently operated by E&M Horsburgh which serves communities across West Edinburgh. As it stands the service will be discontinued from 4th June 2016.
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ACH statement on PPP1 schools fiasco
Our first priority in the PPP1 schools debacle is to ensure pupil and teacher safety.
Nearly 10,000 Edinburgh kids and their families will face considerable disruption in the coming days, so it's vital we ascertain the structural integrity of these Schools as soon as possible.
Coming as this does on the eve of the May exams I'm calling on the Scottish Qualification Authority to consider steps to mitigate the impact schools closures may have on the ability of pupils to prepare for exams, postponing certain papers if necessary.
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Alex comments on plans for 1,200 new Cramond homes
Alex launches 5 point pollution plan
Alex Cole-Hamilton has laid out a 5 point action plan to reduce emissions through Corstorphine and other parts of West Edinburgh after St John’s Road topped rankings as most polluted street in Scotland, with Queensferry road not far behind in a recent report.
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