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The Herald (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Cracking down on drivers who misuse disabled parking bays is the "right thing to do", MSPs were told yesterday.Labour back bencher Jackie Baillie has put forward proposals for legislation that may see able-bodied motorists who park in disabled bays fined up to £60.Yesterday she told Holyrood that the measures in her Member's Bill were important for disabled people in Scotland.Ms Baillie...
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Q&A: Jackie BaillieLabour MSP for Dumbarton and campaigner on behalf of the families of those who died after the C.difficile outbreak at the Vale of Leven Hospital.Why is this issue of C.diff and the Vale of Leven Hospital important'Firstly, at least 18 people have died because of the C.diff outbreak at the Vale. The families deserve answers about exactly what went wrong. However, the...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Q&A: Jackie BaillieLabour MSP for Dumbarton and campaigner on behalf of the families of those who died after the C.difficile outbreak at the Vale of Leven Hospital.Why is this issue of C.diff and the Vale of Leven Hospital important'Firstly, at least 18 people have died because of the C.diff outbreak at the Vale. The families deserve answers about exactly what went wrong. However, the...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
... appeared to be still some way to go before the 30 per cent fall target was reached. .Labour MSP Jackie Baillie, whose Dumbarton constituency includes Vale of Leven hospital, said she was "gobsmacked" that the report said the target was "on track".She said: "To say that they are on target when C diff is on the rise in Scotland, the country has just had the worst outbreak in the history...
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
... appeared to be still some way to go before the 30 per cent fall target was reached. .Labour MSP Jackie Baillie, whose Dumbarton constituency includes Vale of Leven hospital, said she was "gobsmacked" that the report said the target was "on track".She said: "To say that they are on target when C diff is on the rise in Scotland, the country has just had the worst outbreak in the history...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... inherited a run-down shambles at Vale of Leven and the real question is what local Labour MSP Jackie Baillie was doing as it was being stitched up. The efforts of Iain Gray to pin the inevitable disastrous results of the neglect on to Nicola Sturgeon are absurd and despicable, but no more than those of BBC Scotland, who have run Labour's weak line on this on every news bulletin for...
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Around 85 per cent of disabled parking bays are currently only "advisory", which means anyone can park in them without the risk of being penalised. But Labour backbencher Jackie Baillie has produced a Bill, being debated today, which would give them legal force.Ms Baillie said almost 224,000 registered Blue Badge holders in Scotland would benefit.She said: "This legislation is...
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Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Around 85 per cent of disabled parking bays are currently only "advisory", which means anyone can park in them without the risk of being penalised. But Labour backbencher Jackie Baillie has produced a Bill, being debated today, which would give them legal force.Ms Baillie said almost 224,000 registered Blue Badge holders in Scotland would benefit.She said: "This legislation is...
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The Herald (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
The MSP behind new laws designed to crack down on drivers who abuse disabled parking spaces said yesterday the legislation was one step closer to being approved.Labour's Jackie Baillie spoke as a Holyrood committee published its report on her proposals, which would see able-bodied drivers who park in disabled bays fined.Holyrood's local government and communities committee has been scrutinising...
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
The plans, brought forward in a bill by the Labour MSP Jackie Baillie, have been given the go-ahead in principle from Holyrood's local government committee. Currently, 85 per cent of disabled parking bays are not legally enforceable.The change will make it easier for councils to designate bays as disabled. But, despite approving the general principals of the bill, MSPs on the committee...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
The plans, brought forward in a bill by the Labour MSP Jackie Baillie, have been given the go-ahead in principle from Holyrood's local government committee. Currently, 85 per cent of disabled parking bays are not legally enforceable.The change will make it easier for councils to designate bays as disabled. But, despite approving the general principals of the bill, MSPs on the committee...
