News Archive>2000 |
21st March 2000
Welcoming today's Budget, Gavin Strang MP said "I warmly welcome today's extra money for the NHS and schools. Labour has delivered a massive extra boost for the NHS.' Read more... |
16th May 2000
Edinburgh recieved a jobs boost today following the Government's announcement today that it had chosen the METEOR missile offered by Matra Bae Dynamics for the new Eurofighter aircraft and that it intended to procure new air transport for Britain's armed forces. Read more... |
May 2000
Gavin Strang, Labour MP for Edinburgh East & Musselburgh, has released new figures showing that 1100 families in Edinburgh East & Musselburgh are already receiving the Working Families Tax Credit - worth an average of £24 per week and increased in Budget 2000. Read more... |
June 2000
Gavin Strang MP has accepted an invitation to address the Edinburgh and Lothian members of the National Federation of Subpostmasters and Postmistresses about their concerns about the impact upon their businesses of Automated Credit Transfer for benefit payments. Read more... |
12 June 2000
Gavin Strang MP tonight addresses the Edinburgh and Lothian members of the National Federation of Subpostmasters and Postmistresses about their concerns about the move to pay pensions and benefits through the banks. Read more... |
23 June 2000
Figures just released to Parliament show that the Government's New Deal programme for the young unemployed has moved 174 young people in Edinburgh East and Musselburgh off benefit and into sustained employment. Read more... |
29 June 2000
Gavin Strang MP is to initiate a debate in the House of Commons late on Wednesday night to make the case for retaining the Agricultural Wages Boards. The Government is considering the future of the Boards as part of the quinquennial review which they are required to carry out by statute. Read more... |
30 June 2000
Gavin Strang MP launched his new website today, Friday 30th June, at 12 noon at Teleport, Craigmillar Community Information Service, Unit 32 Castlebrae Business Centre, Peffer Place, Edinburgh EH16 4BB. Read more... |
26 September 2000
Speaking in Brighton at the Keep Our Skies Safe meeting, Gavin Strang MP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, and convenor of PLP KOSS said today.'Pilots internationally acclaim Britain's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) as the best in the world. We need to keep it that way.' Read more... |
16 October 2000
Gavin Strang MP has written to Stephen Byers MP, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, about measures to protect the future of the Post Office. Read more...
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27 October 2000
Following the House of Lords vote last night against the sell-off of National Air Traffic Services (NATS), Dr Gavin Strang MP for East Edinburgh and Musselburgh has urged Ministers to halt the privatisation. Read more... |
13 November 2000
Gavin Strang MP has called on the government to take the current window of opportunity to walk away with dignity from the privatisation of National Air Traffic Services (NATS). Read more... |
30 November 2000
Gavin Strang, Labour MP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, today congratulated local young people, employers and Employment Service staff as official statistics confirmed that Labour's manifesto pledge to get 250,000 young people off benefits and into work through the New Deal has been met. Read more... |