Iain Gray MSP visited the well-known county business Andrew Black Haulage last week as part of the activities promoting this year’s National Lorry Week. Mr Gray was given a tour of the company’s base at Drem airfield, including its recently renovated storage sheds. Some of the company’s red and black lorries were also on display for local schoolchildren and college students to look at and take a ride on. Representatives from Volvo and the Road Haulage Association, which organises t...

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Dog welfare charity the Dogs Trust was in Parliament last week with an information stall about its work promoting dog welfare in Scotland. Iain Gray MSP visited their stall for an update on their latest campaigns, which include opposing attempts to permit tail docking for some working dogs and a call for the Scottish Government to update and strengthen legislation on dog breeding and selling. The Trust was also promoting its 2016 Dog Manifesto, which covers a range of issues including th...

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Iain Gray MSP met with representatives of the Scottish Book Trust​ at Parliament last week as the national reading charity held an information stall about its range of activities and initiatives. Mr Gray chatted to the Trust's CEO, Marc Lambert, and Chair, Keir Bloomer, about its important work inspiring to people to read and write and to develop a lifelong love of books, including its Bookbug programme. Speaking afterwards, Iain Gray MSP said: “The Scottish Book Trust undertakes ...

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East Coast FM’s station manager Ian Robertson was at the Scottish Parliament again this week to meet Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop with county MSP Iain Gray. Community radio stations currently receive little or no support from government, and Mr Gray had set up the meeting with the Cabinet Secretary to allow Ian to put the case for this to change. Speaking after the meeting, Iain Gray MSP said: “East Coast FM are now an important part of East Lothian life ­ providing local news ...

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