Iain joins colleagues on Leuchie House visit

Scottish Labour Leader Richard Leonard MSP and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health Anas Sarwar MSP were welcomed to Leuchie House this week for their first visit to the local respite charity.

They were joined by East Lothian constituency MSP Iain Gray. The politicians heard directly from some of Leuchie’s guests about the transformational impact of the respite breaks it provides for people with MS and other neurological conditions.

The visit came about following an engagement on workfo...

Responding to the Scottish Government's decision to call in a planning application from Inch Cape for a substation on the former Cockenzie power station site just days after East Lothian Council completed the purchase of the site, Iain Gray MSP said:

"This decision is a disgrace. I have spent years arguing that local planning decisions must be taken in East Lothian, not by Scottish government ministers.

"I am very concerned that ministers have chosen to remove this decision from our lo...

Iain Gray MSP and Martin Whitfield MP have visited Visorcat in Dunbar to find out more about the company’s product and efforts to help improve road safety.

During the visit they were informed that the number of deaths on Britain’s roads has stayed more or less the same every year during the United Nation’s Decade of Action on Road Safety, which ends in 2020, according to the Government’s statistics.

Speaking after the visit, Iain Gray MSP said:

“The statistics on road safet...

Iain Gray MSP and Martin Whitfield MP have visited East Lothian Works, the council’s jobs, training and skills development service, to meet staff and find out more about its work.

The parliamentarians also met two local Modern Apprentices in Business Administration, Ailie Ramsay and William Kelley, during their visit. They were both impressed with the work the service is carrying out to encourage and support job creation and enterprise in East Lothian.

Speaking after the visit, Iain Gr...

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