Stephen Bark 
Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley has expressed her disappointment after the Miscarriage Leave Bill fell. Ms Crawley’s Private Members’ Bill was due its second reading today [Friday 24th March] but it wasn’t heard because there wasn’t enough time to debate all the bills on the order paper. If introduced, the bill would have … Read more
Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley’s Private Members’ Bill is due to have its second reading on Friday 24th March. The SNP MP is calling on the UK Government to support the bill. If introduced, the Miscarriage Leave Bill would establish a statutory right of three-days paid leave for parents who experience miscarriage before 24 weeks … Read more
Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley has called on health boards across Scotland to take the Miscarriage Association’s Pregnancy Loss Pledge. By signing the pledge, employers commit to a higher pregnancy loss standard to ensure that employees going through what can be a very difficult or traumatic time get the support and time off they need. Already, 11 health trusts … Read more
Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley is supporting a charity’s call for volunteers. Esteem Clydesdale offer a range of services to support people with their mental health and aim to raise suicide awareness. The charity has a strong core of volunteers and trained counsellors but are only able to open three days a week. Based on Bannatyne Street in Lanark, Esteem … Read more
Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley has urged park home residents to apply for the warm home discount scheme. Permanent residents of static park homes are eligible for a £150 payment to help with the cost of heating their homes. The Park Homes Warm Home Discount Scheme closes at the end of March but … Read more
Three projects in South Lanarkshire have been awarded funding totalling £1.77 million from the Scottish Government’s Regeneration Capital Grant Fund. Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley has welcomed the funding which will be “transformational” for the towns and villages involved. The bulk of the funding was awarded to the project to regenerate Carluke High Mill. … Read more
Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley is backing the campaign to commemorate the brave pilots and navigators of the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) during the Second World War. The PRU was formed on 24th September 1939 and throughout the Second World War it operated highly dangerous, clandestine photographic reconnaissance operations over all theatres of … Read more
This week Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, in doing so pledging her commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people today. Holocaust … Read more
Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley has urged the UK Government to take a compassionate approach to unaccompanied children seeking asylum. This week, the SNP MP led a debate in Westminster Hall and highlighted how hundreds of unaccompanied children have been treated as adults upon arrival in the UK, denying them the rights and protections … Read more
Calls for two Lanarkshire policemen killed in the line of duty to be recognised for their bravery have been raised at Westminster. Speaking in a debate on Posthumous Award for Emergency Service Personnel, Lanark and Hamilton East MP Angela Crawley urged the UK Government to recognise the two officers who were killed more than 40 years ago. Police Constable George Taylor, from Carstairs Junction, was just 27 in 1976 when … Read more