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Rhoda Grant

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Name: Rhoda Grant

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

North police morale low, claims MSP

An MSP has said police officers working in the Highlands and Islands have reported a deterioration in morale under a single police force.Northern Constabulary, which had covered the area, was merged with other forces to create Police Scotland.Labour's ... [Published BBC - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Rhoda Grant, Police, Scotland

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

MSP's shock claim of police frustration under new regime

A SHOCK claim that police officers in the Highlands are not able to do their jobs under the new Police Scotland regime has been made by a local MSP.Highlands & Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant has revealed she has been contacted by officers from the Highlands ... [Published Inverness Courier - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Police, Rhoda Grant, Scotland

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Edinburgh escort boss Munro demands talk with MSP

A VICE boss facing jail for running a lucrative escort agency has demanded showdown talks with a politician pushing for tougher prostitution laws. Robert Munro, 61, has challenged Labour Highlands and Islands MSP Rhoda Grant to meet him after taking exception ... [Published The Scotsman - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Rhoda Grant, Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Sex

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 2 reports

MSP reveals frustration by North Police Officers

Highlands and Islands MSP Rhoda Grant has revealed that she has been contacted by Officers from the Highlands & Islands Division of Police Scotland who are frustrated at not being able to provide the service they once did to the public in the North.Rhoda ... [Published Stornoway Gazette - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Rhoda Grant, Police, Scottish Government

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

MSPs ‘taken aback’ by crofting complexity

MSPs have been ?taken aback? by the complexities of crofting according to the Minster for Environment and Climate Change - who counted himself among those surprised by the legislation minefield.Winding up the first stage debate on the Crofting (Amendment) ... [Published Stornoway Gazette - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Jamie McGrigor, Rhoda Grant, Scotland, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

A harmful trade

Rhoda Grant MSP emphasises coercion in her case for criminalising the buying of sex (your report, 12 June), but there are also many other reasons to support her bill. Working as a prostitute involves routinely disconnecting the physical aspect of sex ... [Published The Scotsman - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Prostitution, Sex, Richard Lucas, Rhoda Grant

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

MSP: Prostitution rules will not put women at risk

SUPPORTERS of a policy aimed at criminalising people who pay for sex want Scottish politicians to back the Swedish model, which is claimed to have cut prostitution by half. Rhoda Grant MSP, who is seeking to bring a bill, believes she has growing support ... [Published The Scotsman - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Prostitution, Scotland, Rhoda Grant

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 3 reports

MSP calls for schools money to be reimbursed

Highlands and Islands Labour MSP, Rhoda Grant, called on the First Minister to reimburse Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (CnES) for the lost savings and legal fees expended in pursuing the... ... [Published Hebrides News Today - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Rhoda Grant, CNES

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Liberty at a price

The addictive, progressive and corrupting effects of pornography are well known, yet there are still some so wedded to the creed of sexual liberation that they bury their heads in the sand refusing to acknowledge the harms caused. Internet giants such ... [Published The Scotsman - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Prostitution, Rhoda Grant, Pornography, Sex

First reported Jun 01 2013 - Updated Jun 01 2013 - 1 reports

Glasgow sex workers react to prostitution Bill consultation results

Facebook Tweet GoogleSex Workers: Proposed Bill poses problems for businessFor many Scottish sex workers, 2013 has been, and will continue to be, a year of public debate and protest.April saw the Sex Workers Open University (SWOU) come to Glasgow for ... [Published Stv.tv - Jun 01 2013]

Entities: Sex, Prostitution, Workers

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

Public backs criminalising purchase of sex, says MSP

A PROPOSAL to criminalise the purchase of sex has been overwhelmingly backed, according to the results of a public consultation. Almost 1,000 people responded to Labour MSP Rhoda Grant’s plan, which she hopes will become law in Scotland. Of the total, ... [Published The Scotsman - May 31 2013]

Entities: Sex, Prostitution, Rhoda Grant

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS MSP RHODA GRANT JOINS OFGEM DRIVE TO HELP VULNERABLE CUSTOMERS GET MORE FROM THEIR ENERGY SUPPLIER

Shadow Energy Minister, Rhoda Grant MSP has joined an Ofgem drive to increase the take-up of free services available from energy suppliers. These services are available to vulnerable people who... ... [Published Hebrides News Today - May 28 2013]

Entities: Rhoda Grant, Ofgem

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The case for the Criminalisation of the Purchas... [Published New Statesman - Jun 17 2013]
North police morale low, claims MSP [Published BBC - Jun 14 2013]
MSP's shock claim of police frustration under n... [Published Inverness Courier - Jun 14 2013]
Edinburgh escort boss Munro demands talk with MSP [Published The Scotsman - Jun 14 2013]
MSP reveals frustration by North Police Officers [Published Stornoway Gazette - Jun 14 2013]
Highland MSP reveals frustration by North Polic... [Published Hebrides News Today - Jun 14 2013]
MSPs ‘taken aback’ by crofting complexity [Published Stornoway Gazette - Jun 13 2013]
A harmful trade [Published The Scotsman - Jun 13 2013]
Edinburgh Brothel: ‘Businessman’ eyes new agency [Published The Scotsman - Jun 12 2013]
Amnesty, human rights and the criminalisation o... [Published New Statesman - Jun 12 2013]
MSP: Prostitution rules will not put women at risk [Published The Scotsman - Jun 12 2013]
Sex workers charity hit out at police raids on ... [Published Deadline News - Jun 09 2013]
Sex worker charity anger at Edinburgh sauna raids [Published The Scotsman - Jun 09 2013]
Sex crackdown for east as police turn heat on s... [Published Herald Scotland - Jun 08 2013]
Clampdown on brothels as Police Scotland raid s... [Published Herald Scotland - Jun 08 2013]
MSP calls for schools money to be reimbursed [Published Hebrides News Today - Jun 06 2013]
Compensation call in school row [Published BBC - Jun 06 2013]
MSP calls for schools money to be reimbursed [Published Stornoway Gazette - Jun 06 2013]
Land reform work 'should be bolder' [Published BBC - Jun 06 2013]
Scottish landowners deny new Highland Clearances [Published Telegraph - Jun 06 2013]
Liberty at a price [Published The Scotsman - Jun 03 2013]
'Warning bell' over energy charges as SSE plans... [Published Herald Scotland - Jun 02 2013]
Glasgow sex workers react to prostitution Bill ... [Published Stv.tv - Jun 01 2013]
Public backs criminalising purchase of sex, say... [Published The Scotsman - May 31 2013]
Minister gets rough ride after 'insulting' loca... [Published Herald Scotland - May 30 2013]
HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS MSP RHODA GRANT JOINS OFG... [Published Hebrides News Today - May 28 2013]
Tracker [Published Holyrood - May 22 2013]
Kerb crawler law working, MSP claims [Published Tayside and Fife Courier - Mar 09 2013]
Scottish News: Government quizzed on oil fund plan [Published West Lothian Courier - Jan 09 2013]
'Protecting vulnerable and targeting abusers' m... [Published Tayside and Fife Courier - Dec 07 2012]