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Sandra White MSP

Sandra White MSP

Sandra has been active locally and nationally since joining the SNP in 1983, being councillor for Foxbar, Renfrewshire, for ten years before being elected as a Glasgow MSP in 1999. She is a member of the Equal Opportunities Committee and has served as Deputy Shadow Minister for Health and Social Justice and as a Deputy Whip and is a member of the Party’s National Council. Sandra'’s interests in politics are achieving social justice and the regeneration of Glasgow. She is married with three grown up children.


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SNP welcomes rise in drug seizures
Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Sandra WhiteThe SNP has today praised the police and communities across Scotland in their efforts and cooperation in overcoming drug dealing.

Welcoming the publication Drug Seizures by Scottish Police Forces which shows a 10% rise in seizures 2011-12 from the previous 12 months, Glasgow Kelvin MSP Sandra White, a member of the Justice Committee, said: “The Scottish Government’s continued commitment to take on the drug trade and the money being made in it shows the SNP’s determination to halt Scotland’s crooks and dealers and to make our communities safer.

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MSP welcomes ashes National Commission
Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Sandra White MSPA Glasgow MSP has this afternoon welcomed the announcement from the Scottish Government of its intention to establish a National Commission to ensure clear and consistent advice is provided to bereaved families on the arrangements for the ashes of their loved ones.

The Commission is being set up after it emerged that different approaches were being used for the disposal of infant ashes across the country.

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SNP welcome KPMG Glasgow jobs announcement
Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Welcoming the announcement today  that KPMG is to create 150 new jobs in Glasgow at a new ‘tax centre of excellence’ in Glasgow’s International Services Financial District, Glasgow Kelvin MSP Sandra White described it as a huge vote of confidence in the city’s financial services district.

The new centre of excellence will handle highly-skilled tax compliance work for individuals and companies across the UK.

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LibDem Glasgow conference security bill must not hit police budget
Sunday, 31 March 2013

pittstreetThe revelation that Scotland’s police could be left facing a bill of £1.25 million to provide security for the LibDem conference taking place in Glasgow in September has sparked strong calls for the Westminster Government not to duck its share of the costs.

Because of the high security requirements that are demanded for the annual UK-wide conferences of Labour, the Tories and the LibDems, the Westminster Government usually meets 85% of the policing costs for the event that fall on local police forces. However, no agreement he yet been forthcoming for this practice to continue as normal when the LibDem conference visits Glasgow.

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