Archive for the ‘Crime’ Category

Maryhill MSP Calls For Quicker Action To Evict Drug Dealers

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Patricia Ferguson, MSP for Maryhill, has called on the Scottish Government to review the process through which landlords can secure an eviction as a result of drug dealing and asked to meet a Government Minister to discuss the issue. Speaking in Parliament the Labour MSP highlighted the delays experienced in securing ...

Maryhill MSP Welcomes Campaign To Tackle Under Age Drinking

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Patricia Ferguson MSP has welcomed a poster campaign aimed at tackling under-age drinking the Maryhill and Saracen.  The initiative is backed by Strathclyde Police and Glasgow Community Safety Services and was recently launched at the Co-Op store in Saracen. The campaign will see posters displayed in off-licenses in Maryhill and Saracen, ...

Labour attacks SNP’s flawed alcohol plan

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Glasgow North MP, Ann McKechin and Kelvin MSP, Pauline McNeill have backed Glasgow University Labour Club in criticising the SNP Government’s plans to ban young people aged 18-21 from purchasing alcohol in any off-sales within Scotland. The plans have been criticised for failing to address the real problems of binge drinking.Ann commented:“There needs to be ...

Tackling Graffiti and anti-social vandalism

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Councillor Mohammed Razaq and the local Labour Party are responding to local concerns over graffiti in our area. Cllr. Razaq was recently contacted by a local resident about graffiti including offensive language on the electrical junction box at the corner of Leyden Street and Gardens and also on walls in ...