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MAXWELL WELCOMES NEW RULES ON MOBILE CHARGES FOR EU TRAVELLERS

West of Scotland MSP Stewart Maxwell has welcomed new rules which will help to prevent Scottish holidaymakers from facing extortionate mobile phone bills when they return from travel within the EU.

23/07/10

NEW REPORT STRESSES NEED TO TACKLE COST OF ALCOHOL

West of Scotland MSP Stewart Maxwell has commented on a new report by Health Scotland which exposes the scale and amount of cheap alcohol available in Scotland.

The report which shows two thirds of alcohol in Scotland is purchased as off-sales rather than in pubs and clubs shows that over half of that alcohol is sold at less than 40 pence per unit.

22/07/10

EXTRA £2.5 MILLION OF CRIMINAL CASH UP FOR GRABS FOR LOCAL YOUTH PROJECTS

West of Scotland SNP MSP Stewart Maxwell has urged community groups from across the West of Scotland to apply for new funding made available from a 2.5 million pot of cash created from the proceeds of crime.

The initiative is part of the Scottish Governments CashBack for Communities scheme which uses cash seized from criminals and reinvests it into local communities.

15/07/10

NEW EMBARRASSMENT FOR SCOTS TORIES ON PRISON SENTENCING

Annabel Goldie and the Holyrood Tories have yet again been left high and dry by their London party bosses says SNP MSP Stewart Maxwell, after the Westminster Justice Secretary Ken Clarke said there was no link between rising levels of imprisonment and falling crime since the falling crime levels were reflected in most of the Western world without rising prison populations.

14/07/10