2 February, 2011.

 LANARK AND HAMILTON MP CALLS FOR SAFER MEDICINES

 Patient safety group Safer Medicines Campaign thanks Lanark and Hamilton East MP Jim Hood for signing Early Day Motion 475 “Safety of Medicines” to improve the safety testing of new drugs. Although many medicines are essential and save many lives, their side effects hospitalise a million Britons and kill more than 10,000 every year, making them one of our leading causes of death.

 Better methods to test the safety of new drugs could have a major impact.  Current methods rely on animal tests, which often create a false sense of security, as with Avandia and Vioxx, …

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8 November, 2010. 

Families in Lanark & Hamilton East will be worse off because of housing allowance cuts.

The Conservative led government want to change the way local housing allowance is calculated. The change they propose means 700,000 people in Britain are set to lose out by an average of £9 a week according to official DWP figures, with losses in every local authority in Britain from October 2011.

Jim Hood, MP for Lanark & Hamilton East said:

“Families on modest incomes in Lanark & Hamilton East will be concerned that from next year they could be an average of £7.50 a …

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28 September, 2010.          

 LOCAL MP , JIM HOOD, HAS PLEDGED TO DO HIS BIT FOR ARMED FORCES, VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES

The Royal British Legion has asked MPs across the political spectrum to pledge to do their bit as a sign of their support for the whole Armed Forces.

Jim Hood MP said:

”Our Armed Forces are the best in the world. Whether in Afghanistan or here in the UK, they acquit themselves with determination, skill and bravery and the whole country is proud of the fantastic work that they do.

“The Armed Forces make huge sacrifices in the service of this country. They risk …

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MP Joins Campaign to Lower Mobile Termination Rates

Jim Hood, MP for Lanark & Hamilton East, has joined the “Terminate the Rate Campaign” in support of Ofcom’s proposals to cut the cost of Mobile Termination Rates.

Mr. Hood said:

“I have recently received many letters from people in Lanark & Hamilton East who have responded to the Ofcom consultation on the wholesale mobile voice call termination market review where Ofcom is already proposing that the rates should be reduced from 4.3p to 0.5 p.

Nobody should have to worry about whether they can afford to communicate with friends and relatives.   Last year we were …

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April 8th 2010

LANARKSHIRE LABOUR BANK ON OWEN

Local Labour politicians have added their support to a national campaign to commemorate New Lanark founder Robert Owen on Scottish banknotes.

Clydesdale MSP Karen Gillon and Lanark and Hamilton East MP Jim Hood, whose constituencies both include the World Heritage Site of New Lanark, have added their support to the Bank on Owen petition.

The petition calls on the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Bank of Scotland and the Clydesdale Bank to recognise the achievements of Robert Owen by commemorating him on bank notes.

Clydesdale MSP Karen Gillon said:

“The contributions which Robert Owen made to …

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