29 March, 2010.

Stunning Mathletics Success – Hamilton College Praised by MP

Mr. Jim Hood, MP for Lanark and Hamilton East, was treated to a Mathletics demonstration by some of the P7 pupils at Hamilton College on Friday 26 March.  Mr. Hood had been invited to the College by Scotland’s Mathletics Ambassador, P7 student Olivia Greener.

Speaking from his constituency office Mr. Hood said:

“ What a fantastic achievement for the college where its students secured the top three places in Scotland – with P7 student, Sharan Maiya, coming fourth in the world out of over a million students from over 56,000 schools.

I was …

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22 March, 2010 

Jim Hood MP Pledges Support for NSPCC Campaign to Protect Children

 Jim Hood MP for Lanark & Hamilton East has pledged to support the NSPCC’s  “I stand for children” campaign which aims to make child protection a priority for the next Parliament.

 Jim Hood said:

 “My survey on ‘Protecting Children from Sex Offenders’ in 2007 revealed that 99% of people in the constituency who took part in the survey thought that tougher measures were needed to monitor high risk sex offenders.  The volume of the responses I received then is a reflection on the strength of feeling people have on this …

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8 March, 2010. 

MP  Defends Local Business

 Jim Hood, MP for Lanark & Hamilton East, has been successful in his bid for an Adjournment Debate in the House of Commons Westminster Hall.  The Adjournment Debate entitled “The Royal Bank of Scotland and Small Businesses” will take place on Wednesday 10 March between 11.00 and 11.30 am.

 Speaking from his constituency office, Mr. Hood said :

“  Many small businesses depend upon the support of the Banks for the operation of their business.   I want to bring attention to the effect unfair bank decisions have upon small businesses, especially when they are providing essential local …

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Jim Hood MP (Lanark & Hamilton east)

 Statement re Legg ACA Review Report

 In his letter to me dated 12 October, Legg said I had made a duplicate claim for March 2007, dated 31 March 2007 for £1630. I now know that I had mistakenly dated the claim for March 2007 when it should have been for January 2007.

 I immediately accepted responsibility for wrongly dating the claim but there was no duplicate claim or overpayment from ACA. I was therefore disappointed that having provided him with evidence and explanation proving there was no duplicate payment, Legg decided that wrongly dating a claim …

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20 January, 2010.

“We must keep investing to help everyone back into work”, says JIM HOOD MP

 Jim Hood MP for Lanark & Hamilton East today called for continued investment in Lanark & Hamilton East to help people back into work.

Jim Hood MP said:

“We’ve got to keep investing in jobs through the recovery.  I am backing the Future Jobs Fund which will bring more jobs to the area, jobs that David Cameron wants to slash.

“In previous recessions unemployed young people were left on the scrapheap.  We can’t let this happen again.

“That’s why I support Labour’s guarantees – an education or training place …

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