Alex challenges First Minister on Mental Health Waits
Alex used his last question to Nicola Sturgeon to challenge her on the amount of time people are still waiting for mental health treatment.
3 Apr 2023
Alex Cole-Hamilton
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Edinburgh Western
Alex is the constituency MSP for Edinburgh Western, and Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. He was first elected in 2016, and re-elected in 2021.
Before Parliament, Alex worked in the childrens voluntary sector, including being Director of Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights) and worked on the campaign to raise the age of leaving care in Scotland to 21.
Since being elected Alex led the successful campaign to save HIV Scotland from planned funding cuts, forced the Government to abandon their plans to abolish jury trials during the Covid pandemic and has spoken up for bus services, dentist and GP provision, and protecting greenbelt land in west Edinburgh.
He has prioritised campaigning on children's mental health, first aid awareness, long covid and supporting Ukrainian refugees. He was sanctioned by the Kremlin in August 2022 following his public criticism of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and for his efforts to highlight Russian influence in Scotland.
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Time for Action on West Edinburgh Sewage
Alex has again challenged the Scottish Government to stop the dumping of untreated sewage in Scotland’s rivers and beaches.
3 Apr 2023
Summit on Social Housing
Alex has convened a summit to look at the growing problems of overcrowding, scarcity and low standards of accommodation in Edinburgh's social housing sector.
3 Apr 2023
Alex meets with Teaching Unions on School Closures
Alex sat down with EIS union leaders and raised the deep concern of parents across West Edinburgh about the ongoing disruption to learning caused by teacher strikes.
2 Mar 2023
Solutions offered in Bottle Return Scheme Mess
With fewer that 20% of producer signed up, there has been an avalanche of concern about the introduction of the deposit return scheme.
2 Mar 2023
Less than half of Royal Infirmary patients seen within 4 hours
Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has called on the SNP/Green Government to “stop clutching onto a failing recovery plan” after over 50% of A&E patients waited more than four hours to be seen.
17 Feb 2023
Scottish Government "leaving patients in pain"
Alex Cole-Hamilton has accused the Scottish Government of leaving “patients in pain”, as new figures show that the number of GPs working for Primary Care Out of Hours services had dropped by more than a fifth since 2019.
17 Feb 2023
"Get the Basics Right" to get education back on track
Local MSP for Edinburgh Western Alex Cole-Hamilton has called for a serious effort to "get the basics right" to get Scotland's education system back on track.
17 Feb 2023
The next First Minister must drop the doomed social care takeover
After the First Minister’s resignation, Alex called on her successor to ditch plans for a ministerial takeover of social care, claiming that it is “doomed to fail”.
17 Feb 2023
Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP
Alex challenges First Minister on dentistry crisis
Hundreds of Scots are resorting to DIY dentistry because they’ve been unable to get access to NHS dental treatment.
9 Nov 2022
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