Difference between revisions of "John Home Robertson"
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He was the Convener of the [[Cross Party Group on the Civil Nuclear Industry]] at the Scottish Parliament in 2005-06. | He was the Convener of the [[Cross Party Group on the Civil Nuclear Industry]] at the Scottish Parliament in 2005-06. | ||
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| − | "After his election to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, Home-Robertson was the Scottish Executive Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs, with responsibility for fisheries and forestry in the late Donald Dewar's administration. In 2001 he took on convenership of the Holyrood Progress Group, which had responsibility for overseeing the completion of the Scottish Parliament Building project. He was a member of the Communities Committee and the European and External Relations Committee in the Parliament." | + | :"After his election to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, Home-Robertson was the Scottish Executive Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs, with responsibility for fisheries and forestry in the late Donald Dewar's administration. In 2001 he took on convenership of the Holyrood Progress Group, which had responsibility for overseeing the completion of the Scottish Parliament Building project. He was a member of the Communities Committee and the European and External Relations Committee in the Parliament." |
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[[Category:Individuals linked to the push for nuclear|Home Robertson, John]] | [[Category:Individuals linked to the push for nuclear|Home Robertson, John]] | ||
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John Robertson was a Labour MSP, representing the people of East Lothian for 26 years, first at Westminster and then at Holyrood. His constituency included the Torness nuclear power station near Dunbar.
From 1997-1999 he was the Parlimentary Private Secretary to the pro-nuclear Dr Jack Cunningham MP.
He was the Convener of the Cross Party Group on the Civil Nuclear Industry at the Scottish Parliament in 2005-06.
He stood down from the Scottish Parliament at the May 2007 election and the seat was taken by Iain Gray. [1]
Background
- "After his election to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, Home-Robertson was the Scottish Executive Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs, with responsibility for fisheries and forestry in the late Donald Dewar's administration. In 2001 he took on convenership of the Holyrood Progress Group, which had responsibility for overseeing the completion of the Scottish Parliament Building project. He was a member of the Communities Committee and the European and External Relations Committee in the Parliament."
References
- ↑ see John Home Robertson, They Work For You, accessed 2 September 2012
