This website was established when Marlyn Glen was a Member of the Scottish Parliament.
As the Scottish Parliament has now been dissolved there are no Members of the Scottish Parliament until after the election of 5th. May 2011
News
SNP Government’s failure to double the number of school nurses in Tayside revealed 11/03/2011
Dundee and Angus Breastfeeding rates : MSP questions Scottish Government 2/03/2011
Number of nursing and midwifery staff in NHS Tayside falls to a 4-year low 25/02/2011
Dundee gender pay gap : Women face a "double disadvantage" on pay 09/02/2011
Domestic Abuse : Marlyn Glen praises women in Dundee for coming forward 08/02/2011
Areas of Dundee approaching 10 per cent unemployment rates 25/01/2011
Dundee Forensics : MSP to raise transfer costs again with Justice Secretary 17/01/2011
Over 20 per cent increase in anti-obesity drugs in NHS Tayside in one year 30/12/2010
Lochee Health profile clarified 24/12/2010
Over 280 construction workers in Dundee seeking work as housing spending cut by half 22/12/2010
Dundee teacher staffing : No ""realistic or accurate figures" available at present 15/12/2010
Teacher numbers : Almost 1 out of every 10 secondary teachers in Dundee gone 14/12/2010
Dundee dental bursary scheme success hailed 10/12/2010
Dundee Forensic Laboratory : Protest to Minister over transfer of posts from Dundee 8/12/2010
Learning Teaching Scotland - Education Inspectorate merger " camouflage for cuts" concern 8/12/2010
Before the SNP’s council cuts come, remember this....... 3/12/2010
Lochee Health Profile : Call for more information 30/11/2010
Marlyn Glen welcomes increase in resources for dementia services in Dundee 25/11/2010
The draft Scottish Budget - The SNP’s New Concordat with Local Councils 20/11/2010
Scottish Budget : Call for "determined action to help Dundee" 16/11/2010
Mills Observatory "must remain in the public sector" 15/11/2010
Education expenditure increase in Dundee under Labour 13/11/2010
The future of Dundee FC 04/11/2010
Marlyn Glen welcomes V&A design decision announcement 3/11/2010
Apprenticeships : Labour won guarantee of 7,800 more apprenticeships 1/11/2010
Council tax freeze : councils have no power to increase tax on individual tax bands 29/10/2010
Dundee games development sector : "Useful " meeting with Minister, says MSP 28/10/2010
Video games sector in Dundee : MSP to meet Minister 22/10/2010
Education amalgamation : Plea for no job losses in Dundee 20/10/2010
200 posts now predicted to go at NHS Tayside to go : SNP government responsible, says MSP 15/10/2010
Cost of care for the elderly : MSP asks council again for figures 14/10/2010
Welcome for more cleaning staff at Ninewells 7/10/2010
New class size of 25 in Primary 1 : Maximum can still be exceeded 01/10/2010
Homecoming Scotland : No figures for "boost" for Dundee 23/09/2010
Benefits Cuts : Dundee could lose up to £21 million a year 17/09/2010
SNP forced to back down on class sizes claim 16/09/2010
Cost of unemployment in Dundee put at £40 million a year 10/09/2010
Marlyn Glen is not seeking re-election to the Scottish Parliament in 2011 02/09/2010
Council Tax Freeze : Call for Dundee to retain its share of £70 million funding 31/08/2010
No permanent posts in Dundee for over 60 per cent of probationary teachers 24/08/2010
Council tax freeze has benefited those in the higher council tax bands the most 21/08/2010
Realtime Worlds : "Urgent meeting " sought with Employment Minister 18/08/2010
VAT increase to cost NHS Tayside more than £400,000 extra this year 17/08/2010
"Never-Ending Council Tax Freeze faces crisis of credibility" 16/08/2010
Pregnancy and Maternity Employment Tribunal Cases : Less than 1 in 10 successful 10/08/2010
Free Personal Care : "The debate has only just begun" 07/08/2010
Cuts : Solutions, not squabbles are needed 07/08/2010
Cuts : Council " failing to face up to its responsibility," says MSP 04/08/2010
Con-Dem Coalition to scrap Fund that has supported 84 jobs in Angus 04/08/2010
Working age population set to fall despite increase in pension age 23/07/2010
500 jobs cut at NHS Tayside : "Health service already at full stretch," says MSP 13/07/2010
NHS Tayside "on track" to meet new cancer treatment target next year 09/07/2010
Teenage pregnancy levels in Dundee 06/07/2010
Questions raised on the future cost of care of the elderly in Dundee 02/07/2010
Unemployment rates in areas of Dundee - latest official figures 30/06/2010
Unemployment and ill-health link highlighted by Dundee figures 30/06/2010
2010 levels of diabetes in Tayside exceed those initially predicted for 2018 15/06/2010
Two view mammography : no official NHS Tayside data yet 09/06/2010
500 posts to go at NHS Tayside : "impact severe", says MSP 03/06/2010
"Childhood obesity strong pointer to adult obesity" 01/06/2010
Cancer waiting times : MSP asks Health Secretary about NHS Tayside’s resources 28/05/2010
MSP raises £1.4 million cost for hub to oversee Harris Academy refurbishment 26/05/2010
MSP to raise 500 job cuts in NHS Tayside in Scottish Parliament 21/05/2010
NHS Tayside 500 jobs cuts : state which jobs will go, MSP asks health board 17/05/2010
MSP raises NHS Tayside Hospital Pharmacist Vacancies with Health Secretary 11/05/2010
Progress in reducing smoking rates, concern at freeze in funding for cessation services 06/05/2010
Apprentice redundancies : "sign of stagnation in key sector industry" 20/04/2010
Laptop scheme for Scotland urged 14/04/2010
Gender Pay Gap : "Still a Long Way to Closing it" 01/04/2009
Putting Dundee "at the forefront of green energy production" 29/03/2010
No guarantee that new composite classes will not be formed in Dundee primary schools 29/03/2010
£700,000 vandalism cost to Dundee last year 23/03/2010
Plea not to cut Dundee’s affordable homes budget 22/03/2010
Jobs relocation : Dundee " simply ignored once again" 18/03/2010
Alcohol misuse imposing " considerable strain " on NHS in Tayside 16/03/2010
Drop out rate on Dundee student nursing courses reaches 40 per cent 11/03/2010
Statement of support on PCS action 10/03/2010
Gender pay gap a " stubborn reminder of a wider inequality against women" 09/03/2010
Marlyn Glen's Ninewells C difficile website plea turned down by Nicola Sturgeon 24/02/2010
Anti-obesity drug use in Tayside soars 20/02/2010
"Cheerless news" over civil service jobs for Dundee 12/02/2010
Ninewells C difficile outbreak : FoI submitted 08/02/2010
MSP welcomes display of Titian masterpiece in Dundee later this year 05/02/2010
C diff public inquiry and Ninewells : MSP seeks clarification 05/02/2010
MSP calls on NHS Tayside to release its own internal findings on C difficile outbreak 02/02/2010
Figures released on Healthy Life Expectancy in Dundee in the early 2000s 02/02/2010
MSP asks why no Dundee venue for rail timetable consultation 01/02/2010
WARP funding plea for Dundee’s two universities 28/01/2010
MSP praises NHS Tayside work on Healthy Start Initiative 25/01/2010
More GP practices in Tayside offer extended opening hours 13/01/2010
Dundee's participation in new Baccalaureate exam 06/01/2010
New plea on more civil service jobs for Dundee 21/12/2009
Concern over health visitor vacancies in Dundee 19/12/2009
Superbugs such as C difficile and MRSA cost over £2,100 per case to treat in hospital 12/122009
Dundee employment trends 12/12/2009
Harris Academy : Government should pay for rise in council share 09/12/2009
MSP urges aid for NHS Tayside to employ newly-qualified midwives 09/12/2009
Statement on the Scottish Government's White paper on the referendum on independence 30/11/2009
School education control must remain local 30/11/2009
Ninewells C difficile outbreak : MSP ask Scottish Government for financial assurance 11/11/2009
How will Scottish Enterprise cuts impact on Dundee and Tayside, MSP asks 05/11/2009
Plea for more construction work 29/10/2009
MSP calls for more financial support for muscular dystrophy care 27/10/2009
Plea for more funding for dementia care 21/10/2009
Gude Cause : commemorating the campaign for Women's Suffrage 10/10/2009
Only 1 class in Broughty Ferry primaries at target level , says MSP 03/10/2009
More details sought on STV's pilot news programme for Dundee 02/10/2009
Broughty Ferry Home Insulation Scheme welcomed 02/10/2009
Harris refurbishment cost and timetable questioned 02/10/2009
SNP primary school class sizes policy "in shreds" 17/09/2009
Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act prosecutions in Dundee and Tayside 08/09/2009
43 Tayside legal staff now trained as specialists in the investigation of sexual offences 02/09/2009
Mary Shelley's 1826 novel 28/82009
NHS Tayside C difficile rate "stable" 26/08/2009
Welcome for increase in Abertay biomedical bursaries 20/08/2009
Welcome for commitment to V&A funding 17/08/2009
NHS Tayside expenditure must be guaranteed as a " budget for a key service" 14/08/2009
Scottish Government to be questioned on Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 12/08/2009
Never Too Late to Vaccinate 06/08/2009
MSP greets success of bursary scheme for dentists in Tayside 05/08/2009
61 applications for 3 teaching posts : "Responsibility rests upon Scottish Government" 30/07/2009
Funding for Dundee Baccalaureate exams : Scottish Government "must do better" says MSP 22/07/2009
MSP to raise Dundee Social Work vacancies with Scottish Government 14/07/2009
Stobswell residents’ worries over prostitution : Parliamentary questions to be tabled
MSP queries National Galleries on displaying £50 million Titian masterpiece in Dundee 10/072009
Ten years of devolution in Scotland 01/07/2009
Welcome for the ending of the Community Health Nurse scheme 01/07/2009
MSP raises physiotherapy services with Health Minister with 1,300 on Dundee waiting list 20/06/2009
Council urged to explore twin city teaching offer 15/06/2009
50 per cent of junior doctors in NHS Tayside working over the 48-hour limit with just over 8 weeks to go till its introduction 28/05/2009
No plans to re-locate civil service jobs to Dundee, MSP told 21/05/2009
£15 million in "efficiency savings" in NHS Tayside’s budget this year 15/05/2009
Community Health Nurse pilot cost £282,000 in Tayside last year 12/05/2009
V&A in Dundee : Still no commitment of finance from Scottish Government, says MSP 11/05/2009
Dundee class sizes and number of teachers : No response from SNP Government 29/04/2009No commitment to provide more money or teachers for Dundee, MSP is told by Minister 21/04/2009
MSP raises Broughty Ferry Primary Class Sizes with Education Secretary 17/04/2009
Call on Scottish Government to detail plans to boost Dundee jobs 17/04/2009
MSP questions Health Secretary on future of Community Health Nurse programme 16/04/2009
Dundee University post-graduate teacher training numbers set to be cut 16 April 2009
MSP queries Homecoming impact on Dundee 26 March 2009
Call for prescriptions for cancer patients in Scotland to be abolished 24 March 2009
Apprentices facing redundancy at NCR : MSP urges Minister 19/03/2009
Local Income Tax consultation cost over £10,000 17/03/2009
Allocations to NHS Tayside "failing to keep pace with previous years," says MSP 10 March 2009V&A in Dundee : MSP seeks "firm guarantee" from Minister 02 March 2009
Dundee primary class sizes : "urgent need for more teachers," says MSP 25 February 2009
VAT reduction on car parking charges : MSP welcomes NHS Tayside’s move at Ninewells 25 February 2009"Cut in real terms for the second year" in NHS Tayside’s capital allocation 24 February 2009
Dundee MMR vaccinations : MSP congratulates parents and staff on "breakthrough" figures 16/02/2009
Local Income Tax : MSP queries cost of public consultation on dropped policy 13/02/2009
Emerging strain of C difficile reported in NHS Tayside 11/02/2009
Councils should not be made scapegoats for broken promises, says MSP 03/02/2009
£864,000 awarded for NHS dental bursaries in Dundee 23/01/2009
NHS Tayside "confident" of meeting waiting times target, MSP learns 21/01/2009
Dundee merits the same attention as Edinburgh, says MSP 19/01/2009
Free School meals and Breakfast Clubs - still no extra money, says MSP 15/01/2009
Ninewells car parking charges : Freedom of Information request to go ahead 13/01/2009
Support for Bill to scrap car parking charges at Ninewells Hospital 12/01/2009
Dundee gender pay gap widens 09 January 2009Single hospital rooms - MSP questions Health Secretary on funding for NHS Tayside 08 January 2009
MSP calls for more teachers to stem Dundee’s "brain drain" 07 January 2009
