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Pauline McNeill (born September 12, 1962) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She has Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Kelvin (Scottish Parliament constituency), Scotland, having been elected in the Scottish Parliamentary Election, 1999 and the Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003 September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ...
1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...
Glasgow Kelvin is a constituency represented in the Scottish Parliament. ...
The Scottish parliamentary election, 1999 was the first general election of the Scottish Parliament, with voting taking place on May 6, 1999. ...
The Scottish parliamentary election, 2003, was the second general election of the Scottish Parliament. ...
Education
Pauline McNeill was educated at Our Lady's High School, Cumbernauld, before attending the Glasgow College of Building and Printing. From 1986 to 1988 she was a president of the National Union of Students Scotland. She gained a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Strathclyde in 1999. The National Union of Students Scotland is the Scottish section of the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom. ...
The degree of Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in most common law countries other than the United States, where it has been replaced by the Juris Doctor degree. ...
The University of Strathclyde is a university in Glasgow, Scotland. ...
Career From 1988 to 1999 McNeill was a regional organiser in Scotland for the GMB Union representing workers in the National Health Service. The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom, and has more than 700,000 members. ...
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Parliamentary Work McNeill was a convenor of the Justice 2 Committee from until 2003, then becoming the Convenor of the Justice 1 Committee of the Scottish Parliament (2003-).
In addition she has campaigned on a variety of local issues in Glasgow Kelvin.
She is also convenor the cross Party groups within the Scottish Parliament that cover Palestine and the Scottish Contemporary Music Industry. In addition McNeill is a member of the following Palestine (Hebrew: ×רץ ישר×ל Eretz Israel, Arabic: Ùلسطين FilastÄ«n or FalastÄ«n, see also Land of Israel) is one of many historical names for the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the banks of the Jordan River, plus various adjoining lands to the east and south. ...
Buidheann Thar Phartaidh na Gàidhlig;
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Affordable Housing;
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Cuba;
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Human Rights;
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on the Scottish Economy;
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Tobacco Control;
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Visual Impairment;
Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Refugees and Asylum Seekers;
In 2005 McNeill was awarded the Equality Network 'Friend for Life' award for her work in ensuring that the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and Gender Recognition Act 2004 legislation passed at the UK Governement level was compliant with existing Scottish legislation. The Civil Partnership Act 2004 grants legal status to gay and lesbian couples in the United Kingdom. ...
The Gender Recognition Act 2004 is an Act of Parliament of the British Parliament which allows transsexual people to change their legal gender. ...
External links - Pauline McNeill MSP website
- Scottish Parliament biography
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