Michael Connarty

Please find below some links, which may be useful to you. Alsobelow are links, which will hopefully provide more informationabout my work as an MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk.

Local MSPs
The Scottish Parliament isresponsible for all matters not reserved for Westminster. Theseinclude: health; education; training & lifelong learning;
local government; social work; housing; planning; economicdevelopment;
financial assistance to industry; tourism; transport (road network,bus policy, ports and harbours); most aspects of criminal and civillaw; criminal justice and prosecution system; courts; police andfire services; environment; natural heritage; built heritage;agriculture; food standards; forestry; fisheries; sport; the arts;statistics; public registers & records.

Cathy Peattie MSP East Falkirk (www.cathypeattiemsp.org.uk)
Mary Mulligan MSP Linlithgow (http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/marymulligan/)

Directgov (http://www.direct.gov.uk)
Directgov brings together the widest range of public serviceinformation and services online. Produced by the Central Office ofInformation, Directgov provides information from across UKGovernment departments on topics ranging from travel safety andparental leave to special educational needs and local NHSservices.

Labour Research Department (http://www.lrd.org.uk)
The independent research organisation publishing news andinformation for trade unionists. Around 2,000 trade unionorganisations are affiliated, representing more than 99% of totalTUC membership.

Citizens Advice Bureau (www.citizensadvice.org.uk)
The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, moneyand other problems by providing free information and advice fromnearly 3,400 locations, and by influencing policymakers.

The Pensions Service (http://www.thepensionservice.gov.uk)
The Pension Service website is published by the Government. Itprovides information for individuals about pensions and otherpensioner benefits in the UK, whether you are planning for thefuture, are about to retire or have already retired.

The Labour Party
Labour Party Website (http://www.labour.org.uk/home)
Scottish Labour Party Website (http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk)

West Lothian Council (http://www.westlothian.gov.uk)
The Council provides services such as Education, Social Work,Housing, Highways, Street Lighting and Cleansing.

Falkirk Council (http://www.falkirk.gov.uk)
The Council provides services such as Education, Social Work,Housing, Highways, Street Lighting and Cleansing.

European Scrutiny Select Committee (http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/european_scrutiny.cfm)
Michael is currently the Chair of the European Scrutiny SelectCommittee. The Committee assesses the legal and/or politicalimportance of each EU document, decides which EU documents aredebated, monitors the activities of UK Ministers in the Council,and keeps legal, procedural and institutional developments in theEU under review.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on the PharmaceuticalIndustry
(http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmparty/041217/memi344.htm)
This summer Michael was elected as the Vice Chair of the APPG ofthe above group. To discuss issues connected with the operation ofthe pharmaceutical industry in the UK; to exchange information andviews with the pharmaceutical companies; to debate pharmaceuticaldevelopments and their impact on patients and UK healthcare.

All-Party Chemical Industry Group(http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmparty/041217/memi167.htm)
Michael is also the secretary of the All-Party Chemical IndustryGroup ? his constituency includes Grangemouth refineries thelargest of his type in Scotland. The purpose to enable Members ofeach House to consider current issues topical to both parliamentand the chemical industry, with the benefit of input from theindustry.

British Offshore Oil and Gas Industry All-PartyParliamentary Group
(http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmparty/041217/memi328.htm)
The purpose of the group is to provide a forum for discussion ofissues relevant to the British offshore oil and gas industry andother related industries, and to raise matters with government andwith the industry itself.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Energy(http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmparty/041217/memi324.htm)
The purpose of the group is to provide a broad level of informationand briefings for parliamentarians about the commercial nuclearindustry in Britain and overseas, and to enable discussion aboutall aspects of nuclear energy.

All-Party Parliamentary Group onHaemophilia
(http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmparty/041217/memi259.htm)
To promote an awareness of, and to campaign for, people withhaemophilia and people with haemophilia infected with Hepatitis Cand HIV due to the use of contaminated blood products used in theirNHS treatment is the purpose of this group. Michael is the Chair ofthis APPG.

All-Party Parliamentary Group forPeru
(http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmparty/041217/memi86.htm)
Michael is the Chair of APPG for Peru. This group aims to developlinks between Peru and the United Kingdom, in particular betweenrespective members of parliament in the two countries.