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	<title>Linda Fabiani MSP</title>
	<link>http://www.lindafabiani.co.uk</link>
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		<title>MSPs HONOUR MEMORY OF LANARKSHIRE COVENANTERS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MSPs Linda Fabiani and Christina McKelvie took part in a historic church service and ceremony last week to unveil a new memorial to four Lanarkshire men who were executed in 1666 for their part in defending the National Covenants of Scotland. The memorial plaque in Hamilton Old Parish Curchyard is the work of the Scottish [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lindafabiani.co.uk/2010/07/07/msps-honour-memory-of-lanarkshire-covenanters/</link>
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		<title>Motion: Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association</title>
		<description><![CDATA[S3M-06697 Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (Scottish National Party): Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association— That the Parliament acknowledges the work of the Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association in restoring, repairing and preserving the graves and memorials of the Covenanters and promoting greater awareness of Scotland’s religious and historical heritage; acknowledges the association’s recent work in Ayrshire, where, at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lindafabiani.co.uk/2010/07/07/motion-scottish-covenanter-memorials-association/</link>
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		<title>EAST KILBRIDE DEMENTIA CARERS GROUP RECEIVES HIGH PRAISE FROM INSPECTORS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Linda Fabiani MSP has congratulated East Kilbride &#038; District Dementia Carers Group’s staff and volunteers on receiving an excellent report from the Care Commission, the body that inspects and rates care services in Scotland. The Group received a rating of 5, or Very Good, for Quality of Care and Support and a top mark of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lindafabiani.co.uk/2010/07/07/east-kilbride-dementia-carers-group-receives-high-praise-from-inspectors/</link>
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		<title>Debate: Budget Strategy Phase 2011-12</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Linda spoke in the debate on 1 July: &#8220;The evidence that the committee took was mixed, but some witnesses recognised that out of current adversity comes opportunity. I particularly commend those who spoke about the personalisation of services and long-term thinking coupled with preventative resourcing and systems thinking, thereby challenging the status quo, centrally imposed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lindafabiani.co.uk/2010/07/07/debate-budget-strategy-phase-2011-12/</link>
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		<title>EAST KILBRIDE GROUP&#8217;S EFFORTS LEAD TO &#8216;CHARTER FOR CHANGE&#8217; FOR OLDER CARERS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scottish Parliament motion recognises Murray Owen Carers Group&#8217;s achievement Linda Fabiani MSP has tabled a motion in the Scottish Parliament to mark the publication of Scotland&#8217;s first ever Charter for Change for older people who care for adult family members with learning disabilities. The charter is the latest milestone in a long-running campaign for recognition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lindafabiani.co.uk/2010/06/23/east-kilbride-groups-efforts-lead-to-charter-for-change-for-older-carers/</link>
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		<title>Motion: Caring for Carers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[S3M-06596 Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (Scottish National Party): Caring for Carers— That the Parliament notes that figures produced for the Scottish Government suggest that approximately 20% of people with learning disabilities live and are cared for in the family home by family members over the age of 65; recognises the particular concerns and needs of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lindafabiani.co.uk/2010/06/23/motion-caring-for-carers/</link>
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		<title>Debate: Sexual Assault Victims Initiative East Kilbride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Linda spoke in the debate on 16 June: &#8220;It must be borne in mind that it is only comparatively recently that society has started to discuss openly the fact that child abuse happens within and outwith families and the huge psychological effect that it has on the victims and those who are close to them. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lindafabiani.co.uk/2010/06/23/debate-sexual-assault-victims-initiative-east-kilbride/</link>
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		<title>EAST KILBRIDE POST OFFICES ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT CHALLENGE FUND</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Linda Fabiani MSP has urged post offices in the East Kilbride area to apply for support from the Scottish Government&#8217;s new one million pounds Challenge Fund, which is being launched to help local post offices diversify with new business activities and maintain their sustainability as businesses. Applications for awards ranging from 2,500 pounds to 25,000 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lindafabiani.co.uk/2010/06/23/east-kilbride-post-offices-encouraged-to-apply-for-scottish-government-challenge-fund/</link>
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		<title>Debate: Banking and Financial Services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Linda spoke in the debate on 2 June: &#8220;There will always be banking crises of one sort or another, but we should take steps to ensure that such a crisis cannot be precipitated by such irresponsibility. We must make it perfectly clear to the banks that consider themselves to be too globally interconnected and too [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lindafabiani.co.uk/2010/06/23/debate-banking-and-financial-services/</link>
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		<title>Motion: The Waitrose Foundation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[S3M-06495 Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (Scottish National Party): The Waitrose Foundation— That the Parliament congratulates the Waitrose Foundation on its fifth birthday and notes that, in its South Africa programme, £2.7 million has been ploughed into South African farms, 162 projects are running at 33 different farms, more than 22,000 farm workers have benefited, 710 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lindafabiani.co.uk/2010/06/23/motion-the-waitrose-foundation/</link>
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