What I Will Investigate
Four pillars of investigation. Concrete commitments. Using every tool available to an MSP to demand the answers Glasgow deserves.
Every pledge below is something a single, determined MSP can actually deliver — using Parliamentary Questions, Freedom of Information requests, committee scrutiny, parliamentary privilege, and Members’ Bills.
Pillar 1: NHS Glasgow Crisis
Where has the money gone?
1. Table a series of Parliamentary Questions demanding a full, line-by-line breakdown of NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde’s budget — focusing on management costs vs. frontline spending.
2. Submit FOI requests to establish the true A&E wait times at Glasgow’s major hospitals and compare them against Scottish Government targets.
3. Use committee scrutiny powers to demand that NHS Glasgow executives appear before the Health Committee to explain ward closures and staffing shortfalls.
Pillar 2: Glasgow Housing Failure
Who is profiting while families wait?
1. Submit FOI requests to Glasgow City Council demanding the full social housing waiting list data — broken down by ward, wait time, and family size.
2. Table Parliamentary Questions demanding transparency on how much public land has been sold to private developers in Glasgow over the last decade and at what price.
3. Use parliamentary privilege to name developers and council officials involved in decisions that prioritised profit over people.
Pillar 3: Drug Deaths Accountability
Who is accountable for Europe’s worst drug death rate?
1. Table Parliamentary Questions demanding a full accounting of every pound spent on drug treatment and rehabilitation in Glasgow over the past five years.
2. Submit FOI requests to establish how many drug treatment referrals were made vs. how many people actually received treatment.
3. Seek to introduce a Members’ Bill requiring annual public reporting on drug death prevention outcomes by local authority area.
Pillar 4: Glasgow Schools Decline
Why are our children falling behind?
1. Table Parliamentary Questions on the attainment gap between Glasgow’s most deprived and most affluent schools — demanding school-by-school data.
2. Submit FOI requests to establish how Pupil Equity Fund money has been spent in Glasgow schools and whether it has made any measurable difference.
3. Use committee powers to demand that Education Scotland officials explain why Glasgow’s school performance continues to decline despite increased funding.
The Tools of Accountability
These aren’t empty promises. Every commitment above uses real parliamentary powers that an MSP has access to from day one:
Parliamentary Questions — Force ministers to answer on the record. Freedom of Information requests — Demand the data they’d rather hide. Committee Scrutiny — Compel officials to appear and explain. Parliamentary Privilege — Name names without fear of legal threats. Members’ Bills — Propose new laws to fix broken systems.