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- BATTLEFIELD COMMUNITY PROJECT
Community Garden Planning Day, Sunday 7 March Local MP Tom Harris will be attending the Community Garden Planning Day on Sunday 7 March to discuss plans for a community garden at the gap site on Ledard Road. The day starts from 1pm and will have two premaculture experts on hand to provide advice. So, if you have any budding ideas, feel free to come along!...
- SAVE GENERAL ELECTION NIGHT CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS
Following last night's amendment to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill, General Election Night has been saved. For some months, local MP Tom Harris has been campaigning to ensure that the counting of ballots for the forthcoming general election should begin immediately after the close of polls and not, as some Returning Officers had wanted, the following day. Tom, whose Early Day Motions on the matter marked the start of the campaign, has been working tirelessly to convince Returning Officers and the government that an overnight count is essential. "I'm delighted with the result. Britain deserves to know the...
- Tom Harris pledges to "do his bit" for British Armed Forces
 GLASGOW South MP Tom Harris has been thanked for pledging to do his bit for the British Armed Forces Family. Tom met with a delegation from the Royal British Legion for an event which discussed the Royal British Legion's manifesto and the changes it is calling for. "I wanted to take this opportunity to show my support fro the British Armed Forces Family and the valuable work the Legion does. I know this work doesn't just matter to me, but to so many of my constituents as well. I've now pledged to 'do my bit' for service personnel ,...
- DELAY IN ISSUING VISAS "UNACCEPTABLE", SAYS MP FOR GLASGOW SOUTH TOM HARRIS
Tom Harris has protested to the Home Office about the unacceptable delays in issuing visas to successful appeal applicants, particularly those from Pakistan and India. In a letter to the Home Office, he says that he is aware of a large number of occasions when visa appeals are successful, but then there are extremely long delays in the visa being issued. "The situation as it stands is unacceptable. If someone applies for a visa and the decision is made to grant it - whether this is after appeal or a first decision - that visa should be granted as soon...
- NATS FACING BOTH WAYS ON EAST COAST SERVICES, SAYS HARRIS
Nationalist ministers are misleading the public over their deliberately misleading response to Lord Adonis's announcement this morning, said Tom Harris, MP for Glasgow South. "They're claiming they welcome the new direct services on the East Coast Main Line between Glasgow and Leeds and Sheffield. "Yet, they're also claiming they're still pushing for the continuation of direct Glasgow-King's Cross services, despite the fact - undisputed by transport minister Stewart Stevenson - that it is not physically possible to provide both services to the North East of England and the existing services to London. "Stewart Stevenson understands the pressure on both rolling...
- HARRIS WELCOMES NEW EAST COAST MAIN LINE TIMETABLE AS 'GOOD FOR GLASGOW AND GOOD FOR SCOTLAND'
Glagow rail passengers will welcome the new East Coast Main Line (ECML) timetable unveiled today, Tom Harris said today The Glasgow South MP had lobbied ministers heavily after media speculation that Glasgow could be removed altogether from the new timetable, due to be introduced in May 2011. "I vetoed a proposal in 2007 to remove Glasgow-to-Edinburgh services from the franchise. When National Express handed back their franchise too I knew there would be a real threat to those services again and I told Andrew Adonis, the Transport Secretary, of my concerns. "He has done a tremendous job...
- Closed Circuit TV Bill will help put regulation on Home Office agenda
Local MP Tom Harris has presented the Closed Circuit Television (Monitoring and Promotion) Bill to Parliament. Inherited from the Glasgow North MP Ann McKechin, the Bill seeks to help provide an overall improvement in the base quality of CCTV systems in the UK. This would give vital support to local police forces, such as Strathclyde Police, in bringing forward prosecutions. Tom said, "CCTV footage plays a major part in many police investigations, especially in those by which the crime would be difficult to prove by any other means. Evidence suggests it leads to far more guilty verdicts and cuts the...
- Tom Harris signs up to the 10:10 campaign
Like a great many others, Tom has signed up to the 10:10 Campaign and committed himself to reducing his carbon footprint by 10 per cent by the year 2010. Tom said, "10:10 is a great motivator of public action to cut emissions through individual and collective behaviour. I've signed up as an individual, recognising the part that every member of society has to play if we're to lessen the effects of climate change. I'm hoping that being part of the campaign will give me ideas on how I can do my bit."...
- 'SCOTLAND NEEDS HEATHROW'S THIRD RUNWAY'
 SCOTLAND will benefit from the construction of Heathrow's third runway, Glasgow South MP Tom Harris has told the House of Commons. He was speaking during a debate sponsored by the Conservative Party, who are currently opposed to the controversial plans. Click below to watch the full speech (about ten minutes)....
- TOM PAYS TRIBUTE AS GAZA AID LEAVES CITY
 TOM Harris today paid tribute to a local charity as it sets out to deliver much-needed medical aid to the stricken people of Gaza. Glasgow The Caring City, based at Old Cathcart Parish Church in Tom's Glasgow South constituency, in partnership with World Emergency Relief UK and a Middle East partner will be opening a field hospital in Gaza this week. The field clinic will be run by the Jordanian Military’s Medical Teams who will be supported with more than £100,000 of medical supplies. The Rev. Neil Galbraith of Cathcart Old Parish Church and Glasgow The Caring City...
- 'RUDOLPH WITH ATTITUDE' WINS CHRISTMAS CARD COMPETITION
 TOM'S parliamentary Christmas card this year was
designed by a pupil from the new Ashpark Primary School in
Glasgow. The design was chosen following a competition to draw the best
illustration in which all the school's pupils took part. Presenting
the prizes to the winners and runners-up - gift vouchers for the
nearby Silverburn shopping centre - Tom said he had chosen the
winning design because it depicted a "Rudolph with real attitude -
that appealed to me." The winning design was by Nadia Cannon, aged 8 (pictured below
with Tom and Colin Gray, the head teacher, along with the two
runners-up, Micah Murray, aged 9 and Lee...
- TOM LENDS BARNARDO'S A HELPING HAND
 BARNARDO'S recently invited local MPs througout the
country to spend an hour working in their charity
shops. The aim was to help politicians to learn more about the work
Barnardo's carries out, and how it raises its money through
donations. Tom accepted an invitation to spend some time at the charity's
shop in Kilmarnock Road, Shawlands. "I had a great time," said Tom afterwards. "I was genuinely
surprised at how busy the shop was, and at he generosity of people
who came in to donate goods." The Glasgow South MP's "boss" for the day was shop manager,
Aileen Beattie, who explained how Gift Aid - introduced by the
government...
- CALL FOR RAF BOMBER COMMAND MEMORIAL
TOM HARRIS today urged the government to encourage the
setting up of a national memorial to RAF Bomber Command, 55,000 of
whose members were killed during the Second World War. Click below to watch....
- HARRIS DEFENDS HEATHROW EXPANSION
SPEAKING in a House of Commons for the first time since leaving the government, Tom Harris defended plans to build a third runway at Heathrow, Europe's largest airport. Click below to view the whole speech (12 minutes in total)....
- CASTLEMILK PUPILS HONOURED
 THE latest recipients of the Tom Harris Citizenship
Award were named last week at the annual prize-giving ceremony of
St Margaret Mary's Secondary School. Tom was there to present both the 2007 and 2008 awards, having
been unable to be present last year. The 2007 award went to Justin
Reilly for his voluntary work he carried out in India. And the 2008 prize went to eight teenagers who volunteer every
morning to run a Fair Trade cafe in the school. Tom said: "I'm always amazed at the standard of pupil put
forward for this prize. "Bioth Justin and the Mocha Cafe winners have provided the best
possible...
- TOM LOSES MINISTERIAL POST IN RESHUFFLE
 Glasgow South MP Tom Harris has been sacked as a
transport minister in Gordon Brown's recent government
reshuffle. Tom was told the news by the prime minister in a phone call to
his Glasgow home on Friday evening. Tom said: "Obviously I'm disappointed; I really enjoyed being a
minister, particularly in the Department for Transport. "But I was always realistic - ministerial jobs come and go, but
the role of an MP is more important than any other. And of course I
will continue to support the gvernment from the back benches."...
- HARRIS DECLARES FOR GRAY IN LEADERSHIP CONTEST
 EAST Lothian MSP Iain Gray will receive Tom's support in
the election underway for Labour's leader at Holyrood. The Glasgow South MP will support Pollok MSP Johann Lamont for
the deputy leader post. He said: "I was bitterly disappointed when, in 203, Iain lost
his Edinburgh Pentlands seat to the Conservatives. He had been one
of the most promising talents on Labour's benches and an
accomplished minister. His return to Holyrood in 2007 as MSP for
East Lothian was one of the few pieces of good news in an otherwise
bad result nationally. "I'm confident that, if elected, Iain wil provide a degree of
scrutiny and opposition...
- HAMPDEN'S TRIUMPH
 HAMPDEN Bowling Club have became first-time winners of
the annual Cathcart Ladies' Parliamentary Trophy. The trophy is sponsored by Carolyn Harris, wife of Glasgow South
MP Tom Harris. Clubs throughout the constituency have been playing
every year for the gents' parliamentary trophy, originally
sponsored by former Cathcart MP, Teddy Taylor, for more than 40
years. When Tom was elected the new MP for Cathcart in 2001, he
agreed to take over the sponsorship of the competition. However, the absence of a similar competiton for the
constituency's many women bowlers was noticeable and, in 2005,
Carolyn offered to sponsor a new trophy. This was the first time
Hampden has taken...
- TOP HONOUR FOR CASTLEMILK TIME BANK
 TOM joined the celebrations at Glasgow City Chambers
tonight as Castlemilk Time Bank was named as a recipient of the
prestigious Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. Lord Provost Bob Winter paid tribute to the Timebank team, led
by co-ordinator, Gloria Murray. He presented the award in his role
as Lord Lieutenant, representing the Queen. Tom, who joined local Labour councillors at the ceremony, said:
"I was present at the inaugural meeting six years ago when
Castlemilk Time was launched, ad it has gone from strength to
strength ever since. "Volunteers have done a tremendous job in making the scheme a
success. Thanks to them, hundreds of people in...
- Anti-social behaviour on the agenda
 Labour's campaign team was knocking doors in Castlemilk
this morning to gauge the mood of Glasgow South
voters. And the subject of youth anti-social behaviour was once again to
the forefront of residents' minds. Tom Harris, MP for Glasgow South, and Cathcart MSP Charlie
Gordon (pictured above, left) joined Labour activists as they spoke
to voters and distributed a Labour newsletter door-to-door. Tom said: "It's important that Labour is seen campaigning in
between elections as well as during nationwide campaigns. It's
crucial that we don't take voters for granted, whichever the
constituency. "It's quite clear that anti-social behaviour remains a major
concern for ordnary, decent folk who simply...
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