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REPORT OF
THE SCOTTISH
POLICY FORUM
2015
Contents
Foreword from Chair of Scottish Policy Forum
Introduction
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Agnes Tolmie
It has been a busy and productive time for the
Scottish Policy Forum and I have been honoured
to be its chair.
Our first development stage saw the most external
engagement and expert consultation the Scottish
Labour Party has ever conducted. From charities to
businesses, academics to our trade union friends,
there was participation that gave our first stage
publication the evidence base and wide reaching
policy ideas we needed.
This second stage has been an exercise in
democratic participation that the Labour Movement
can be proud of. This stage was dedicated to our
members and affiliates, with consultation and
amendments sought from across Scotland. The
Scottish Policy Forum received 155 amendments
from local parties and affiliates, 126 of which were
accepted and reflected in this document. I am
immensely proud of the diversity of thought and
compelling ideas that have come forward from
our membership.
The four sections of this document not only reflect
policy, but reflect our Labour values; the creation
of wealth and a stable economy to allow us to
redistribute and invest in our future, equality of
health, opportunity and ambition, education for all
and empowered, greener communities.
Being Chair of the Scottish Policy Forum has been
an absolute privilege and has reaffirmed for me the
Scottish Labour Party at its best. By consulting with
our members and pursuing internal democracy,
by opening the doors to experts to develop our
policy stances for a better Scotland, we are a more
effective Party. By 2016, we will have a manifesto
that embodies what Scottish Labour stands for;
fighting for an equal, fairer and progressive society.
Introduction
Scotlands future is Labours top priority, just as it
is the priority of every voter in next Mays election.
This document sets out Labours ambitions for the
kind of future we want to build for our families, for
our communities and for Scotland. A future founded
on the promise of shared prosperity and mutual
respect.
The past eight years have seen Scotlands
government distracted by an obsession with the
constitutional arrangements of the UK, an obsession
which the people of Scotland rejected. Our purpose
is bigger than that. It is the rebuilding of Scotland
from the people up.
We believe in opportunities for each and every
person to make for themselves the life they want.
We seek a fair deal for everyone who works for
low pay or who cant find a decent home. We will
always be committed to a society where those who
need it are given help freely, and the rest of us
contribute fairly to a better society. We believe that
in communities that share and work together, and
which in doing so, can achieve great things.
And above all we are impatient for greater equality,
for a country where no person, no family, no
community is left out of our common prosperity
and where each citizen has an equal voice in the
decisions we make together
It is in the hands of governments to make choices:
they can reach towards that better future, as Labour
does - or they can look backwards to yesterdays
false arguments and tired dreams.
In the pages that follow there is a mix of ambition
- and details of the steps that we need take to turn
that ambition into reality. They range across all
aspects of our values from Equality and Justice to
Democracy and Community. They address issues
Maureen Devlin
Airdrie & Shotts/Coatbridge & Chryston/Motherwell
& Wishaw/Uddingston & Bellshill
Margaret Doran
Sarah Boyack
Vice Chair
Rhondda Geekie
Chair of Prosper Policy Commission
John Duncan
Katrina Murray
Chair of Care Policy Commission
Paul OKane
Chair of Achieve Policy Commission
Cathy Peattie
Chair of Growth for Scotland
CLP Representatives
Ann Henderson
Kyle Bellamy
David Hogg
Edinburgh Western/Edinburgh Pentlands/Linlithgow/
Almond Valley
Yvonne Kucuk
Glasgow Shettleston/Rutherglen/Glasgow Provan/
Glasgow Maryhill & Springburn
Clare Lally
Argyll & Bute/Dumbarton/Clydebank & Milngavie/
Strathkelvin& Bearsden
John Marr
Caithness, S&R/Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch/
Inverness & Nairn/Moray
Michael McBride
Airdrie & Shotts/Coatbridge & Chryston/Motherwell
& Wishaw/Uddingston & Bellshill
Siobhan McCready
Lorna Ward
Margaret McCulloch
Kenneth Watt
Maureen McKay
Clydesdale/Kilmarnock & Irvine Valley/Dumfriesshire/
Galloway & West Dumfries
Anne McMillan
Edinburgh Western/Edinburgh Pentlands/Linlithgow/
Almond Valley
Craig Miller
Dunfermline/Clackmannanshire & Dunblane/
Cowdenbeath/Kirkcaldy
Oliver Milne
Sandy Cameron
SERA
Brenda Carson
GMB
David Conway
SHA
Jackson Cullinane
UNITE
Anne Dean
GMB
Paul OKane
Harry Donaldson
GMB
Tracy Gilbert
USDAW
Lorna Redford
Vicky Grandon
UNITE
Liz-Anne Handibode
UNISON
Duncan Hothersall
FABIANS
Kevin Lindsay
ASLEF
Eilidh MacDonald
COMMUNITY
Kathryn Russell
Sandra Macdonald
Co-op
Richard McCready
Co-op
Gordon McKay
UNISON
John McKenzie
GMB
William Menzies
NUM
Tam Mitchell
UNITE
Angela Moohan
Co-op
Martin Murray
Cumbernauld & Kilsyth/Falkirk East/Falkirk West/
Stirling
Liam Reid
Angus North & Mearns/Angus South/Dundee City
East/Dundee City West
Stephen Slessor
Glasgow Shettleston/Rutherglen/Glasgow Provan/
Glasgow Maryhill & Springburn
Phil Spencer
Clydesdale/Kilmarnock & Irvine Valley/Dumfriesshire/
Galloway & West Dumfries
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Paul Mooney
UCATT
Cathy Murphy
GMB
Katrina Murray
UNISON
Cathy Peattie
CWU
Alan Robertson
CWU
Pat Rowland
UNISON
Agnes Tolmie
UNITE
John Tonner
USDAW
Scot Walker
UNITE
Cathie Craigie
Dave Watson
UNISON
Harry Frew
Karen Whitefield
USDAW
Jamie Glackin
Richard Leonard
Jackie Martin
Johanna Boyd
Erin Mulhatton
Bill Cook
Linda Stewart
Alison Evison
Rhondda Geekie
Tom McAughtrie
Stephen McCabe
Sean Morton
Elected Representatives
Ian Murray MP
Catherine Stihler MEP
Kezia Dugdale MSP
Jackie Baillie MSP
Neil Bibby MSP
Sarah Boyack MSP
Mary Fee MSP
Iain Gray MSP
James Kelly MSP
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Scottish Care
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Scottish Education Research Association
Scottish Parent Teacher Council
Shelter
Socialist Education Association
Stonewall
Times Higher Education
Transform Community Development
Turning Point Scotland
Universities Scotland
Volunteer Scotland
Who Cares Scotland
With Kids
GROWTH FOR
SCOTLAND
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Amendments from CLPs and Affiliates are highlighted
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CARE FOR
SCOTLAND
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Introduction
Amendments from CLPs and Affiliates are highlighted
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PROSPER FOR
SCOTLAND
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Introduction
Amendments from CLPs and Affiliates are highlighted
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ACHIEVE FOR
SCOTLAND
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Introduction
Amendments from CLPs and Affiliates are highlighted
We believe that it is through education that all
Scots will reach their full potential.
This has always been central to Scottish Labours
belief in a fairer society, but in todays global
economy unlocking young peoples talent and
ambition through education is an economic
necessity.
If we are to create a fairer, more equal Scotland then
everyone, old or young, must get the opportunity to
learn.
Scottish Labour wants to ensure that all children
in Scotland have a nurtured, secure and fulfilling
childhood.
Scottish Labour aims to:
Create a flexible, accessible and high quality
childcare system in Scotland that includes universal
out-of-school-care services.
Set an ambitious target to make Scotlands schools
the best in the world.
Create world leading literacy, numeracy and science
education for all children in Scotland.
Transform the performance of the schools and
pupils currently being left behind by the SNP.
Close the attainment gap in Scotlands schools.
We want schools that provide broader educational
opportunities for Scotlands young people by
supporting opportunities in music, sports and the
arts. We want to inspire a new generation of world
leading scientist and innovators.
It is simply unacceptable that, in modern Scotland,
where you are from determines where you are
going in life. We need to break the link between
parents income and educational attainment so that
young people can continue into further and higher
education and working life able to fulfil their hopes
and dreams.
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