Duncan McNeil
Duncan McNeil | |
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Convener of the Health and Sport Committee | |
In office 15 June 2011 – 24 March 2016 | |
Preceded by | Christine Grahame |
Succeeded by | Neil Findlay |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Greenock and Inverclyde | |
In office 6 May 1999 – 24 March 2016 | |
Preceded by | Constituency Created |
Succeeded by | Stuart McMillan |
Personal details | |
Born | Scottish Labour Party | 7 September 1950
Residence | Greenock |
Website | http://duncanmcneil.com/ |
Duncan McNeil (born 7 September 1950) is a
Career
Born in
For six years prior to his election from his current constituency, in May 1999, he was on the
McNeil served on the Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee for 15 months and went on to become Labour's Chief Whip. He was elected to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body in December 2001.
Following re-election in May 2003, Mr McNeil departed the Whips' Office to be Chair of the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party. Additionally, he became convener of the Local Government and Communities Committee.
He caused controversy in 2006 when suggesting in a parliamentary debate that oral contraceptives should be added to prescribed methadone for drug addicts in order to limit the number of children born to parents with a history of substance abuse.
He has been a vocal campaigner for tougher penalties for knife crime and for better support and protection for vulnerable children.
External links
- Duncan McNeil's Website
- Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: Duncan McNeil
- https://www.theyworkforyou.com/msp/duncan_mcneil
- http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpc=Greenock+and+Inverclyde&house=scotland
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110506142811/http://www.scottishlabour.org.uk/msp/duncan_mcneil/764/
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/32616.stm Archived 2 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine