Welcome to the Website of Paisley’s MSP George Adam
George was first elected to serve as MSP for Paisley at the 2011 Scottish Parliament election. He was previously elected to Renfrewshire Council as the Councillor for the Paisley South Ward. He lives in Paisley with his wife Stacey. In the Scottish Parliament, George is the Chief Whip for the Parliamentary Group of SNP MSPs and holds the position of Parliamentary Liaison Officer (PLO) to the Cabinet Secretary Communities, Social Security and Equalities and is currently a member of the Social Security Committee.
George is currently a member on the following committees;
George is also a member on the following Cross Party Groups (CPG’s);
TORY BREXIT HAS LEFT EVERY PERSON IN RENFREWSHIRE £1,740.50 WORSE OFF WHILE BORIS JOHNSON’S BREXIT HAS ALREADY COST SCOTLAND £3.9 BILLION
Paisley’s MSP has called on Boris Johnson to apologise during his flying visit to Scotland, after a new report found that people in Renfrewshire have already been left £309.44 million worse off as a result of Brexit. The new analysis, published from experts at Warwick University, found that nationally Scotland is now £3.9 billion worse […]
PAISLEY’S MSP: TORIES MUST DELIVER REAL FISCAL STIMULUS AFTER STATEMENT FALLS APART
The SNP has renewed calls for the Tory government to deliver a meaningful fiscal stimulus package – after new analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) confirmed up to £10billion of the measures in the summer statement will be funded through reallocations of previously announced spending. The analysis published by IFS concludes the so-called […]
PAISLEY’S MSP LOOKS FORWARD TO SCHOOLS REOPENING IN AUGUST AS PROGRESS AGAINST VIRUS CONTINUES
As Scotland continues to make swift progress in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, subject to the continued suppression of the virus and to surveillance and mitigations being in place, schools will re-open from the 11th August. In Scotland, as of the 12th July 2020, 151 (0.8%) of a total 18,365 positive cases were among people aged […]
PAISLEY’S MSP WELCOMES PHASE THREE CHANGES AS PLACES OF WORSHIP ARE SET TO REOPEN FOR COMMUNAL PRAYER AND CONTEMPLATION
On Thursday 9th July, First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced Scotland’s transition into Phase 3 and outlined the further easing of restrictions coming into effect on the 10th of July and throughout the month. Since publishing the Route Map in May, the Scottish Government have continually reviewed and assessed the scientific and medical data so as […]
FIRST MINISTER ANNOUNCES MORE RELAXED MEASURES ALONG WITH MANDATORY FACE COVERINGS AS WE TRANSITION THROUGH PHASE 2
On Thursday 2nd July, the First Minister detailed plans to relax certain restrictions as we enter the second stage of Phase 2 and prepare to transition into Phase 3 over the coming weeks. These increased freedoms are dependent on the ‘R’ number – the rate of infection spread within the community – remaining low. As […]
FREE SCHOOL MEALS EXTENDED IN PAISLEY AS PAISLEY’S MSP WELCOMES ADDITIONAL AN £27.6m FOR FAMILIES ACROSS SCOTLAND
Children in Paisley eligible for free school meals will be among those who continue to be supported over the summer through a package of £27.6 million of additional funding from the Scottish Government. Renfrewshire Council will receive £441,000 funding from the SNP government to support the continued provision of free school meals during the summer holiday period, and […]