This week Gavin Newlands, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, in doing so pledging his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people. Friday 27th January will mark the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birken

Gavin Newlands, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has reacted angrily to the news that the Clydesdale Bank is to close 200 banks across Scotland, including the branch located in Renfrew Town Centre. This announcement follows other bank closures which have been taken place elsewhere in Renfrewshire. Mr Newlands has asked to meet senior representatives at the Clydesdale Bank to find out more about this decision and if anything can be done to reverse this decision. Gavin Ne

Gavin Newlands, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has challenged the UK Government to stick by their word and commission a review of immigration detention in Scotland. In a letter to the Home Affairs Select Committee, the Immigration Minister said: “If the planning application for the new facility (at Glasgow Airport) is rejected the Home Office will conduct a review of its detention needs in Scotland.” Mr Newlands previously asked a parliamentary question to the Ministe

Glasgow Airport’s 50th anniversary was signed off in style after 9.4 million passengers travelled through its doors in 2016, representing a 7.5% annual increase on the previous year. International and domestic traffic over the year increased by 9.2% and 5.5% respectively, thanks to the introduction of 25 new routes and services in 2016. The airport significantly increased its connections to European cities with the introduction of services to Marseille, Sofia and Brussels. Gl

Gavin Newlands, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has warned the Prime Minister not to “sell-out” thousands of UK and EU students who face exclusion from Erasmus following the UK vote to leave the EU. The Erasmus programme was set-up 30 years ago and provides domestic students with the opportunity to study at a university in Europe. Erasmus also allows international students to study at Scottish universities. Since the programme began in 1987, over 200,000 students from

Gavin Newlands, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has welcomed a new Scottish Parliament report which shows that 180,000 children in over 1,000 primary schools across Scotland are doing the Daily Mile challenge. The concept was developed in Scotland by former Pride of Britain Teacher of the Year winner Elaine Wyllie, and has since been successfully introduced in the rest of the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands. Encouraging children to get at least 15 minutes of exercise a