Hugh Henry MSP for Renfrewshire South: It’s not fare

6 Feb 2015

It’s not fare

Affordable, frequent and reliable bus services are vital to my constituents in Linwood, Johnstone and elsewhere in Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire. What isn't fair is that they have been hit with another increase in fares as oil prices drop. Bus passengers have to pay the price for the SNP Government’s inaction on buses. The Labour Party wants to see bus services regulated and I have tabled a motion in the Scottish Parliament calling for the Scottish Government to protect both fare paying passengers and concessionary card travel users. I have also written to the Minister demanding action. It’s not good enough for the SNP Transport Minister to bury his head in the sand.

About Hugh

Hugh Henry is a Scottish Labour politician first elected a Member of the Scottish Parliament in1999 when he represented Paisley South. He was appointed Deputy Minister for Health and Community in 2001and moved to Deputy Minister for Social Justice in 2002. He became Deputy Minister for Justice after the Scottish Parliamentary Elections in 2003 and Minister for Education in 2006. Hugh collected the Scottish Politician of the Year award in 2010 and won the newly created Renfrewshire South seat in 2011. He was raised in Erskine, Renfrewshire and educated at St Mirin's Academy, Paisley, at the University of Glasgow and Jordanhill College in Glasgow. He has worked as an accountant, a teacher and as a welfare rights officer. He was a local councillor from 1984 until 1999, including four years as leader of Renfrewshire Council. He is married with two daughters and a son.