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Iain McGill volunteering at The Yard
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Iain has been been volunteering at The Yard since he was at school, and is now on the board. Based in Edinburgh North & Leith, The Yard provided creative and adventure play for children and young people with additional support needs and children in the community
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Iain Mcgill meeting Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher recently met with Scottish Conservative Westminster candidates and is a great source of support to us.
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Iain McGill & Cllr.Allan Jackson at Trinity Primary School
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Iain Mcgill & Councillor Allan Jackson have been active in supporting the parents of Fort, Trinity and Royston primary schools in their fight against the Councils closure plans
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Crazy fireworks sign on Great Junction Street
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Lots of people reported this sign on Great Junction Street to me, once I was on the case it did not last to long - it was a fairly spectacular sign!
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Iain McGill & George Osbourne
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Iain McGill with Shadow Chancellor George Osbourne
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Iain McGill with The Indian High Commissioner H.E. Mr. Nalin Surie
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Iain McGill with The Indian High Commissioner H.E. Mr. Nalin Surie & Mr Shailesh Vara, Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire
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Iain McGill meeting the RNIB
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Iain McGill recently met with the RNIB and exeprienced a little of how tough it life is for those suffering sight problems. They are asking Britain to imagine a life without sight. www.rnib.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx
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Iain McGill meeting with The John Muir Trust
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Iain McGill and David Mundell MP, Shadow Secretary of Scotland meeting with The John Muir Trust - www.jmt.org/home.asp
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Iain McGill & Daniel Hannan MEP
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Iain McGill with Daniel Hannan MEP - Daniel gave a famous reply to a Gordon Brown speech in the European Parliament - The devalued Prime Minister of a devalued Government - www.youtube.com/watch?v=94lW6Y4tBXs
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Iain McGill pledges to “do his bit” for British Armed Forces
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| Iain McGill said, “I was delighted
to meet with The Royal British Legion. They have an important role to play in
highlighting the needs of the whole Armed Forces family. I have pledged to do
my bit and would encourage everyone to do the same by visiting the general
election manifesto website – www.timetodoyourbit.org.uk
- to find out more.”
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David Cameron & Iain McGill
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David Cameron & Iain McGill - both agree parental choice in education is a basic right - that's why we can campaign to support Fort Primary School
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Sir Malcolm Rifkind & Iain McGill
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Sir Malcolm Rifkind is a constant supporter of Iain McGill and his campaign to be the next MP for Edinburgh North & Leith
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Leith Conservatives at Greener Leiths Car Free Day
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Greener Leith www.greenerleith.org recently organised a Car Free Day at The Shore in Leith, it was a great success. A highlight was the football tournament played in the street! Leith Conservatives were runners up behind the team from The Leither - but smoothies from the bicycle powered smoothie maker helped us drown our sorrows!
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Theresa May & Iain McGill
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Theresa May, the MP for Maidenhead, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Shadow Minister for Women recently came to help Iain McGill campaign in Edinburgh North & Leith, here they are at a lunch for business owners.
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Lewis Hamilton & Iain McGill
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Lewis Hamilton and Iain McGill at the Homeless World Cup in Milan - a great cause we are both happy to support.
www.homelessworldcup.org
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Iain presenting the Wardie Primary leavers trophy
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Iain presenting the Wardie Primary leavers trophy to the captain of their P7s - photo published in the North Edinburgh News - Iain refereed 2 games for the children and 1 for the parents on a perfect sunny night for football and a BBQ!
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Iain McGill & Edwina Currie
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Iain McGill & Edwina Currie - Edwina was in Scotland fundraising for Marie Curie Cancer Care
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Every Scotsmans Dream
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Iain achieves one of his ambitions - now to become MP for Edinburgh North & Leith!
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Iain showing his football skills
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Iain relaxing at www.homelessworldcup.org were he was volunteering with John Farnworth - the freestyle football world champion
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Gordon Smith, Chief Exec of the Scottish Football Association and Iain McGill
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Gordon Smith, Chief Exec of the Scottish Football Association and Iain McGill at a selection day for Scotlands Homeless World Cup Team. A young man from Leith was selected to represent Scotland!
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George Osbourne, Shadow Chancellor & Iain McGill PPC for Edinburgh North & Leith
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George Osbourne & Iain McGill
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Nic Careem, Jemima Khan & Iain McGill
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The Conservatives summer fundraiser was a success this year, the money raised all going towards returning a Conservative Government at the next General Election
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Jeremy Clarkson giving Iain McGill a few policy ideas
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Jeremy Clarkson is never shy to share his opinions - here he is sharing some with Iain McGill
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Iain McGill & David Cameron working on strategy for Edinburgh North & Leith.
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Iain McGill & David Cameron working on strategy for Edinburgh North & Leith. David was especially pleased to hear of the success of the Save Leith Petition & the Keep Stockbridge Local campaign.
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David Cameron backing Iain McGills campaign in Edinburgh North & Leith
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David Cameron backing Iain McGills campaign in Edinburgh North & Leith
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Iain McGill & Boris Johnston
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Boris Johnston endorsing Iain McGills campaign in Edinburgh North & Leith
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Iain McGill and Sir Chris Hoy
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Iain McGill with Sir Chris Hoy - both agree that it's a nonsense that Meadowbank has fallen into such disrepair - and that a Great Britain Olympic Team is much more valuable than a Scottish National Olympic Team
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Iain McGill speaking at Conservative Party Conference
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Iain McGill speaking at Conservative Party Conference
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Iain McGill backing VOCALS campaign
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Iain recently joined with carers from across the country to protest at Holyrood. The rally was organised by VOCAL - the Voice Of Carers Across Lothian
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William Hague & Iain McGill
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William Hague and Iain McGill meeting business leaders
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Iain McGill discussing education with Michael Gove
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Iain McGill discussing education with Michael Gove Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families.
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Iain McGill discussing the Euro elections with Mark Francois
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Iain McGill discussing the upcoming Euro elections with Mark Francois Shadow Minister of State for Europe
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Andrew Lansley & Iain McGill
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Andrew Lansely, Shadow Secretary of State for Health at a recent meeting with Iain McGill
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Iain McGill & Liam Fox
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Iain recently met with Liam Fox - Iains brother is a serving soldier so the chance to speak with the Shadow Secretary of State for Defence is valuable.
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Iain McGill & David Mundell MP, Shadow Scottish Secretary
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Iain recently travelled to London to meet the Shadow Scottish Secretary David Mundell MP. David is very supportive of Iains local campaigns in Edinburgh North and Leith, including the ones to save the name of Leith and the campaigns against supermarkets in inappropriate areas, such as Stockbridge. David supports Iains "Keep Stockbridge Local" campaign
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Iain McGill & William Hague
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William Hague recently came up to Edinburgh to help Iain McGill with his campaign, speaking at fundraisers and meeting local businessmen.
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Iain McGill with Lord Trimble
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Lord Trimble of Lisnagarvey, Nobel Peace Laureate 1998 (jointly with
John Hume), following the making of the Belfast Agreement on 10 April
1998 (Good Friday), recently visited Edinburgh to support Iains campaign in Edinburgh North & Leith
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Iain McGill meets Baroness Thatcher
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Iain was invited to meet Baroness Thatcher at the dinner to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her famous "Bruges Speech" she famously stated "We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them re-imposed at a European level"
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Eva Schloss visits Drummond Community High School
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Iain McGill arranged for his friend Eva Schloss, Anne Franks step-sister and holocaust survivor to visit The Scottish Parliament, HMP Edinburgh, The Royal High School and his old school Drummond Community High School over Holocaust Memorial Week.
Eva spoke with politicians, prisoners and young people in Edinburgh as part of the Blue Sky Networks "Hatebuster" campaign.
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Iain McGill Refereed the Womans Homeless World Cup Final
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Iain refereed the Womans Homeless World Cup Final in Melbourne, Australia 2008. Zambia tiumphed over Liberia in the final.
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Iain McGill with Scotlands Homeless World Cup Team
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Iain has been involved with the Homeless World Cup since Edinburgh hosted it in 2005.
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Francis Maude and Iain McGill visiting Bethany Christian Trust
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Francis Maude and Iain McGill visiting Bethany Christian Trust, a Leith based charity who work with homeless people across Scotland. Iain used to work for Bethany.
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Annabel Goldie, Gavin Brown & Iain McGill campaigning to lower Council Tax across the country
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Families across Scotland would save on their council tax bills under the Conservatives
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Annabel Goldie & Iain met with the Chamber of Commerce recently
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Annabel Goldie & Iain met with the Chamber of Commerce recently
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Iain McGill & George Osbourne, Shadow Chancellor
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Iain McGill & George Osbourne met to discuss the credit crunch and how it is affecting families across Edinburgh North & Leith
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Massive response to local survey
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Cllr.Allan Jackson and Iain McGill discussing the returns from their survey across Forth Ward, that reached 21,000 registered voters.
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Chris Grayling, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions visiting closure threatened Goldenacre Post Office
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Chris Grayling, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions visiting closure threatened Goldenacre Post Office along with Cllr.Allan Jackson and Iain McGill.
Labour are pushing through their closure plans in the face of public opposition. Iain McGill & local Conservatives have been leading the local save our Post Office campaign, collecting more than 1000 signatures on a petition.
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David Cameron congratulates Iain McGill on his selection as Parliamentary candidate for Edinburgh North & Leith
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David Cameron congratulating Iain McGill on his selection as candidate for Edinburgh North & Leith
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Iain McGill & William Hague helping David Davis
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Iain McGill & Stewart Geddes the Conservative candidate for Edinburgh West joined William Hague in campaining for David Davis during the recent by election called by the ex-shadow home secretary who quit to generate a debate on civil
liberties, especially the government's 42-day detention limit for
terror suspects.
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Iain McGill & Gavin Brown MSP in Holyrood
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Iain McGill & Edinburgh Conservative MSP meet in Parliament often to discuss issues in Edinburgh North & Leith
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Iain McGill meeting with Edinburgh North & Leith Councillors
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Iain McGill often meets with the Conservative Councillors for Edinburgh North & Leith, Iain Whyte, Jo Mowat & Allan Jackson
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Iain McGill meets with Liam Fox, Shadow Defence Secretary
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Liam Fox recently met with Edinburghs MSPs David McLetchie & Gavin Brown & Westminster Candidates Stewart Geddes, Neil Hudson & Iain McGill
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Iain McGill at the unveiling of the Adam Smith statue on the Royal Mile
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Adam Smith lived in Edinburgh during the Scottish Enlightenment
and is buried in Edinburgh. He was known as "the father of
economics".
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Iain McGill at opening of Redbraes Community Garden
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Iain at the opening of the Redbraes Community Garden, it's well worth a visit, and is a project worth replicating
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Iain McGill campaigning against Post Office closures
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Cllr Iain Whyte, Iain McGill & Cllr Allan Jackson outside Goldenacre Post Office
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Cllr Jo Mowat, Iain McGill & Cllr Iain Whyte dicuss the Tunnels Project
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Cllr Jo Mowat, Cllr Iain Whyte & Iain McGill recently met at King George V/Scotland Yard Park to discuss the innovative Tunnels Project that is getting underway there, with our full support
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Iain McGill discussing the Waterfront Development with Cllr. Allan Jackson
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Iain recently met with Cllr.Allan Jackson who is a Director TIE Director Transport Edinburgh Ltd, Director Waterfront Edinburgh Ltd to discuss the latest developments both with trams and the waterfront.
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Iain McGill meets with Iain Whyte, Convener of Lothian and Borders Police Board
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Iain McGill met with Councillor Iain Whyte, Convener of Lothian and Borders Police Board to discuss anti social behaviour and policing levels in Edinburgh North & Leith
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Iain McGill visiting the Dalmeny Street Park Open Day
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The Dalmeny Street Park Fun Day was a great event over the summer, ideal for getting the community together. The Friends of Dalmeny Street Park are doing a great job of improving it.
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Iain McGill & Annabel Goldie take part in social action project
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Annabel Goldie, leader of the Conservative group in Holyrood, Henrietta Shaw, chair of Edinburgh Conservative Future, Iain McGill Westminster Candidate for Edinburgh North & Leith and John Scott were among volunteers painting a community centre recently.
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Iain with a "prize" fished out of the Water of Leith
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On a recent clean up day at the Water of Leith Iain fished this bike out of the water!
The day was organised by, amongst others, Stockbridge Community Council
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Iain McGill discussing Post Office closures in Edinburgh North & Leith with David Cameron
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Labour recently voted to close 2500 post offices across the country, including 3 in Edinburgh North & Leith. David Cameron & the Conservative MPs in Westminster voted to keep them open.
The Labour MP for Edinburgh North & Leith voted to close them.
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Iain McGill discusses health policy with Andrew Lansley, Shadow Health Secretary
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Iain met Andrew Lansley at a birthday party to celebrate the 60th birthday of the NHS.
Amongst things discussed were car parking charges at hospitals, which have now been repealed across Scotland thanks to Conservative pressure on the Government.
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Iain McGill Meets David Cameron
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Iain McGill recently met David Cameron at a Scottish Conservative Party Rally outside Holyrood
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