Lesley’s guests on Riddoch Questionsthis week are Anne McGuire, Labour MP for Stirling and former Minister for Disabled People; Christopher Harvie, SNP MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife and Honorary President of the Scottish Association for Public Transport; and Mike Dailly, principal solicitor at Govan Law Centre.
Making the headlines so far this week:
·
TRANSPORT – the government’s unveiled its transport strategy
for Scotland, featuring plans for a cut-price Forth Road Bridge, the dualling
of the A9 and trams linking Fife with Edinburgh. But questions remain over funding and timescales – so is the
strategy a hit or a miss?
·
WELFARE REFORM – Westminster’s revealed radical proposals to
transform the benefits system, which will mean almost everyone getting support
should be looking for work - and Glasgow’s sickness-claimants will be among the
first to test the new scheme. But
if the country’s going into recession, is it the right time for major changes?
· ASSISTED SUICIDE – A consultation’s been launched on a new law to allow assisted suicide for those with terminal illnesses, and a TV programme’s been screened showing a sufferer of motor neurone disease ending his own life. Is there a case for allowing people to choose the time of their own death – or is it a dangerous path to start down?
· SUPER-GORDON – HBOS looks set for a merger with Lloyds, while Woollies hits the wall – but whether or not Gordon Brown believes he’s saved the world or Britain’s banks, his economic rescue plan’s been slammed by the German finance minister who’s called it ‘ineffective’.
Email your questions on these stories now to riddoch@bbc.co.uk. Add your phone number if you want to put the question in person. On Friday text your views to 80295 and call 0500 92 95 00.
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