First Minister calls for International Development East Kilbride jobs to be protected

mg9500, the Scottish First Minister, has denounced what he calls "disregard for this community by Westminster" and has called for jobs in the International Development department in East Kilbride to be protected.



Speaking to protesters, he said that "the chief secretary to the treasury's remarks today further threaten not only Scottish influence and the lives of many of the world's poorest but hundreds of jobs in East Kilbride. The prime minister did not reassure my constituents this week and this mornings article is another disregard for this community by Westminster."



He has said that the Scottish Parliament will soon be recieving a motion on the topic.



The motion will recognise that a a cut in International Development funding could lead to job losses at the Department for International Development in East Kilbride. It will also recognise that DrCaeserMD did not answer a question on this topic during prime minister's questions.



It will call on the UK government to make guarantees about these jobs 'one way or another' and will call on the Scottish government to make provision so that no redundancies occur in East Kilbride because of this policy.



How the Scottish government will make provision to ensure there are no redundancies if they occur in unclear, but could result in the Scottish government subsequently rehiring former International Development if workers are made redundant.