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I welcome the publication of Labour's Women's Manifesto which includes a commitment to deal effectively with domestic abuse. I've said before that there is no excuse for domestic abuse and I will continue to look at ways in which we can work to ensure that domestic abuse is tackled.
Labour top five promises for women are:
1. Improve the flexibility and provision of free childcare offered to busy working mothers in Scotland.
2. End the legacy of low paid work for women by introducing a new Scottish Living Wage of at least £7.15 an hour, starting in the public sector.
3. Jobs for 10,000 unemployed youngsters through a new Scottish Futures Jobs Fund, ensuring these jobs tackle the job segregation that reinforces women’s inequality and open up new opportunities for women in traditionally male –dominated workplaces.
4. Tackle the tragedy of cervical, breast and other cancers by introducing a new right to see a cancer specialist and get results within two weeks by 2015, halving the current waiting time.
5. Scrap dangerous SNP plans to ban the use of short prison sentences, which would see half of offenders in prison for domestic abuse walk free.
Labour top five promises for women are:
1. Improve the flexibility and provision of free childcare offered to busy working mothers in Scotland.
2. End the legacy of low paid work for women by introducing a new Scottish Living Wage of at least £7.15 an hour, starting in the public sector.
3. Jobs for 10,000 unemployed youngsters through a new Scottish Futures Jobs Fund, ensuring these jobs tackle the job segregation that reinforces women’s inequality and open up new opportunities for women in traditionally male –dominated workplaces.
4. Tackle the tragedy of cervical, breast and other cancers by introducing a new right to see a cancer specialist and get results within two weeks by 2015, halving the current waiting time.
5. Scrap dangerous SNP plans to ban the use of short prison sentences, which would see half of offenders in prison for domestic abuse walk free.