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claudia beamish

claudia hamilton beamish -lrb- born 9 august 1952 -rrb- is a scottish labour and co-operative party member of the scottish parliament , representing the south of scotland region since she was elected on 5 may 2011 .
beamish is a leading activist in the scottish labour party .
she topped labour 's list for the south of scotland in the 2003 and 2007 scottish parliament elections and was labour co-operative candidate for dumfriesshire , clydesdale and tweeddale at the 2010 general election .
beamish was the convener of the equal opportunities committee in the scottish parliament in the second half of 2011 .
she speaks regularly in parliament on issues relating to education and young people , equal opportunities , rural affairs and the environment .
following the election of johann lamont as labour leader , beamish was appointed as labour 's shadow minister for environment and climate change .
she is a member of various cross-party groups ; deputy convenor of the cross-party group on dyslexia ; deputy convenor of the cross-party group on men 's violence against women and children ; and co-convenor of the cross-party group on carers .
