MP Brown tells council to sort out Dunmuir Park problems

Friday, June 23, 2006 - Galloway News (Visit Web Site)

A DUMFRIES and Galloway MP has demanded that the council step-up their game on talks over Dunmuir Park saying that their recent effort “really isn’t good enough”.

Russell Brown, Labour MP for Dumfries and Galloway is demanding that Dumfries and Galloway Council consult local people, and particularly the friends and family of Dunmuir Park residents, more robustly over plans to close the building and relocate the residents.

The MP has made the call following complaints from the Dunmuir Park Protest Group that a recent council consultation exercise on learning disability services in Castle Douglas was poorly publicised and called at too short notice. Russell Brown has written to the Chair of the Education and Community Services Committee at the council emphasising the need for “full and frank” consultation.

Russell Brown said,

“There is a serious issue that needs to be dealt with in relation to Dunmuir Park.