Jim Hume
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| Member of the Scottish Parliament for South Scotland |
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In office 3 May 2007 – 23 March 2016 |
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4 November 1962 Peebles, Peebleshire, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Scottish Liberal Democrats |
| Relations | Married |
| Alma mater | Edinburgh University |
James Robert Hume (born 4 November 1962) was a Scottish politician. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the South of Scotland region from May 2007 to March 2016.
Hume was born in Peebles but raised in Selkirkshire. His previous positions include Chairman of "Environment and Land Use" for the National Farmers Union of Scotland and President of Lothians and Borders NFU. He was active during the Foot-and-mouth crisis of 2001. Hume was also on the board of Scottish Enterprise Borders, Chaired The Borders Foundation for Rural Sustainability, a member of the Forestry Commission's South of Scotland Regional Forum, a Trustee of The Borders Forest Trust and a founding Director of The South of Scotland Loan Fund Scheme.
He was elected to the Scottish Parliament to represent the South of Scotland region at the 2007 election. He was also elected councillor of the Galashiels and District region of Scottish Borders Council on the same night. He is the first ever Liberal Democrat MSP for the South of Scotland region since the Scottish Parliament was created in 1999. Hume was Scottish Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Housing and Health. He sat on the Scottish Parliament's Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee, and was the Committee's EU Reporter. He was also the Scottish Liberal Democrat Deputy Whip and a member of the European Committee of Regions.
Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Bill
Hume successfully introduced a Member's Bill in the Scottish Parliament - Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Bill - which passed the process in December 2015. The Bill was enacted in January 2016 and shall protect 60,000 children every week from the dangers of second hand smoke in cars.
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