Tom McCabe

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Tom McCabe MSP, Minister for Public Services in the Scottish Executive.

Tom McCabe (born 28 April 1954) is a Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament for Hamilton South, a seat which he has held since 1999.

McCabe was educated at St. Martin's Secondary School, Hamilton, and obtained a Diploma in Public Sector Management from Bell College of Technology, Hamilton.

He worked for Hoover plc from 1974 to 1993, and then in social work with Strathclyde Regional Council and North Lanarkshire Council.

He was first appointed Minister for Parliament in the Scottish Executive from 1999-2001. Following Jack McConnell's appointment as First Minister he was out of office until after the Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003 when he returned as Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care. In October 2004 he was promoted to Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform in place of Andy Kerr.

In March 2005 he set up the AEWG (Adult Entertainment Working Group), the Scottish advisory body set up within the Scottish Executive to investigate the legislative issues involved in the current proposed lapdancing ban in Scotland. The ban is currently opposed by such figures as Veronica Deneuve and the union group IUSW (the International Union of Sex Workers) a member of the GMB union.