Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today responded to the Chancellor’s Budget.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, yesterday evening [Monday] spoken in Parliament on the need for greater support for smaller local abattoirs in a general debate on farming.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called for stronger action from ministers to rebalance the relationship between food producers and the major supermarkets.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, will next Tuesday [5th March] lead a debate in Parliament on the Groceries Code Adjudicator.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today argued for compensation for the Horizon scandal to be handled by an independent commissioner, rather than by the Post Office.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today responded to new government statistics showing that only 8% of employees in the UK shipping industry are now UK nationals.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today challenged ministers in Parliament on evidence in support of the suspension of funding to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today responded to energy regulator Ofgem’s announcement of a cut in the energy price cap.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has spoken out in a parliamentary debate on fiscal support for coastal tourism and hospitality to call for renewed consideration on a cut to tourism VAT.
“Never pick a fight with a profession that appears in a children’s book”. Such was the advice famously issued by The Economist some years back. In truth, most administrations have honoured it more in the breach.
Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur today joined local farming stakeholders in a meeting with Agriculture Minister Jim Fairlie to discuss plans to re-open an abattoir facility in Orkney.
Shetland MSP and Scottish Liberal Democrat spokesperson for rural affairs, Beatrice Wishart has criticised the UK Government’s budget and highlighted the impact of the proposals on Scotland’s rural economies.
Northern Isles representatives Alistair Carmichael MP and Liam McArthur MSP have today written to Post Office management to demand a meeting over the proposed sale and potential closure of the Crown Post Office in Kirkwall.
It is understandable that the news this week of patients being deregistered from Lerwick Dental Practice was met with shock and anger in the community.
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur today urged the First Minister to consider supporting a more localised approach to smart meter installation in island communities such as Orkney.
The Climate Change Bill was passed in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday and revises previous targets to achieve net zero by 2045.
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur today called on the Scottish Government to take steps to protect a “valuable and sustainable local fishery.”
In the immortal words of Sir Alex Ferguson, it’s ‘squeaky bum time’. As I sit here writing this column, US voters are heading to the polls in what looks set to be a ‘knife edge’ contest.