Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has this week delivered a statement in Parliament on the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee report into UK-EU trade negotiations.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has this week in Parliament called on telecommunications companies receiving public investment to have a stronger duty to cooperate for wider rural mobile coverage.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today warned that a new round of funding for the Future Farming Investment Scheme risked failing if the SNP did not admit failures in the original allocation last year.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called on ministers to secure a 24-month implementation period of any sanitary and phytosanitary deal with the EU, to protect UK farmers.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has spoken in Parliament this week on the risks to the Northern Isles of government plans to extend, from five to ten years, the period before immigrants can secure indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
Today, Monday 2nd February, tributes were made in the House of Commons to mark the death of Jim Wallace, Lord Wallace of Tankerness, who passed away last Thursday.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today pressed the government to reassess the significance of the Northern Isles to UK security in light of growing military activity in the North Atlantic.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today warned that the power cut in Caithness and Orkney last year, in which internet and mobile signal was lost across the affected area, was “a shot across the bows” for future telecoms resilience.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has warned the government that the “critical mass” of the fishing industry risks being lost due to spatial squeeze on fishing grounds.
Responding to the news that the UK Government has decided that it will not compensate 1950s women impacted by state pension changes Scottish Liberal Democrat and Shetland MSP Beatrice Wishart said:
Beatrice Wishart has joined more than 100 MPs demanding the UK Government finally do the right thing for women impacted by state pension changes and bring forward compensation proposals.
Orkney's MSP Liam McArthur has today led a debate in the Scottish Parliament highlighting the lack of funding allocated to islanders under the Scottish Government's Future Farming Investment Scheme.
Orkney’s MSP, Liam McArthur has today met with Loganair CEO Luke Farajallah and Simon McNamara, Head of Corporate and Government Affairs to discuss concerns around the airline’s approach to communicating with passengers
In a desperate bid to dissuade Donald Trump from invading Greenland, Holm FC have generously offered to present him with last year’s Parish Cup.
Responding to the announcement today (Friday 16th January 2026) that Shetland Recreational Trust is to close the Scalloway Pool
Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur has today called on Loganair to reconsider recent changes to its Kirkwall-Edinburgh route.
Orkney’s MSP, Liam McArthur has today pressed Finance Minister Ivan McKee to commit to providing further targeted support for...
Beatrice Wishart emphasised the importance of crofting to Shetland and the Highlands and Islands, and the need for wider reform.