Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today stood behind concerns raised by fishing industry figures about risks to food price inflation and the future success of fishing due to new visa restrictions.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called on colleagues to “follow the money” to assess whether the Post Office culture has changed following the Horizon scandal.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called for a new approach to Scottish farming from the First Minister, Humza Yousaf, ahead of the National Farmers Union Scotland’s Annual General Meeting on Friday.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has lodged a parliamentary motion recognising the work of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution ahead of its 200th anniversary next month.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called on islanders to give their views to an Ofcom consultation on telecommunications resilience, ahead of the deadline on 1st March.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today spoken in the Holocaust Memorial Day debate in Parliament, highlighting the need to fight antisemitism and noting the role of the Shetland Bus during the Second World War in rescuing refugees.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today welcomed a new report by the Scottish Affairs Committee on the ‘rural premium’: higher prices that communities in remote rural areas pay, relative to urban areas, to access the same goods and services
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called for fresh action by trade ministers to open up exports of traditional Scottish haggis to the United States, ahead of Burns Night this evening.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has pressed the government on progress in implementing the Shared Rural Network, a plan to increase mobile coverage in rural parts of the UK and to eliminate ‘not-spots’.
Scottish Liberal Democrat and Shetland MSP, Beatrice Wishart, has announced that Michael Coutts is Shetland’s Local Hero. He has been invited to attend the 25th anniversary event for the Scottish Parliament in late September.
Shetland MSP and Scottish Liberal Democrat Beatrice Wishart has today congratulated learners across Shetland who are receiving their SQA results.
Orkney’s MSP, Liam McArthur, has today asked unpaid carers in the islands to respond to Carers Scotland’s annual ‘State of Caring Survey’
Shetland MSP and Scottish Liberal Democrat Beatrice Wishart has today called on the Scottish Government to take action to reverse a sharp decline in childminding services.
Scottish Liberal Democrat and Shetland MSP, Beatrice Wishart has today revealed, following a Freedom of Information request, that a vacant Lerwick GP post has been advertised nine times.
President Biden’s decision to withdraw from the presidential race came after weeks of speculation and mounting alarm in Democrat circles about the deterioration in the President’s cognitive abilities.
Responding to the news that cash will go towards a sub-orbital rocket test at SaxaVord spaceport in Shetland by Glasgow-based HyImpulse Shetland MSP and Scottish Liberal Democrat Beatrice Wishart said:
Shetland MSP and Scottish Liberal Democrat Beatrice Wishart is raising awareness of water safety ahead of World Drowning Prevention Day, which takes place on 25 July.
With Sanday’s premature exit from the Parish Cup at the hands of Rendall last weekend, this column has no option but to turn its attention to the General Election which concludes with polling day this Thursday.