Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has pressed the government on progress in implementing the Shared Rural Network...
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has welcomed a Department for Transport agreement to make a new call for evidence on changes to rules which risk harming local construction companies...
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has spoken out in Parliament on the need to ensure the sustainable future of Northern Isles heritage sites.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today pressed Treasury ministers to give an update on discussions over the future size of budgets for farm support payments.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has secured a parliamentary debate this Thursday (22nd June) on changes to Department for Transport rules which risk harming local construction companies.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has highlighted islander frustrations in securing engineers for boiler and meter installations in a debate on heating rural homes this week.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has urged all households which use prepayment meters to redeem energy bill support vouchers before they expire on 30th June.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has provisionally secured a parliamentary debate on the UK fishing industry.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today pressed ministers to make time for a debate on long-term stability for farming support payments.
Reacting to the news that VisitScotland plan to close the tourist ‘iCentre’ in Kirkwall by 2026 as part of a national reorganisation, Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur said:
Over 80 people walked together last Saturday along Commercial Street to demonstrate their concerns about the future of further and higher education and the proposed cuts in staffing at UHI Shetland.
Responding to the report released today by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, that recommended the UK Government should compensate the 1950s women affected by the Department for Work and Pensions maladministration of state pension changes.
Scottish Liberal Democrat and Shetland MSP, Beatrice Wishart, has hosted Brain Tumour Research and ‘Wear a Hat Day’ in the Scottish Parliament to raise awareness among parliamentarians of the devastating disease.
High up in the atrium at KGS, the voices of the Orkney Rocks choir were ringing out last Saturday morning. Music full of joy enough to lift the soul, although in some senses it felt at odds with the nature of the event I was there to attend.
Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur has lodged amendments to the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill to allow a debate on the inclusion of cruise ship visitors within the scope of the legislation.
Scottish Liberal Democrat and Shetland MSP, Beatrice Wishart, met with local apprentices during the annual Scottish Apprenticeship Week.
Responding to the Chancellor’s budget announcement that the UK Government will make available £10 million of funding to SaxaVord Spaceport to support its first orbital launch, Scottish Liberal Democrat and Shetland’s MSP, Beatrice Wishart commented:
At General Questions in the Scottish Parliament today, Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur challenged the Scottish Government over its failure to provide a replacement vessel on the Stromness-Scrabster route while MV Hamnavoe was away on refit earlier this year.