Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called on the government to “grasp the thistle” and review remuneration for Post Office subpostmasters and subpostmistresses.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has used the debate over the Energy Bill in the House of Commons to highlight the potential benefit of Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) to the Northern Isles...
Orkney and Shetland MP and Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson, Alistair Carmichael, has today challenged the Policing Minister on the need for further scrutiny of the Public Order Act following controversial arrests of peaceful protestors...
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has called on the Treasury to engage with the Shetland campaign groups for fixed links in developing a future business case for investment.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, intervened in a parliamentary debate on Marine Protected Areas in England to highlight the importance of bringing coastal and island communities along with the development of changes to marine management.
Responding to the grounding of the MV Pentalina at St Margaret’s Hope in Orkney on Saturday night, Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael said:
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has this week joined MPs and campaigners from Unlock Democracy calling for a reversal of government ID voting restrictions, as they handed in a 118,729-strong petition to No.10 Downing Street on Wednesday.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has condemned the Home Office’s response to his Urgent Question on fishing worker visas as “not as an answer but an insult”.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, will this morning [Thursday] lead an Urgent Question in the House of Commons on the Home Office’s sudden change to visa rules for fisheries workers across the UK.
Last week’s weather, and no ferries for days as a consequence, was a reminder of the need for island resilience. Not that many of us need a reminder after last December’s “weather event” that saw power out for days in some places.
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur today sought assurances from the Deputy First Minister that the Scottish Government will provide all appropriate support necessary to help NHS Orkney put its financial position on a more stable and sustainable footing.
Hosting the star of the Great British Bake Off and getting my first taste of chairing First Ministers Questions made for a busy few days at Holyrood last week that took some digesting.
Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur has criticised the decision by the Scottish Government not to put in place a replacement vessel to cover MV Hamnavoe during the dry dock period, scheduled for early in the new year.
Shetland’s MSP and Scottish Liberal Democrat Beatrice Wishart has welcomed the Gilbert Bain’s new bereavement suite for families suffering early pregnancy loss.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today highlighted “crippling” labour shortages in the fishing industry in questions to the immigration minister in Parliament.
Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney and Scottish Liberal Democrat environment spokesperson, today accused the Scottish Government of “downgrading” its decarbonisation targets after a statement by minister Patrick Harvie on heat in buildings.
Commenting on news that NHS Orkney has been moved to the first stage of formal escalation in the NHS Scotland Support and Intervention Framework, Orkney MSP Liam McArthur said:
It seems the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has decided the best way to prove he’s “the change” the country needs is by making former Prime Minister, David Cameron a peer and appointing him Foreign Secretary.