Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, will today highlight the SNP government’s history of mismanagement over the fishing industry while leading a debate in the House of Commons, warning that...
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today in Parliament challenged government ministers to review the limits placed on Norwegian access to waters around Shetland, in light of the impact on local fishermen.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has said that evidence on the future of farming given to Parliament on Monday by the former head of the National Farmers’ Union, Minette Batters, shows the urgent need for government action.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today spoken in Parliament on the need for “meaningful support for community benefit” from the government to tackle fuel poverty in the isles.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has spoken out in Parliament on the need for more government action on food supply chain fairness, during a debate on food price inflation.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today warned that the government’s shift from a “mandatory” to a “voluntary” digital ID scheme does not go far enough, and called for the plans to be scrapped outright.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today welcomed news that the government will abandon proposals for mandatory use of a digital ID, and called for the scheme as a whole to be scrapped.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today secured a House of Commons debate in Parliament on the state of the UK fishing industry, and called on all stakeholders to “make their voice heard” ahead of the session on Thursday 22nd January.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today in Parliament renewed calls for ministers to engage with farmers and food producers over future trading relations with the EU.
Liam McArthur, Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for the Orkney Islands, has today criticised the poor response from BT and other network providers regarding the ongoing connectivity outage in Orkney’s outer isles, caused by damage to a subsea cable.
Shetland MSP and Scottish Liberal Democrat has supported Colostomy UK’s stoma-friendly public toilets campaign by writing to Tesco and Co-op.
Outside parliament last Tuesday morning, under the watchful gaze of a bank of TV cameras and journalists jostling for position, Tracy Churcher gave me a big hug, wished me luck before heading off with her daughter to catch a train home.
Liam McArthur has today expressed disappointment that an amendment to the Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill which would require an exemption for anyone staying in overnight accommodation for the purposes of a medical appointment was defeated
Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland and Scottish Liberal Democrat, has raised the findings of the Shetland Women’s Aid “Voices of Women in Shetland” survey in the Scottish Parliament.
Beatrice Wishart and has slammed the SNP’s handling of the Northern Isles Ferry Service in a Scottish Parliament debate this week. Ms Wishart highlighted longstanding issues that the Scottish Government and Transport Scotland had not ‘seriously engaged’
Orkney's MSP Liam McArthur has today urged the Scottish Government to support local efforts to develop capacity for repairing and maintaining electric vehicles in Orkney.
I’m not sure you can make a mockery of something that is already intrinsically ludicrous, but the inaugural winner of the FIFA Peace Prize is having a good go.
Orkney's MSP Liam McArthur has today received confirmation that the Scottish Government will publish the findings of its cruise-ship passenger levy consultation next week.