Last month, Highlands and Islands MSP, Edward Mountain, made a written request to a Scottish Parliament’s Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny (PAPLS) Committee to investigate the use of public money at the Cairngorm Mountain resort.
Jenny Marra MSP, PAPLS Committee Convener, noted the r
A ministerial statement on John Sturrock QC’s independent investigation into alleged bullying at NHS Highland has been delayed until next week.
The statement was due to be made at Holyrood on Thursday 2 May 2019 and has now been rescheduled to Thursday 9 May 2019.
Edward Mountain, MSP for the High
“Highlands and Islands Airports could become a world leader in Air Traffic Control”, says MSP
Edward Mountain MSP today said that the Highlands and Islands Airports has a chance to become a world leader in Air Traffic Control systems by adopting new technologies. The Highlands and Island
Highlands and Islands MSP, Edward Mountain, has today criticised the postponement to the NHS Highland Annual Review and the delayed publication of John Sturrock QC’s Review into alleged bullying at NHS Highland.
On the 27 March 2019, NHS Highland announced it would rearrange the date of its An
Edward Mountain MSP asks emergency question on Highlands and Islands Airports Limited industrial action.
Highlands and Islands MSP, Edward Mountain, criticised the Scottish Government today for not having a contingency plan in place to prevent industrial action affecting HIAL.
The criticism c
Highlands and Islands MSP, Edward Mountain, today pressed the Scottish Government to directly invest in Cairngorm Mountain during a session of Topical Questions at the Scottish Parliament.
Edward Mountain asked the Rural Economy Secretary: “Given that it will probably take two years to get the
Highland Council has voted overwhelmingly (46-15) to reject SNP proposals to join the ‘Nuclear Free Local Authorities’ group, a collective group of Local Authorities across the U.K and Republic of Ireland that are committed to ending the nuclear industry.
Instead, the local authority voted to affir
During the recent budget debate, the Scottish Conservative Group tabled several amendments to give something back to the Highlands. For too long the annual budget has just announced a series of cuts, never, unlike other Councils, has it been used to launch new investments.
Councillor Struan Mackie, the Highland Conservative Councillors’ Transport spokesperson, has publicly questioned why Caledonian Sleeper services have been left out of the nationwide roll-out of the 26-30 Railcard.
The Scottish Government has been forced by the Scottish Conservatives to take notice of the growing campaign led by Edward Mountain to deal with the scandal of the outrageous charges faced by hospital patients who want to watch TV at their beds.
See Edward's video here on the lates
