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Highland B&Bs left waiting for lifeline support as new fund is delayed

Highlands and Islands MSP, Edward Mountain MSP today called on the SNP Government to stop dragging their feet and open registrations for a £7 million fund to support B&Bs and self-catering properties. The new scheme was due to open in mid-February after being announced on 21 January 2021 by the

Cameron presses Lord Advocate in urgent question in Holyrood

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has pressed the Lord Advocate, James Wolffe, on the role of the Crown Office in threatening the freedom of the Scottish Parliament to conduct its own business. Speaking in the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Conservative MSP, who is himself an advocat

Further comment on Covid  “Routemap” statement by Nicola Sturgeon

Highlands and Islands Scottish Conservative MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston said: “This latest announcement from Nicola Sturgeon is little more than a holding statement telling us to come back again in three weeks for more information." “We all appreciate that absolute certainty is not possible at

Comment on Covid “Routemap” statement by Nicola Sturgeon

Shadow Health Secretary Donald Cameron said: “Frankly, the briefing proved to be little more than a holding statement telling us to come back in three weeks for more information. There was nothing provided on when NHS services would get back up to speed, when weddings would resume, o

MSP calls for an end to “divisive politics” as Kennedy documentary airs

A Highlands and Islands politician has said the type of vicious campaign fought to unseat the late Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy from his Ross, Skye and Lochaber seat in 2015 must be made a thing of the past. Speaking ahead of the broadcast this evening of a BBC Alba documentary surroundi

Purchase of Northern Isles boats a blow to SNP targets on low-emission ferries

The Scottish Government has been forced to admit that a decision to purchase the boats serving the Northern Isles routes has put them even further behind one of their own key green targets. In response to questioning by Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston, Transport Secretary Micha