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Jamie Halcro Johnston MSP

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Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Connectivity and Islands
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Scottish Conservative & Unionist MSP for the Highlands and Islands and Shadow Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise
Follow Jamie Halcro-Johnston on Facebook at @JamieHalcroJohnstonConservative, on Twitter at @jhalcrojohnston and online at https://www.jamiehalcrojohnston.org.uk/ where you can see what he has been doing both in Holyrood and around the Region.

Jamie is a member of the Scottish Parliament Finance and Public Administration Committee and the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

He is also involved in several Cross-Party Groups including:

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Crofting  -  Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on India  -  Member

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural Policy  -  Member

Jamie has previously been a member of many Committees in the Scottish Parliament:

  • https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/jamie-halcro-johnston

 

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Jamie Halcro Johnston

MSP warns over wildfires risk across Highlands and Islands 

Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston is urging local people and visitors to be especially vigilant about the risk of wildfires after fire crews were called out to tackle a blaze at Loch Morlich in the Cairngorms National Park. Mr Halcro Johnston, who was species champion for the cap

Halcro Johnston takes on shadow business role

Monday, 24 May, 2021
Highlands and Islands Scottish Conservative MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has been appointed Shadow Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise. Mr Halcro Johnston was appointed to the new role last week by party leader, Douglas Ross, joining a beefed up Scottish Conservative Finance

MSPs back livestock protection proposals

Wednesday, 24 March, 2021
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has welcomed new legislation that will provide greater protection to farm animals at risk from attacks from dogs. Mr Halcro Johnston, the Shadow Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy, gave his support in a speech delivered during the final stag

Comment from Jamie Halcro Johnston ahead of vote on Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Bill

Tuesday, 23 March, 2021
MSPs expected to back livestock protection proposals Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s vote on the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Bill, Jamie Halcro Johnston, the Shadow Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy, said: “I am very pleased that it looks as though one of the final acts of the Scottish

Welcome for Project Gigabit investment in local schools and hospitals

Friday, 19 March, 2021
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has said that the roll-out of the UK Government’s Project Gigabit scheme to schools, hospitals and rural GP surgeries throughout the Highlands and Islands is a major step forward in improving the region’s digital infrastructure. The project will
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Evasive Blackford urged to explain “failure to act” on harassment claims

Thursday, 18 March, 2021
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has added his voice to those calling on the MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber, Ian Blackford, to explain delays in taking action sexual harassment allegations relating to two SNP MPs. The SNP’s Westminster Leader is under pressure after reports

Comment on the signing of the Islands Growth Deal by UK, Scottish and local governments

Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
Highlands and Islands Scottish Conservative MSP and Shadow Rural Economy Secretary Jamie Halcro Johnston said: “It’s great news to see this vital deal formerly signed by the United Kingdom, Scottish and local governments involved." “It shows just what can be achieved when all our governments w

Jobs must come first, says Halcro Johnston

Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has said helping people back into work after the Covid pandemic must be a priority for the next Scottish Government. Speaking following their announcement at last weekend’s Scottish Conservative Conference, the Shadow Cabinet Secretary for the Ru

MSP presses First Minister for urgent statement on Lochaber smelter

Thursday, 11 March, 2021
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has today pressed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon for a statement to be made to the Scottish Parliament on the future of jobs at the Lochaber aluminium smelter in Fort William.

Ferry fares failure branded “utterly unacceptable”

Wednesday, 10 March, 2021
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has said the SNP Government’s repeated failures to deliver promised fare reductions on the Pentland Firth ferry routes is “utterly unacceptable”. During questioning by the Scottish Conservative MSP at today’s meeting of Holyrood’s Rural Economy a
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Jamie slams SNP comments on ferries crisis

Responding to comments by SNP MP Alyn Smith in which he trivialises the ferries crisis facing communities across the Highlands and Islands,&

ARTICLE for Highlands News Media

Another week and another delay to the return of the MV Corran. This further delay will, sadly, surprise few.

Opinion: Israel, Hamas and Gaza

It is now nearly a month since terrorist group Hamas breached Israel's borders, conducting a campaign of violence, rape and murder against I

Halcro Johnston on Corran Ferry omission from Highland Council Capital Programme

Commenting on the Corran Ferry not being mentioned in any of the main text of the Highland Council's Capital Programme, Highlands and I

Halcro Johnston comments after SNP MSPs vote down efforts to pause damaging Short-term Lets Licensing Scheme

Commenting after SNP Highlands and Islands MSPs backed their party in voting down Scottish Conservative attempts to pause the introduction o

Halcro Johnston responds to elevation of A9 petition to formal committee inquiry

Responding to the announcement that the A9 petition by Laura Hansler has been upgraded to a formal committee inquiry, Highlands an

Halcro Johnston: Scottish Government must not further erode local decision-making on wind farms

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has warned that SNP-Green plans to halve consenting time for new Section 36 wind f

Halcro Johnston backs Organ Donation Week 2023

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has given his support to Organ Donation Week 2023, which takes place from 18 to 24 September

Scottish Parliament marks Skye Rugby’s first league game

Skye Rugby’s first game in the Caledonia North Region League Division 2 (Men’s) has attracted Holyrood recognition in the form of an of

Halcro Johnston: Scottish Government no show at Short Term Lets protest "speaks volumes"

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has given his support to self-caters, B&B operators and guesthouse owners campaigni

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About Jamie

Jamie was brought up in Orkney, where his family have lived and farmed for generations.

He graduated from the University of Exeter before working for the Financial Times in London and then moving into recruitment. Before 2007, he worked as an adviser at the Scottish Parliament to various Scottish Conservative MSPs and then moved to Holyrood magazine for almost ten years before taking a seat in Parliament on the Highlands and Islands list in June 2017.

Jamie has been an active campaigner including running the A9 dualling campaign, calling for improvements to transport and broadband infrastructure in the Highlands and Islands, and being active in Better Together Orkney during the Scottish independence referendum, helping to secure the highest percentage No vote in Scotland.

Jamie previously stood for the Scottish Parliament in Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber in 2007 and then the Orkney constituency in 2011 and 2016, before competing for the Orkney and Shetland seat in the UK general election in 2017.  He was successfully re-elected as an MSP on the Highlands and Islands Regional List in 2021.

Jamie's recent contributions in the Scottish Parliament 

https://www.jamiehalcrojohnston.org.uk/scottish-parliament

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