Jamie Halcro Johnston MSP

Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Connectivity and Islands
Members of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands

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:

 

News

Halcro Johnston slams “knee-jerk” SNP reaction to UK investment

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has accused the SNP of a “knee-jerk reaction” to UK Government plans for investment in Scotland. Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Levelling Up Fund will see Scotland receive at least £432million of investment in capital projects, but nationalist politici

Sturgeon challenged to be honest on A9 dualling delay

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has added further doubt to the prospect of the A9 being dualled by the Government’s target date of 2025. Responding to a question from Highlands and Islands Scottish Conservative MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston at today’s FMQs, Ms Sturgeon again failed to commit t

Halcro Johnston welcomes Budget for jobs and incomes

Commenting on today’s Budget, Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston said: “This budget is great news for jobs and businesses across the Highlands and Islands.  It puts in place measures to help the UK to bounce back from the pandemic, and provides a real boost to key local

Scottish Government concedes A9 dualling deadline is “very challenging”

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has said that he is now deeply concerned that the SNP Government will miss their 2025 deadline to complete dualling work on the A9. The Scottish Conservative MSP was speaking after Transport Secretary Michael Matheson wrote to him conceding that the S

Rural Scotland let down again by SNP

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has accused the SNP of letting down rural Scotland as MSPs debated the Scottish Budget. Speaking during the Stage 1 debate on the Budget Bill, Mr Halcro Johnston, the Scottish Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy, said that

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

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