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

Concerns raised with FM over increases in suicidal thoughts amongst young men

A Highlands and Islands MSP has described as “extremely alarming” the findings of a new report that shows a third of young men in Scotland have contemplated suicide. Scottish Conservative MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston raised the issue with Nicola Sturgeon at today’s Covid Questions at Holyrood, as

MSP praises farmers and rural businesses for winter weather efforts

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has thanked farmers and other rural businesses for their efforts during the recent wintry conditions. Mr Halcro Johnston, the Shadow Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy, said volunteers had stepped up to help people in their communities, keep

SNP must back local newspapers after losing vote in Scottish Parliament

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has said that the Scottish Government must do more to support local newspapers after the SNP lost a vote in the Scottish Parliament on their decision to scrap business rates relief for newspapers. MSPs defeated the Scottish Government by one vote

Call for SNP to U-turn on newspaper rates relief

Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s Scottish Conservative debate in Holyrood on newspaper rates relief, Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has called on SNP ministers to reverse their decision to scrap business rates relief for the sector or risk the survival of some local titles. M

MSP to question Nicola Sturgeon on future of A9 and A96 dualling

A Highlands and Islands MSP is demanding answers from the Scottish Government after it was reported that the planned dualling of the A9 and A96 trunk roads could be delayed for years, with some speculation that the two projects have been effectively shelved. Doubt was cast over Scottish ministers’

Anger at failure to restore Moray maternity services

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has hit out over the lack of progress in restoring local maternity services in Moray. Speaking as severe winter weather made roads across the county treacherous, the Scottish Conservative MSP said it was unacceptable that so many mums-to-be from

MSP highlights impact of heart disease across Highlands and Islands

Scottish Conservative MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has called for efforts to combat heart and circulatory disease to be given greater priority in the future, The condition affects 68,000 people across the Highlands and Islands, and the British Heart Foundation has raised concerns that, while the

Halco Johnston comments on plans for a fairer dairy supply chain

Plans for a fairer dairy supply chain, announced today by the UK Government, have been welcomed by Shadow Rural Economy Secretary Jamie Halcro Johnston. The announcement follows a 12-week consultation which took place last year and which sought views from dairy farmers and processors acro

SNP Ferries fiasco underlines 14 years of SNP Failure

Jamie Halcro Johnston, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Tourism, has commented after taking part in today’s debate in the Scottish Parliament on the management of the procurement of two new ferries by the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Economy and Connectivity (REC) Committee. Mr&nbs

Highland rail fares hiked

Responding to the Scottish Government’s announcement that ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper fares would increase by nearly 9% in 2024, Highlan

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