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Jamie Halcro Johnston MSP

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

 

News

Anger as SNP MP dismisses ferry concerns

Friday, 13 May, 2022
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has condemned comments from the SNP’s Pete Wishart in which the senior nationalist MP complained about the scrutiny being given to the ferry procurement scandal at Holyrood. After missing emails were discovered only hours before a Conservative de

Comment on suspension of Mallaig-Lochboisdale ferry route

Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
Highlands and Islands Conservative MSPs Jamie Halcro Johnston and Donald Cameron have reacted with anger to news that an important CalMac ferry route is to be suspended for over a week. The Mallaig to Lochboisdale crossing will not be running for eight days from 17th May as the&

MSP looks forward to working with newly elected councillors

Monday, 9 May, 2022
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has said that he is looking forward to working with newly elected and re-elected councillors following last week’s Highland Council elections. Highlighting the issues which face the area, the Scottish Conservative MSP said the new council had to

Holyrood recognition for award-winning Dingwall firm

Friday, 22 April, 2022
The success of Dingwall-based WoodBlocX Ltd has been highlighted at the Scottish Parliament. Founded in 2012, WoodBlocX has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, receiving the prestigious award in recognition of their success in manufacturing a unique modular system of wooden blocks for use in gard

UK Shared Prosperity Fund welcomed

Thursday, 14 April, 2022
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has welcomed the UK Government’s outline of the new UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which will support local priorities across the region from this year. Communities across the UK will benefit from a £2.6 billion funding allocation from now until

SNP opposition to ferry inquiry “untenable” – Halcro Johnston

Monday, 28 March, 2022
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has said that the growing scandal over the ferries fiasco means that attempts by the SNP and Greens to quash an independent public inquiry are now untenable. Since a debate last week in the Scottish Parliament, when SNP and Greens MSPs combined t

MSP seeks assurances over ferry deal

Monday, 21 March, 2022
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has written to a Scottish Government-owned ferry owner over its deal to have new ferries for its fleet built by a Turkish shipyard.  Mr Halcro Johnston is seeking assurances from CMAL that its agreement with Cemre Marin Endust

SNP minister won’t say if cost of Turkish ferries contract could increase

Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has raised concerns about the cost to taxpayers of two new CalMac ferries which have been ordered from a Turkish shipyard. Questioning Business Minister Ivan McKee in Parliament, the Scottish Conservative MSP said it was “extraordinary” that Mr M

Comment on oil and gas exploration

Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
Speaking after announcements from the UK and US Governments about banning Russian oil and gas imports, Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston said: “Nicola Sturgeon must now scrap her policy of opposing oil and gas exploration, even if it causes trouble with her Green coalition p

Halcro Johnston highlights importance of rural apprenticeships

Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has used a national awareness week to stress the importance of rural apprenticeships. Speaking during a Scottish Parliament debate to mark Apprenticeship Week 2022, the Scottish Conservatives’ Shadow Minister for Business said providing young peo
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Jamie calls on First Minister to meet with local campaigners during Skye visit

Ahead of the First Minister’s visit to Skye today, Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has called on John Swinney to meet w

Jamie warns Health Secretary over "crisis" in islands primary care services.

Primary care services in some of Scotland’s island communities are in crisis.That’s the warning from Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro

Response to Orkney Islands Council Tax increase

Responding to Orkney Council’s decision to raise council tax by 15%, Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston said:“If

Jamie responds to Labour's NHS centralisation plans

Scottish Conservative MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has slammed Labour plans to centralise NHS Boards which could see health services

Halcro Johnston encourages Education Secretary to visit Schools in need of repair

Ahead of the Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth’s visit to Skye this week, Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has called on

Jamie backs proposed agricultural Equipment Theft Bill

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has joined a range of organisations and MSPs at the Scottish Parliament to support

Communities must have greater say on energy proposals

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has voiced strong concerns over the impact of large-scale energy infrastructure project

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Response to Corran Ferry funding announcement

[Scottish Parliament, 27.11.2024] Responding to today’s announcement on funding for a new ferry for the Corran Narrows Crossing, Highlands a

Jamie responds to ScotRail Ticket Office Cuts

[Scottish Parliament, 25.11.2024] Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has criticised ScotRail’s proposals to reduce ticket

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Contact Jamie

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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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