Jamie Halcro Johnston MSP

Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Connectivity and Islands

Members of the Scottish Parliament for Highlands and Islands

MSPs

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

Concerns raised at Holyrood over “postcode lottery” in support for those in custody

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has questioned the Scottish Government on what he called was a “postcode lottery” in how tho

Backing for Rural Teacher Fund

Shadow Education Minister Jamie Halcro Johnston is backing plans to create a new rural teacher fund. The proposal, announced by Scottis

Jamie warns over risk of care home isolation

The distress being caused to care home residents who are isolated from their loved ones has been highlighted by Highlands and Islands MSP Ja

Universities Minister failed to consult NUS Scotland before implementing restrictions on students

Higher Education Minister Richard Lochhead has confirmed that he had failed to consult with students bodies ahead of new restrictions being

MSP welcomes feedback on proposed Electricians Bill

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has said that he is pleased with the feedback received so far on his proposed Electricians (

Education must come first, says Shadow Minister

The Scottish Government must put education ahead of their plans for another referendum on independence. That’s according to Shadow Educatio

Shadow Education Minister backs Anti-Bullying Assembly

Shadow Education Minister Jamie Halcro Johnston is highlighting the BIG Anti-Bullying Assembly which is taking place in primary schools acro

RAISE A MUG TO SUPPORT CANCER CARE

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston is supporting Macmillan Cancer Support’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning which takes place on

MSP recognises importance of Gaelic-speaking carers

The importance of recruiting social care staff fluent in Gaelic has been highlighted in a recent Holyrood debate. Speaking during Scottish

MSP highlights need for action on social care

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has called for a greater focus on the future of social care in the wake of the Covid-19 pand

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Contact Jamie

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www.jamiehalcrojohnston.org.uk

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