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MSP in call for rural housing funding

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron is calling on the SNP-Green Government to double the budget of the Rural Housing Fund in this week’s Scottish Budget.  The Scottish Conservative MSP is urging the SNP-Green coalition to commit to spending £50 million over the course of this Parliame

Parliamentary welcome for new Fort William football manager

The appointment of a new manager to Fort William Football Club has been highlighted at Holyrood. Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron submitted a motion to the Scottish Parliament welcoming the appointment of Shadab Iftikhar, whose footballing career has included posts in the North West of

MSP urges councils to scrap school sex survey

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron is urging councils in his region to withdraw from the Scottish Government’s controversial school survey which includes questions about the sexual history of pupils. Parents have raised questions about the content of the government's Health and Wellbeing

Comment on Fort William and Ardnamurchan ward by-election result

Highlands and Islands Scottish Conservative MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has said that the increasing Conservative vote recorded in the Fort William and Ardnamurchan Ward council by-election bodes well for his party in next year’s Highland Council elections. Scottish Conservative candidate Ruraid

Two year wait for title deeds unacceptable says MSP

An MSP has said that it is “simply unacceptable” that he had to intervene on behalf of two of his constituents who had waited for two years to receive title deeds for their property from Registers of Scotland. Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron had to repeatedly contact Registers of Scot

Welcome for commitment on Gaelic teacher education

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has welcomed a commitment from the Scottish Government to take action on Gaelic teacher education.  The Scottish Conservative MSP, who is Vice-Convener of the Cross-Party Group on Gaelic, questioned the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Shirley-Anne

“No answers” from evasive SNP on Lochaber smelter fiasco

The Scottish Government has serious questions to answer over their dealing with the company that owns the Lochaber smelter.   That’s according to Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston who questioned SNP Minister Richard Lochhead on the subject this afternoon, Mr Halcr

Businesses highlight concerns over island and remote supply chains

Businesses involved in the supply of goods and products to communities across Scotland have raised concerns over the fragility of delivery networks to Scotland’s islands and more remote communities. Giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Economy Committee, representatives from the Scottish Re

SNP must prioritise vaccine booster programme, says MSP

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has said that the SNP’s continuing obsession with independence is causing the Scottish Government to lose focus on the vaccine booster programme. The Scottish Conservative MSP said: “It was incredible that Nicola Sturgeon chose to intensify her rhetoric