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New defibrillator network can help save lives

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron is encouraging people and organisations hosting defibrillators in their communities to ensure they are registered with a new a UK-wide national defibrillator network. The Circuit integrates with ambulance dispatch centres to direct bystan

Highlands and Islands MSP to lead ferry debate at Holyrood

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston will tomorrow lead a Holyrood debate on the growing crisis facing Scotland’s lifeline ferry services. The Scottish Parliament Member’s Debate has been called after a motion by the Scottish Conservative MSP achieved support from a number of partie

Halcro Johnston hails resilience of Nevis Range during visit

Following a visit to Nevis Range Mountain Experience earlier this week, Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has hailed the resilience of the Lochaber attraction in the face of COVID-19 challenges. Mr Halcro Johnston, who is also Shadow Minister for Business and Tourism, as well as a mem

MSP disappointed by lack of action on Oban Police Station

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has expressed disappointment after he was unable to elicit a meaningful response from a Scottish Government minister about upgrading Oban’s police station. The Scottish Conservative MSP asked the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Keith Brown, yesterday (We

Rural businesses need support to achieve net zero

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has said support from economic development agencies like Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is vital if Scotland is to achieve its net zero ambitions. The Scottish Conservative MSP, a member of the Scottish Parliament’s Economy Committee, mad

Cameron leads Rest and Be Thankful debate at Holyrood

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has described the continued unreliability of the A83 road at the Rest and Be Thankful as amounting to an emergency and as a threat to the economic recovery of much of Argyll and Bute. The road, which has become notorious for repeated landslips causing d