The Scottish Government has confirmed that those awaiting transplant operations will soon be granted priority status for the Covid-19 vaccine by the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation.
Highlands and Islands MSP Edward Mountain brought this issue to national attention when he raised it
Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has said that next week’s Scottish Government budget, due to be announced on 28th January, must include special measures to revive the economy of his region
The Scottish Conservative MSP spoke after Charlotte Wright, the chief executive of Highland
Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron is backing demands for the SNP to perform a u-turn after self-catering and B&B operators were excluded from top-up payments.
It comes just days after SNP minister Kate Forbes u-turned on her plan to refuse taxi drivers on ‘state benefits’ access to
Edward Mountain MSP has welcomed the launch of a new £7m fund to support B&Bs and self-catering properties which have been impacted by the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
The Highlands and Islands MSP has lobbied relentlessly through his ‘Help Our B&Bs’ campaign to ensure that small B&B
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has today backed plans to tackle the problem of livestock worrying.
Mr Halcro Johnston, whose family farm in Orkney, gave his support in a debate on the proposed Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Bill in which he opened for the Scottish Conservative
The SNP have u-turned on their outright opposition to freeports just months after their party conference slammed the proposals.
In a ministerial statement today, the SNP’s Ivan McKee revealed the government will now back the freeports proposal, just months after Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP conferen
Struggling local tourism businesses need to get promised financial support a lot quicker than is currently happening.
That’s the call from Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston who said funding arrangements to help tourism businesses survive the Covid-19 pandemic could be made s
Highlands and Islands MSP, Edward Mountain and Cllr Struan Mackie are working together to find solutions to safeguard the future of Wick John O’Groats Airport.
The continued lack of scheduled flights to Wick dealt a huge blow to the local economy yesterday as Wick Harbour Authority announced that c
A Scottish Conservative MSP has warned that the impact of illegal drugs is being felt in communities across his region.
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston made his comments after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon admitted the drugs epidemic afflicting Scotland, which cost 1,264 lives
Highlands and Islands MSP, Edward Mountain has accused the Cabinet Secretary of Health & Sport of showing a “lack of democratic accountability”.
This accusation was made after Edward Mountain MSP received correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary which he felt offered a lack of openness and tra
