SNP Abandons Commitment to Dual the A96 Friday, 6 December, 2024 Transport Scotland has recommended against fully dualling the A96 between Inverness and Aberdeen. However, since this review, the road has seen multiple collisions, including a collision on Saturday that closed it for seven hours between Alves and Forres. Since 2021, 128 people have been killed or injured on the A96, yet promised improvements remain undelivered. The SNP appears to be abandoning... Holyrood NewsLocal News
Give State-Funded Schools a Defibrillator 17th October 2022 I have called on the Scottish Government to follow plans in England to give every state-funded school a defibrillator. Recent tragic incidents in our schools... Holyrood News
Lumphanan and Torphins Community Council Boundary Consultation 10th October 2022 Community councils are important to representing communities’ needs and wishes. Unfortunately, Lumphanan Community Council has struggled to maintain membership... Local News
Baby Loss Awareness Week 10th October 2022 Today marks the beginning of Baby Loss Awareness Week. In an effort with Baby Loss Retreat, I would like to end the taboo around baby loss by raising awareness... Holyrood NewsLocal News
Questioning Humza Yousaf on His Centralised Vaccination Programme 6th October 2022 On Tuesday I questioned Humza Yousaf on the closure of community hospitals and his decision to centralise the vaccination programme which has resulted in... Holyrood NewsLocal News
CIPD Scotland 6th October 2022 Pleased to have met with Marek Zemanik of CIPD Scotland at CIPD’s booth in Parliament last week. CIPD focuses on solving HR issues and maintaining better... Holyrood News
Regulation of Short-Term Lets 6th October 2022 Despite I and my Scottish Conservatives colleagues opposing the SNP’s plans to regulate short-term lets, which unnecessarily burdens an already struggling... Holyrood NewsLocal News
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya 5th October 2022 Last week I had the honour of meeting with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya of Belarus and offering her my support in freeing political prisoners under Lukashenko’s... Holyrood News
Dangerous A96/A920 Junction Near Huntly Tesco 4th October 2022 The Scottish Government must go further to fix the dangerous A96/A920 junction near Huntly Tesco. While I welcome short-term improvements such as resurfacing... Local News
New Marie Curie Statistics 4th October 2022 I have supported Marie Curie - Scotland for years and am able to share that the Marie Curie team have recently published new information on their services from... Local News
