Responding to the Scottish Government’s amendment to this evening’s debate which sought to water down a commitment to dual the A9 by 2035 and was defeated by the presiding officer’s casting vote, transport spokesperson Jamie Greene said:
Responding to new figures which show that life expectancy at birth in Scotland continues to be the lowest of all UK nations, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Caithness maternity campaigners are accusing the Scottish Government of pulling back from a commitment made in the Scottish Parliament to commission an independent review of maternity services in Caithness.
West of Scotland MSP Jamie Greene has today said the SNP have finally begin to move on ferry disruption funds as the Scottish Government bowed to pressure from the Scottish Liberal Democrats and affected communities to include more islands in the scheme.
The Liberal Democrats have won a historic vote in Parliament in favour of a UK-EU customs union.
Scottish Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP today said the SNP Government has let down teachers after new figures revealed that the number of newly qualified teachers finding permanent employment has got even worse.
Years of Conservative cuts have hollowed out the legal aid system, leaving millions without access to timely legal advice. Our new policy will legal aid a guaranteed right, ensure no one is left without help.
Hong Kongers living in the UK, and across the world, face an increasingly robust and alarming campaign of transnational repression from Beijing. Our new policy will protect pro-democracy activists and ensure this intimidation has no place in the UK.
Nearly five years on, the Conservatives’ botched Brexit deal continues to hold back British people, our businesses and our economy.