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Liam McArthur
Liam McArthur A Scottish Liberal Democrat, Liam has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Orkney since 2007 and was elected as one of two Deputy Presiding Officers at Holyrood in 2021. …
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Cole-Hamilton responds to breast cancer screening inequalities
Responding to the Scottish Breast Cancer Screening Programme Statistics, which reveal that only six in ten women from the most deprived areas attended their screening between 2020 and 2023, a…
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Cole-Hamilton: A&E must not keep being ignored
Responding to new figures showing only 65.3% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in week ending 5th May, while 3,351 people waited over 8 hours and 1,480 waited over 12 hours,…
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Scot Lib Dems call for parliament to scrutinise government handling of baby deaths
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today expressed frustration at the Scottish Government's refusal to call for parliamentary time to be set aside to consider a report into a…
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McArthur comments as legal action launched over deposit return scheme losses
Responding to the news that Biffa have launched legal action against the Scottish Government over the Deposit Return scheme, Scottish Liberal Democrat climate emergency spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP…
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Cole-Hamilton attacks SNP neglect as number of qualifying mental health first aiders falls sharply
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today attacked SNP neglect as he revealed that the number of people completing mental health first aid training has fallen to just 5,000, down…
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Sleepy Scottish Government are years late on air tax reform
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today warned that Scottish Government plans to reform air taxes have stalled after it was revealed that in eight years ministers have only…
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Cole-Hamilton: Swinney must improve Highland healthcare
This weekend Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP will campaign in Inverness and Caithness where he will call on the newly elected First Minister, John Swinney, to improve Highland…
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Scottish Liberal Democrat leader pays tribute to Cllr Robin Currie
Speaking following the announcement of the passing of councillor, Robin Currie, who spent almost 40 years as a councillor for Argyll & Bute and served as Leader of the Council for some of that time,…
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Cole-Hamilton responds to discovery of RAAC in hundreds of Dundee homes
Responding to reports that inspections have found the dangerous concrete RAAC present in 81 blocks of flats and 293 cottages in council wards across Dundee, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex…