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Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has secured a debate in the House of Commons on the Global Plastics Treaty, to be held on Thursday 17th July. The debate, backed by MPs across Parliament and initiated with the support of environmental group Gr
Responding to new A&E figures showing 2,472 (9.5%) patients spent more than 8 hours in A&E and 941 (3.6%) spent more than 12 hours, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton said:
Angus MacDonald, MP for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, has urged MPs, MSPs and others to respond to the UK Government’s consultation on community benefits and shared ownership of new renewable energy projects and reiterated his call for a mandatory
Scottish Liberal Democrat and Shetland MSP Beatrice Wishart has written to the Scottish Government questioning their lack of action on the Highlands and Islands Air Discount Scheme after almost a year since the publishing of Transport Scotland's Aviation
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP today said that the SNP government isn’t giving people the best chance of surviving cancer as he revealed the longest waits for first treatment of cancer, with patients waiting up to a year.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today revealed patients are waiting more than three years for cataract surgery as he called on the Scottish Government to clear long waiting lists for complex specialties.
The Government has caved into the Liberal Democrat campaign to end sewage discharges into rivers.
Today marks the beginning of LGBT History Month - a time to discover the stories of the LGBT+ community, acknowledge the prejudice they have faced, and celebrate the progress that has been achieved.
292 Conservative MPs voted to allow sewage dumping by water companies in our rivers, lakes and coasts for at least 15 more years.
The government needs to step up efforts to recover billions of pounds in unpaid taxes, instead of asking the public to clean up their mess.
This year there should be jubilant celebrations of the Windrush 75th Anniversary. But instead we hear reports regarding Conservative plans to go back on Wendy Williams' recommendations.
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