October 2016

Years of ‘Ditter and delay will continue to frustrate businesses & travellers’ SNP Transport spokesperson Drew Hendry MP  has said the decision to increase airport capacity in the South East of England  is welcome but that businesses and travellers alike will be frustrated that there is at least a year before there is a decision …

Heathrow decision welcome – but the soap opera that is the tory party continue Read More »

EU nationals should be given the right to remain, live, work and be valued as part of our society

EU nationals should be given the right to remain, live, work and be valued as part of our society

“I was shocked to learn, when speaking with the charity Guide Dogs, how often blind people miss their stop because they do not know where they are. The Bus Services Bill is the biggest reform of buses since the 1980s so it is a unique opportunity to make sure that blind people can use buses …

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Drew Hendry MP heard about the importance of audio-visual announcements on buses at the SNP Party Conference this week. He heard about the experiences of a guide dog owner who had missed their stop and been left stranded on a bus because they were unable to know where on the route they were. Sadly, this …

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“Today proposed boundary changes were published. That these plans, to reduce Scotland’s ability to hold Westminster to account, are being made at the same time as the unelected and unaccountable House of Lords stands at a whopping 800 members and is being bolstered with even more Tory donors and supporters, is an utter disgrace. The …

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Local MP Drew Hendry, Leader of the Highland Council, Margaret Davidson and Highlands and Islands MSP, Maree Todd today met with Mark Lancaster, Minister for Veterans and Armed Forces to discuss the future of Fort George.  The meeting follows months of speculation that Highland base is under threat of closure in the current round of …

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Drew Hendry MP welcomes the announcement that the Land Commission will be based in Inverness. The announcement was made this afternoon by Environment, Climate & Land Reform Secretary, Roseanna Cunningham MSP at the SNP Annual Conference in Glasgow. The body has been set up as part of the Government’s land reform legislation to review law …

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