15 Most Recent Stories From Scottish Liberal Democrats News

Wed 3rd Sep 2008:

SNP must explain PFI car park decision.

Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson Ross Finnie MSP has called for a full explanation as to why car parking charges at PFI hospitals are to continue.

Young people part of the solution to alcohol culture.

Commenting on the Scottish Government’s announcement that it has set up a Youth Commission to give young people a say on issues surrounding alcohol misuse, Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson Ross Finnie MSP said:

Help struggling Scots with housing crisis.

Commenting ahead of Gordon Brown’s announcement of measures to reinvigorate the housing market, Tavish Scott, Leader of the Liberal Democrats in Scotland said:

Pay policy is Government responsibility.

Commenting on reports that Scotland will face an autumn of disruption and strike action, Leader of the Liberal Democrats in Scotland Tavish Scott MSP said:

Tue 2nd Sep 2008:

Brown attacks SNP sentencing spin.

Commenting on the Scottish Government’s plans to set up a Scottish Sentencing Council, Liberal Democrat Justice spokesperson Robert Brown MSP said:

WATES funding key to marine innovation.

Speaking as the First Minister switched on the water to Scotland’s biggest hydro scheme near Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire, Liberal Democrat Energy spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP questioned the First Minister’s fixation with the Saltire Prize.

SNP must support vulnerable hill farmers.

Liberal Democrat Rural Affairs spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has demanded an urgent Ministerial response to the NFU’s ‘Manifesto for the Hills’.

Ministers must engage with Vestas chiefs.

Leader of the Liberal Democrats in Scotland Tavish Scott has spent today in Campbeltown in Argyll where he has visited representatives from the Vestas-Celtic Wind Technology Ltd. Factory, which is currently under threat of closure with the possible loss of up to 100 jobs in the community.

School building stalling under SNP.

Liberal Democrat Finance spokesperson Jeremy Purvis MSP has demanded Ministers publish a detailed and costed investment plan for funding major public projects, like the school building programme.

Use vaccination programme to warn of STI risk.

Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson Ross Finnie MSP is urging the Scottish Government to use the cervical cancer vaccine campaign to inform schoolgirls about contraceptives and the risks of STI.

Mon 1st Sep 2008:

Scott appoints Lib Dem team.

Following his election last week as Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, Tavish Scott has appointed a campaigning team of spokespeople. Tavish Scott has charged all his team with campaigning outside the Holyrood bubble, raising the party’s profile and developing radical solutions to the issues facing people across Scotland.

Scott demands lottery legacy money.

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott has backed calls by sportscotland for lottery money to be invested in legacy projects for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Thu 28th Aug 2008:

Scott joins crowds to cheer Olympic heroes.

Tavish Scott MSP, the newly elected leader of the Liberal Democrats in Scotland, joined the crowds on the Royal Mile to congratulate Scotland’s Olympic heroes.

Wed 27th Aug 2008:

Scottish Lib Dems elect Scott.

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have elected Tavish Scott as their new leader.

Lib Dems select Glenrothes Candidate.

Fife Liberal Democrats have selected Harry Wills to be their candidate for the forthcoming Glenrothes by-election. Harry Wills is a former Chief Executive of several Fife and Tayside Companies and is a former Chamber of Commerce 'Business Man of the Year'.

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