Cole-Hamilton attacks SNP ministers as opioids continue to blight Scotland
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today accused the SNP of allowing high levels of opioid dependence to blight communities across Scotland.
19 Mar 2024
National News
Cole-Hamilton: Patients deserve better than the SNP's new normal
Responding to new figures showing only 65.2% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 10th March, while 2,943 people waited over 8 hours, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton said
19 Mar 2024
MP demands Health Secretary to intervene after 10 GP practices say they are at immediate risk of closure
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to the Health Secretary Victoria Atkins, urging here to support rural doctors surgeries after a shocking new report revealed that some of our local GP practices are on the brink of closure.
19 Mar 2024
PAC report on Social Care: Too many vulnerable people struggling to get the care they need
Responding to the latest Public Accounts Committee Report on Reforming Adult Social Care, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:
19 Mar 2024
Alistair Carmichael - Westminster
Carmichael calls for reversal of abattoir centralisation in food security debate
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called for a reversal in trends towards centralised abattoirs for meat production in the UK, during a debate in Parliament on food security.
19 Mar 2024
Alistair Carmichael - Westminster
“An entirely political exercise” – Carmichael condemns Rwanda Bill as legislation sent back to Lords
Orkney and Shetland MP and Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson, Alistair Carmichael, has condemned the government’s Safety of Rwanda Bill as “an entirely political exercise” in debates on the legislation last night in Parliament.
19 Mar 2024