Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called on the Prime Minister to “look seriously” at the need for an “islands tariff” to ensure proper benefit to communities with high fuel poverty hosting renewable energy developments.
Speaking in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon in response to the First Minister’s Programme for Government, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today pressed the Scottish Government over its decision not to make survivors of abuse at Fornethy House eligible for Scotland's Redress scheme.
Responding to Shona Robison’s interview on Good Morning Scotland in which she discussed Scottish Government cuts and plans to spend £460 million of cash remaining from the ScotWind scheme, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
Danny Chambers said: “There are a large proportion of pensioners who live on or near the poverty line and they’re going to be plunged into crisis this winter."
Speaking ahead of the First Minister’s Programme for Government, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said: