Dentistry, textiles and farm inheritance
It is understandable that the news this week of patients being deregistered from Lerwick Dental Practice was met with shock and anger in the community.
17 Nov 2024
E-News
Budget, Mental Health, Housing
Another week of weather-related travel disruption, with flights to Edinburgh cancelled on Tuesday, meant I was once again forced to join Parliamentary proceedings online.
28 Jan 2024
New Year, superfast broadband and local government funding
Another year is upon us and it has been a case of hitting the ground running on the return of the Parliament after the festive break. This week though has seen great disruption across Shetland with wintery weather.
21 Jan 2024
NorthLink bookings
At the beginning of the week I launched an online survey asking for the views and experiences of people when booking on the Northern Isles Serco NorthLink Ferry Lerwick-Aberdeen service.
28 May 2023
HPMAs, buses, carbon emmissions
This week, in a debate on Sustainable Food Supply, my amendment highlighting the importance of fishing and aquaculture in the food supply chain, received support from opposition parties but not the SNP/Green Scottish Government.
21 May 2023
Poverty, Mental Health and healthcare provision
My week had an unintended rural theme.
14 May 2023