Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today in Parliament challenged government ministers to review the limits placed on Norwegian access to waters around Shetland, in light of the impact on local fishermen.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today warned that the power cut in Caithness and Orkney last year, in which internet and mobile signal was lost across the affected area, was “a shot across the bows” for future telecoms resilience.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has warned the government that the “critical mass” of the fishing industry risks being lost due to spatial squeeze on fishing grounds.
Today, Monday 2nd February, tributes were made in the House of Commons to mark the death of Jim Wallace, Lord Wallace of Tankerness, who passed away last Thursday.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today pressed the government to reassess the significance of the Northern Isles to UK security in light of growing military activity in the North Atlantic.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has spoken in Parliament this week on the risks to the Northern Isles of government plans to extend, from five to ten years, the period before immigrants can secure indefinite leave to remain in the UK.