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.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today called on ministers to secure a 24-month implementation period of any sanitary and phytosanitary deal with the EU, to protect UK farmers.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has this week delivered a statement in Parliament on the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee report into UK-EU trade negotiations.