Responding to the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, Orkney and Shetland MP Alistair Carmichael said:
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today warned against suggestions that a UK-EU defence and security agreement could be blocked in order to force concessions on UK fishing rights.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has welcomed a commitment today by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology to join the first launch from SaxaVord Space Centre in Shetland later this year.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today condemned the government for continuing to reject exemptions for GPs, dentists, community pharmacists, and care homes in the hike to National Insurance Contributions for employers.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today in Parliament challenged the Foreign Secretary to make clear whether the government sees the Israeli block of international aid to civilians in Gaza as a breach of international law.
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has today responded to the Government’s Green Paper on Welfare reforms, warning that the priority should be fixing health and social care, and the “mess” that is the Department for Work and Pensions.