MP for West Dunbartonshire Martin-Docherty-Hughes will be hosting an energy advice surgery later this month for local residents looking to save money on their heating bills. The event will be held from 12pm to 2pm on 27 January at the John Connolly Centre in Renton and has been organised to help people who are struggling …

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Animal welfare is a matter which is devolved to the Scottish Parliament. The SNP value the vital work that police and other service animals do every day to keep our communities safe.  The Scottish Government are committed to protecting animals and will continue to legislate to improve the welfare of animals.   Penalties for animal …

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  The SNP moved the following motion in the House of Commons on Tuesday evening: “That this House is concerned at the impact of policies pursued by the Department for Work and Pensions upon low-income households; notes the negative impact on those with low-incomes disclosed in the roll-out of Universal Credit; expresses concerns about cuts …

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I am proud to represent so many people in Scotland who care deeply about the peoples of the Middle East and in finding peaceful resolution to the conflict in the region. My SNP colleagues and I fully support the European Union position of a two-state solution. We firmly encourage Israel and Palestine to reach a …

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(Click here for the Transcript from the Second Reading)   This issue is the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament. This Private Members’ Bill, if passed into law, would not apply in Scotland. The Scottish Government launched a consultation on the future of civil partnerships in Scotland. The Scottish Government is not persuaded that opposite sex …

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The UK Government is proposing to require most businesses and self-employed people to keep track of their tax affairs digitally, and update HMRC at least quarterly via a digital tax account.   Last year, my SNP colleague, Hannah Bardell MP, took part in a debate in Parliament on these proposals and joined with the Chartered …

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The Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) Bill was debated for a final time in the House of Commons on Tuesday 10th January.   The CDC is a ‘development finance institution’ owned by the UK Government, which invests in private and commercial enterprises in developing countries with the aim of creating jobs and promoting development.  Many countries …

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The Scottish National Party has said Labour must stop “dancing to the Tory tune on Brexit” after Jeremy Corbyn this week said he was not “wedded” to freedom of movement and failed to back the UK’s full, continued membership of the Single Market. Stephen Gethins MP, the SNP spokesperson on Europe, called on Labour to …

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Northern Ireland must avoid getting drawn back into the violence that plagued it for three decades.    The Legacy Investigation Branch (LIB) of the PSNI was set up in 2014 and it investigates unsolved murders linked to the Troubles that took place up until 2004.  Earlier this month,  it said that it was not launching …

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