Universal Credit is a new single payment for working age people introduced by the UK Government. It remains reserved to the UK Government; however the Scottish Government has some administrative powers to change payment arrangements for Universal Credit. I am very concerned that under Universal Credit, families will have to wait for six weeks …
Month: February 2017
My SNP colleagues and I have long been consistent and clear in our support for a two-state solution in Israel and Palestine, which must include resolution to all matters involving settlements and land ownership. I deplore the violence and the loss of life that has occurred in Umm al-Hiran. These actions are unfair and …
MP for West Dunbartonshire Martin-Docherty-Hughes will be hosting a public meeting in Gartocharn this month to discuss broadband provision in the village. The meeting will be held at 6.30pm on Monday 13 February at Kilmaronock Millennium Hall and will be attended by representatives from BT, Digital Scotland, Community Broadband Scotland and Kilmaronock Community Trust. The …
SNP CRITICISE WHITE PAPER THAT IS “SHAMEFULLY OVERDUE AND UTTERLY UNDERWHELMING” Scottish National Party MP, Martin Docherty-Hughes, has said the UK Government’s White Paper underlines the ‘Brexit mess’ at the heart of the UK government. The SNP have criticised the “shamefully overdue and utterly underwhelming” White Paper which was delivered by the UK Government’s Brexit …
“As we leave the European Union, we seem to be going towards a new pax Americana, in which the United Kingdom might as well be floating off in a cloud of narrow-mindedness, ignorance and intolerance. “Power and increasing influence are being given to those with no political mandate—for the record, for Hansard, I should say …