Martin Docherty-Hughes MP

Martin Docherty-Hughes MP has added his backing to the launch of a campaign to boost the metal recycling rates in West Dunbartonshire. The ‘Make Your Metals Matter’ campaign aims to encourage local residents to recycle all metal packaging found around their homes, including drinks cans, empty aerosols, food tins, aluminium foil, pet food tins and foil trays. West Dunbartonshire’s MP Martin Docherty-Hughes has said that households are recycling more than ever and urged local residents to play their part and…

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Martin Docherty-Hughes, MP for West Dunbartonshire, has called on the Tory UK government to halt the roll-out of its damaging flagship welfare policy in Scotland. The SNP MP has added his backing to demands for the roll-out of Universal Credit to be stopped following damning evidence that the Tory government’s welfare changes are pushing families into financial hardship. Universal Credit replaces several existing benefits including housing benefit, tax credits and unemployment benefit and is currently being introduced in pilot areas…

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Martin Docherty-Hughes, MP for West Dunbartonshire, has lodged a motion in parliament congratulating Dumbarton District Women’s Aid on its 30th anniversary. The local women’s aid charity has been praised in the House of Commons for the invaluable support and refuge services it has given to victims of domestic abuse over the past 30 years. Mr Docherty-Hughes was invited to meet with local staff, volunteers and supporters of Dumbarton District Women’s Aid last month during a special event in Dumbarton marking the charity’s 30th anniversary. Dumbarton…

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SNP MP Martin Docherty-Hughes has welcomed the announcement that Chivas Brothers has been granted approval for a £40 million extension of its bottling plant at Kilmalid in Dumbarton. West Dunbartonshire planning authority has given the green light for the multi-million pound investment plans which will see new state-of-the-art facilities created at the firm’s premises in the Vale of Leven Industrial Estate. Premium whisky and gin producer Chivas Brothers, owned by drinks company Pernod Ricard, aims to begin work immediately on…

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Martin Docherty-Hughes, MP for West Dunbartonshire, has welcomed action taken by the SNP Scottish Government to ban fracking in Scotland. The SNP’s announcement not to support the development of fracking in Scotland follows an extensive period of evidence gathering and public engagement on the impact of unconventional oil and gas extraction. Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Business, Innovation & Energy, has written to local authorities confirming that Scotland’s moratorium on fracking will remain in place indefinitely. A public consultation on unconventional…

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SNP MP Martin Docherty-Hughes has praised a Dumbarton-based charity for its work over the past 40 years to people support affected by alcohol across West Dunbartonshire. Mr Docherty-Hughes, MP for West Dunbartonshire, said he was inspired by the dedication of staff and volunteers at Dumbarton Area Council on Alcohol (DACA) following a visit to the charity’s support centre at West Bridgend in Dumbarton. DACA, which last year celebrated its 40th anniversary, is a community-based alcohol service providing advice, information and counselling for anyone in…

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New figures released by the UK Government have revealed that West Dunbartonshire is the area of the UK worst affected by the Tories’ Bedroom Tax.   In a response to a parliamentary question to the UK Work & Pensions Secretary, it was revealed that the constituency with the largest total weekly amount deducted from housing benefit claimants as a result of the removal of the “spare room subsidy” is West Dunbartonshire.    The latest figures from the DWP show that West…

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Martin Docherty-Hughes, MP for West Dunbartonshire, has been elected as the SNP’s representative on the House of Commons’ Defence Select Committee. The influential committee is appointed by MPs to examine the work of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and scrutinise the UK Government’s record on defence issues. Mr Docherty-Hughes has been a representative of the NATO Parliamentary assembly and member of the SNP’s defence team since being elected in 2015.  Martin Docherty-Hughes MP said: “It’s a great privilege to have…

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