My constituency office will be closed from 4pm Thursday 21st December 2023 and reopen on Monday 8th January 2024. The office answer phone will take messages on 0141 952 2988 and emails received at martin.docherty.mp@parliament.uk. However, these will not be routinely monitored and may not be actioned until the office reopens. My next advice surgeries …
Martin questioned Ministry of Defence (MoD) chiefs on spending and recruitment during an evidence session of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee. He asked about the impact of the UK government’s plans to increase visa salary thresholds on the recruitment crisis facing the British Armed Forces. Here’s an extract of the evidence session transcribed …
Martin spoke as SNP Defence Spokesperson in response to an Urgent Question on UK military deployments in the Middle East. Here is an extract of Martin’s question in the Commons transcribed via Hansard: The Secretary of State for Defence (Grant Shapps): Since Hamas’s horrendous attack on Israel on 7 October, we have increased our military …
Martin spoke as SNP Defence Spokesperson in response to an Urgent Question on the war in Ukraine. Here is an extract of Martin’s question in the Commons transcribed via Hansard: Martin Docherty-Hughes MP (SNP, West Dunbartonshire): At the weekend, the Ukrainian Government and peoples commemorated the Holodomor—the genocide inspired by the Government of Joseph Stalin. …
West Dunbartonshire’s MP Martin Docherty-Hughes has said the SNP won’t give up in pressuring Westminster to back calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel. It follows a vote in the House of Commons on Wednesday after the SNP tabled an amendment to the King’s Speech calling for “all parties to agree to an …
I had the honour of laying a wreath in West Dunbartonshire on Remembrance Sunday to pay tribute to all those who have lost their lives in conflict. Thinking of many who paid the ultimate sacrifice, including my Great Uncle James Timlin who died at the front a month before the armistice in 1918. We will …
West Dunbartonshire’s MP Martin Docherty-Hughes has tabled a motion in the House of Commons calling for the UK government to secure the release from India of detained Dumbarton man Jagtar Singh Johal. The local MP’s motion highlights the 6th anniversary of ‘Son of the Rock’ Jagtar’s arrest in Punjab, and urges the Westminster government to …
West Dunbartonshire’s MP Martin Docherty-Hughes is teaming up with the Citizens Advice Bureau to provide assistance to local residents impacted by benefit changes. It comes as Tax Credit recipients in the West of Scotland are being notified by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of the process for migrating to Universal Credit (UC). The …
It’s been the honour of my lifetime to represent the people of West Dunbartonshire as your Member of Parliament. I’m proud of my record since first being elected in 2015, standing up for local people and our communities. Over the years I have held countless advice surgeries and provided assistance to thousands of local families …
MP for West Dunbartonshire Martin Docherty-Hughes has warned that local households face severe hardship this winter due to the UK’s cost-of-living crisis. The local SNP MP is calling on the Westminster government to bring back the £400 energy rebate, following concerns that household energy bills are set to be 13% higher than they were last …
Martin led the SNP’s response to the Prime Minister’s statement on the G20 summit in India. Here is an extract of the House of Commons statement transcribed via Hansard: Martin Docherty-Hughes MP (SNP, West Dunbartonshire): We have heard a lot of PR and spin today, and I am sure we will hear a lot more. …
Martin led for the SNP frontbench in the House of Commons debate on the war in Ukraine. Here’s an extract of his speech transcribed via Hansard: Martin Docherty-Hughes MP (SNP, West Dunbartonshire): It is a pleasure to speak from the Front Bench for, I think, the third time today. On this subject, however, I think …
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