News
McArthur garners MSP support to mark MS Awareness Week 2023
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament marking MS Awareness Week 2023 (24-30 April) which has attracted strong cross party support.
Search
News
Ministers must listen to concerns of small business over deposit return scheme
Liam McArthur MSP has today pressed the Scottish Government to listen to the concerns of small business over the proposed deposit return scheme.
News
McArthur urges First Minister to re-think approach on HPMAs
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur today urged the First Minister, Humza Yousaf to rethink his government’s approach to Highly Protected Marine Areas.
News
Orcadian Column, 20 April 2023
Motor homes have not enjoyed this much notoriety since convoys of them rolled into rural Scotland after lockdown restrictions were first eased in the summer of 2020. These are strange times.
News
McArthur welcomes pause on “shambolic” deposit return scheme
Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has challenged the Scottish Government to use the 10 month delay to the implementation of its proposed deposit return scheme to make the changes needed to get small business…
News
McArthur expresses concerns about Highly Protected Marine Areas
As the Scottish Government’s consultation on Highly Protected Marine Areas (HPMAs) comes to a close today (Monday 17 April), Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has echoed growing concerns about the approach…
News
Orcadian Column, 6 April 2023
Bob popped along to Holyrood last week and seemed entirely unfazed by the political drama unfolding around him as MSPs went about the business of electing a new First Minister and confirming a host…
News
McArthur calls for Cabinet level focus on Orkney’s ferries taskforce
Responding to the appointment of the new First Minister’s Cabinet and ministerial team, Orkney’s MSP Liam McArthur has called for assurances about the future of the internal ferries task force set up…
News
McArthur responds to SNP leadership result
Responding to the election of the new SNP leader Humza Yousaf, Orkney MSP Liam McArthur said: