Dean Lockhart MSP has today outlined the importance of taking advantage of new trade agreements across the world in a debate on Scotland’s future trade arrangements. Dean used his speech in the Scottish Parliament to ...
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Dean welcomes Social Enterprise World Forum
Dean Lockhart MSP yesterday led the Scottish Conservatives in welcoming the Social Enterprise World Forum back to Scotland, and used the opportunity to add his congratulations to Callander on becoming Scotland’s first so ...
Diagnostic waiting times for children with autism
I asked the Minister for Mental Health Maureen Watt MSP, what action the Scottish Government is taking to reduce diagnostic waiting times for children with autism. This was in response ...
Financial services trade with rest of UK
Today, I asked SNP ministers what actions they are taking to protect Scotland's trade in financial services and expand it's vital internal market with the rest of the UK. Recent Scottis ...
Pay more get less budget
Today in the debate on the Scottish budget, I set out that this SNP budget should have been a budget for economic growth, should have addressed the issue of productivity in the workforce a ...
SNP budget bad for the economy
This SNP budget is bad for the economy, bad for skilled workers and bad for business. The SNP need to focus on growing the economy and therefore the tax base, not punish hard working Scots ...
Modern apprenticeships
Yesterday at Portfolio Questions I challenged the Minster for Employability and Training Jamie Hepburn MSP on why the SNP's record on modern apprenticeships continues to be poor. In 2016-1 ...
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