Holyrood

Green Bank should be based in Scotland

Plans for a Green investment bank, to channel public and private sector investment into energy infrastructure should include basing the bank in Scotland.

Scottish Water safe with SNP

The SNP have said Scottish Water should stay in public hands, a view shared by the Scottish people. The SNP confirmed it had no plans to change its status.

Gun laws outdated for wildlife crime

Gun laws should be changed to allow firearms licences to be withdrawn from people convicted of wildlife crime says SNP MSP Dr Bill Wilson.

Labour challenged on NHS cuts

The SNP has today called on Labour to make clear if it supports allocating any Barnett consequentials resulting from health spending in England to health spending in Scotland – as the SNP is.

Scotland must work together over budget cuts

Scotland's political parties should join a discussion on how to handle spending cuts as a result of Labour, Liberal and Tory mismanagement of the economy.

Concern over Nationwide jobs promise

SNP MSP Keith Brown has written to the Chief Executive of the Nationwide and will be working with his SNP colleagues at Westminster to seek further guarantees for the Dunfermline staff in Scotland after his constituents were told they face compulsory redundancy.

Voting referendum to clash with Scottish election

UK Ministers have published their plan for a referendum on AV - confirming that they want the vote to take place on the same date as the Scottish Parliament election.

Research backs alcohol action

More evidence has been released in favour of minimum pricing for alcohol as a new report by Health Scotland, has exposed the scale and amount of cheap alcohol available in Scotland.

Call for release of UK Lockerbie files

The SNP has challenged the PM and former Labour ministers to ensure all documents relating to BP, and Blair's “deal in the desert”, are released in full.

Recession less severe in Scotland

New figures from the UK Government show the recession in Scotland was less severe than across the rest of the UK.
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