International

SNP Westminster leader and International Affairs spokesperson Angus Robertson MP has questioned Jack McConnell's latest appointment and said he would be writing to the Prime Minister asking how such a role could be fulfilled on a part-time basis.

SNP MEP Mr Alyn Smith and MSP Joe FitzPatrick have today reiterated their call for the UK to join the international consensus on banning cluster bombs at the international conference underway in Dublin after newspapers reported a possible u-turn by the UK Government.

The First Minister has expressed his support for the work of the Disasters Emergency committee and Scottish aid organisations responding to the cyclone in Burma