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LOCAL MSP HIGHLIGHTS ISSUES AFFECTING FOOD AND DRINK INDUSTRY ACROSS SOUTH SCOTLAND

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has used a debate in the Scottish Parliament to raise a number of issues affecting the local food and drink sector. These include the difficulty in recruiting skilled labour and the huge lack of housing in rural areas. Speaking in the chamber, Colin Smyth said:…

LOCAL MSP DEMANDS FIRST MINISTER TACKLE “APPALLING” SURGERY WAITING TIMES IN DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has urged First Minister John Swinney to urgently tackle “appalling” surgery waiting times in Dumfries and Galloway. The local MSP highlighted the issue during First Minister’s Questions on Thursday. He raised the problems being endured by constituent John Small from Stranraer who is urgently waiting…

LOCAL MSP DEMANDS GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT ON TACKLING PENSIONER POVERTY

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has asked the Scottish Government to make a firm commitment to reducing pensioner poverty. The local MSP used a question session in the Scottish Parliament to ask Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice Shirley-Anne Somerville for a response to calls from Independent Age for a pensioner…

SNP GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO MISS HEALTH TREATMENT TIME TARGETS IN DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY

New figures released on Tuesday (18 March) have revealed that the Scottish Government is continuing to miss national treatment time targets in Dumfries and Galloway. The target states that 90 per cent of patients should be treated within 18 weeks of referral. However, according to the latest figures for December…

COLIN SMYTH MSP BACKS ASH SCOTLAND’S NO SMOKING DAY CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGING CONSTITUENTS TO BE TOBACCO-FREE

South Scotland Colin Smyth MSP is backing a health charity’s national No Smoking Day campaign urging people across South Scotland who smoke to make attempts to stop and win through improvements in their physical health, mental wellbeing and finance. The MSP is supporting ASH Scotland’s ‘Quit and Win’ campaign, which…

LOCAL MSP SUPPORTS APPRENTICESHIP WEEK WITH VISITS TO DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COLLEGE AND ASHLEIGH CONSTRUCTION’S SITE IN EASTRIGGS

As part of Apprenticeship Week 2025, South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth visited Dumfries and Galloway College along with the team from Skills Development Scotland, and then Ashleigh Construction’s site in Eastriggs. During the visit to the College, the local MSP met a range of apprentices training to be plumbers, joiners,…

LOCAL MSP ‘HONOURED’ TO ACCEPT NATURE CHAMPION OF THE YEAR AWARD

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth was honoured to accept his award for Scottish Environment Link’s MSP Nature Champion of the Year 2024. The local MSP is the Scottish Parliament’s Nature Champion for the Badger and was announced as the 2024 MSP Nature Champion of the Year at Scottish Environment LINK’s…

NHS DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY SHOWS BIGGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN OUTPATIENT WAITS

NHS Dumfries and Galloway has the biggest percentage increase in ongoing waits for outpatient appointments when comparing December 2024 with the previous year, according to a report published last week. The Public Health Scotland report relates to the length of time patients wait to be seen as a new outpatient…

MSP HOLDS TALKS WITH SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT MINISTERS OVER USUAL PLACE FUNDING

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has today (Wednesday 5 March) met with Shirley-Anne Sommerville, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice and Ivan McKee, Minister for Public Finance, along with a cross-party group of MSPs, to discuss the funding challenges facing the Usual Place. The meeting followed the local…

MSP WELCOMES ‘MEET THE TEAM’ A75 ENGAGEMENT PLANS

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has welcomed plans for ‘meet the team’ events being held next week in Crocketford for residents to meet the designers of planned new A75 bypasses. Members of Transport Scotland’s project team and their technical advisers will be at Crocketford Village Hall to answer questions on…

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