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Welcome to my monthly round up of my work both in parliament and in the constituency of Na h-Eileanan an Iar. IN THE CONSTITUENCY: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Housing Seminar - Healthy Homes, Healthy Futures On the 15th of September, I attended the housing seminar organised by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar to recognise Scottish Housing Day - this year's theme was Healthy Homes, Healthy Futures. This guided discussions on the link between safe and warm housing and positive health ou

Community halls across Uist and Barra will start co-operating on challenges like energy costs, insurance and charity status after a one-day workshop which brought volunteers together. The community halls ceilidh organised by Torcuil Crichton MP recently brought together the committee members who run the village halls across the islands. The gathering the Cnoc Soilleir centre in Daliburgh heard how older buildings and higher compliance requirements for social events were obsta

The emergency heating oil support scheme should be extended into the winter as islanders face rising fuel costs. I have called on the Scottish and UK governments to change the eligibility for the scheme which has had little take-up since being introduced in March. With heating oil at £1.24 a litre locally, almost double the cost before the US attacks on Iran began, it is time for a swift review and extension of the scheme. The Scottish Emergency Heating Oil scheme is du