I have called for a change in the Scottish Emergency Heating oil scheme after it emerged that only 10 per cent of the £10 million fund has been disbursed. I raised this issue in the House of Commons as it is necessary to change the rules of the scheme to make more people eligible for support. The £300 per-household payment was introduced by the UK Government in March after the US strikes against Iran led to a spike in heating oil prices for consumers. The Scottish Government

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: Haemochromatosis Events in Uist & Barra June kicked off with a series of community information events on the Viking Genes project - a lifesaving genetic screening programme run by Professor Jim Flett Wilson of Edinburgh University. TThe Viking Genes 'Hebrides Study' is highlighting the high prevalence of hereditary haemochromatosis in the Western

Community-owned windfarms should be given priority connection to the national grid and communities entitled to take a 20 per cent stake in any onshore or offshore developments in their area, a powerful Commons committee has demanded. I welcome a report from the Commons Energy Committee where I am a sitting member, which has backed my calls for local communities have a far greater role in the renewable energy transition. The report provides a blueprint to transform communi

I welcome a major Labour government announcement that will give communities across the UK the power to control and benefit from their own energy projects. Labour’s £1billion funding for the Local Power Plan represents the largest public investment in community energy in British history, putting power directly into the hands of local people while ensuring profits generated by clean energy stay in the communities where they are produced. Announcing the Local Power Plan in t