Argyll & Bute Scottish Liberal Democrats

Speaking in the House of Commons today, Alan Reid MP called on the Chancellor to intervene to save the Islay Bank Manager post which the Bank of Scotland are axing.

The exchange between Alan Reid MP and Leader of the House Harriet Harman was,

Speaking in the House of Commons Debate on the Queen’s Speech on Wednesday afternoon, Alan Reid MP raised the problems his constituents face trying to get Broadband.

He told the House,

Following SNP Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson’s visit to Dunoon today to make an announcement about the future of the Dunoon-Gourock ferry service, Alan Reid, Liberal Democrat MP for Argyll & Bute said,

“The SNP Transport Minister confirmed that his Government would break their election promise of two new ferries. This is a disgrace. The SNP have betrayed the people of Dunoon.

43 MPs have signed a House of Commons Early Day Motion tabled by Alan Reid, Liberal Democrat MP for Argyll & Bute, which calls on CMAL to add the option of ‘Isle of Islay’ to the ballot for the name of the new Islay ferry.

Mr Reid said,

After receiving a answer to his Parliamentary Question asking the Defence Secretary to name the list of sites on the secret nuclear dump list, Alan Reid promised to continue his campaign to stop the nuclear waste from old submarines coming to Argyll & Bute.

In his written answer, Defence Minister Quentin Davies refused to reveal the sites on the secret list, but wrote,

After speaking to several angry business operators at his surgeries last Friday, Alan Reid has written to the Council urging them to withdraw their threat to remove signs for businesses on the A85 and A828 trunk roads.

Although the Council have suspended the immediate issue of enforcement notices, the threat of losing their signs is still hanging over a large number of small businesses.