22 January 2009
North Labour MSPs are giving a cautious welcome to signs that the Government are beginning to move towards retaining a bull hire scheme for crofters.
This follows a Labour amendment in parliament today, calling for a continuation of a Bull Hire Scheme which the Government supported at the last minute to stave off an [...]
Moves to retain Bull Hire Scheme
Stornoway black pudding makes progress in Brussels
21 January 2009
(left to right) MEP Catherine Stihler, European Official Kiejo Hyvonen, MSP Rhoda Grant and Iain MacLeod of Charles MacLeod.
A Stornoway campaign team met yesterday with Brussels officials to kick start the process which could see the Stornoway Black Pudding brand protected in the market place.
MSP Rhoda Grant and MEP Catherine Stihler were joined [...]
STORNOWAY BLACK PUDDING CAMPAIGN GOES TO BRUSSELS
20 January 2009
Campaigners who want to safeguard the name of the Stornoway Black Pudding have taken their fight to Brussels.
Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands Labour MSP, and Stornoway butcher Iain MacLeod are meeting today with the EU Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development to discuss geographical protection for the product.
Ms Grant said:
“This campaign [...]
Women in the Highlands facing lower average salaries than men
16 January 2009
Government statistics are revealing that little progress is being made in reducing the pay gap which exists between male and female employees in the Highlands.
Rhoda Grant, Highlands and Islands regional Labour MSP, says it is disappointing that the median full time hourly pay of women in the region has consistently been 10% lower [...]
EU CAN’T BE BLAMED FOR ENDING BULL HIRE SCHEME
15 January 2009
As MSPs are set to debate the controversial decision to axe the much respected crofters bull hire scheme (Thursday), the decision to end the scheme is one the Scottish Government alone has taken and is not caused by EU rules, north Labour MSPs have claimed.
This is the position set out in a letter [...]
