Scottish Conservatives

17 JUN 2011

David McLetchie MSP: Enhanced Scotland Bill will strengthen the Union

The UK Government has unveiled an enhanced Scotland Bill with plans to give the Scottish Parliament more financial powers. David McLetchie MSP, Scottish Conservative Constitution Spokesperson, said: "The UK Government is to be commended on taking on board many of the constructive proposals ...

31 MAY 2011

May praises tremendous results from CEOP

31 May 2011 Home Secretary, Theresa May, has praised the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre whose annual report has revealed that 414 children have been safeguarded from exploitation and abuse in the last year as a direct result of CEOP's work. The annual report also shows that...

13 MAY 2011

SNP's futile attempt to make independence more acceptable won't fool anyone

13 May 2011 A study by Professor James Mitchell of the University of Strathclyde has found that the SNP is trying to change its definition of independence. David McLetchie, Scottish Conservative Constitution Spokesperson, said: "The SNP was formed in 1934. It is extraordinary that 77 years later t...

25 APR 2011

Common Sense for a healthier Scotland

25 April 2011 Speaking as we launched our fit4life sports manifesto in Edinburgh this morning, Annabel Goldie, Scottish Conservative Leader, said: "With the Commonwealth Games, the Ryder Cup and two Opens coming to Scotland in the next few years, and of course the Olympic Games in London, the...

22 APR 2011

The Prime Minister in Inverness

22 April 2011 Addressing an audience at the Town House in Inverness on Wednesday 20 April the Prime Minister said: It's great to be in Scotland. This is a nation with special ties to our party. Balfour. Bonar Law. Douglas-Home. Three great Conservative Prime Ministers from Scotland. And I can't t...

14 APR 2011

'We must end the scandal of automatic early release'

14 April 2011 It has been revealed that a violent convict who is only a quarter of the way through his eight year sentence has absconded from Castle Huntly. John Lamont, Scottish Conservative Justice Spokesperson, said: "This is extremely worrying. "In his report in 2009, Professor Spencer speci...

12 APR 2011

Scottish Conservatives will protect police numbers

12 April 2011 Scottish Conservative proposals for Scotland's police forces do not include any reduction in officer numbers. We will retain the 1000 extra police numbers that we forced from the Scottish Government in the last parliament. We are the only party to have produced a fully costed docume...

04 APR 2011

Annabel Goldie launches the Scottish Conservative Manifesto 'Common Sense for Scotland'.

04 April 2011 Below are extracts from a speech by Annabel Goldie as she launched the Party's Manifesto for the Scottish Parliamentary elections. Speaking at the Glasgow Science Centre this morning Annabel said: I am proud to stand here today as the Leader of the opposition party which has delivere...

26 MAR 2011

Scottish Conservative Party Conference

26 March 2011 Scottish Conservative Party Conference 201118 and 19 March - Dewars Centre, Perth We had another successful Scottish Conference in Perth. Especially pleasing was to see our Prime Minister make his way to Scotland despite the intensive work load dealing with the international crisis. ...

02 MAR 2011

We would be mad to adopt AV

The AV referendum is swiftly approaching and I get the distinct impression that the whole business leaves many people bemused. But there's no need to be. In case you missed it, I explained in my Daily Telegraph column this week why adopting AV nationally is utterly bonkers. In the article I argued...

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