Scottish Labour MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar. If you are a Western Isles constituent and want to get in touch e mail [email protected]
Between 58N and 0.12W
Joined March 2009
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Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar retweeted
Committee Members challenged Chief Executive at @neso_energy Fintan Slye, over whether he is the best person to lead the organisation, following questions about its institutional culture and given the potential reforms to the UK’s energy landscape.
Ferry fund fiasco…first @JohnSwinney said it was £10m in 20 days, then £3m in 100 days but businesses from Barra to Berneray to Harris haven’t had a penny yet. Where’s the money, John? @Sygazette ✊
Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar retweeted
The First Minister is either intentionally misleading people or badly briefed. The grant funding allocated to Acorn carbon capture remains in place. It will now be delivered through financial transactions - loans/equity stakes - to deliver greater value for money for taxpayers.
Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar retweeted
What Stephen doesn’t say here. Funding is still on offer. It’s now loans and equity funding meaning that the taxpayer would get a return.
Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar retweeted
Claims about cuts to acorn funding are wrong.
The grant funding allocated to Acorn remains in place. Development funding has already started flowing in line with the project’s needs and that support continues. (1/2)
Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar retweeted
🆕🌹This is a Labour Budget that delivers breathing space for Scottish families.
Scotgov handling of £300 heating oil payments a poor precedent - only 7,028 awards across Scotland. Half of 12,000+ homes in Western Isles on heating oil,& high levels of fuel poverty. Yet only 324 households have had £300 payment (some twice) , another 337 applications rejected.
Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar retweeted
So do the SNP support moving standing charges into the unit price - or not?
Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar retweeted
The Warm Home Discount is expanding 🏠
Around 345,000 households in Scotland will now receive the £150 rebate on bills, which is applied automatically.
✉️ Letters confirming eligibility will arrive between now and January. Find out more at gov.uk/the-warm-home-discoun…
ALT 345,000 households in Scotland will receive £150 off energy bills with the Warm Home Discount.
Jackdaw is a welcome, pragmatic decision good for jobs & energy security and signals we are in the North Sea, with the workforce in years to come. The £2 billion transition package is vital. We need the skills & supply chain to build renewables at scale using our own workforce.
Energy Secretary @Miatsf has agreed that the regulator can grant consent for gas to be produced at the licensed Jackdaw field.
Gas from Jackdaw is expected to start reaching British homes and businesses as early as the end of this month.
ALT Jackdaw gas field gets green light to begin production
Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar retweeted
Energy can be the sector that powers economic growth and secures well paid jobs in Scotland.
Jackdaw is a key development in Scotland’s reindustrialisation.
This is a pragmatic decision that puts industry before ideology. It’s the right decision.
Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar retweeted
Euan - I say this gently as an SNP member. The public are with Torcuil here.
And your constituency was one of the few that voted Labour in May. Perhaps time for local SNP activists to wake up and look to what the rest of us are doing to beat Labour?
Such a tribute, @Jamie4North is a gent and it’s good to see him back on the benches, instilling some Highland common sense in the LibDem ranks.
It’s taken me a while to share this, but I was genuinely touched by @Jamie4North’s kind words.
Politics can be challenging, so recognition from someone in another party means a lot.
Thank you, Jamie, for your kindness.
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On Monday evening I have a Commons debate proposing the UK government support the restoration of the Mack, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s fire-ravaged masterpiece.
Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar retweeted
Andy Burnham is putting problem solving over point scoring.
That's what the people of Scotland deserve. That's what everyone across our United Kingdom deserves.
Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar retweeted
Devolution was never meant to stop at Holyrood.
The PM is right to offer to work with the Scottish Government to push power out into Scotland’s regions.
That must include the Highlands and Islands where we have felt the impact of SNP centralisation over the last two decades.
"My message to John is simple, I want to push economic power out into the regions of Scotland, do you?"
Andy Burnham challenges Scotland's First Minister John Swinney to "push power" out from Westminster and Holyrood "into the hands of local people"
bbc.in/4yl7lNX
Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar retweeted
Mark was the first person to contact me after the election and it has been a privilege to work with the Mark Sommerville Foundation on the need to improve investment in MND research. This afternoon, the Prime Minister @andyburnham met with Mark to hear from him directly.
Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar retweeted
Power goes further when it's distributed not hoarded. A genuine offer from the @andyburnham to rewire Scotland. I hope @theSNP will seize the offer to grow Scotland today.
"My message to John is simple, I want to push economic power out into the regions of Scotland, do you?"
Andy Burnham challenges Scotland's First Minister John Swinney to "push power" out from Westminster and Holyrood "into the hands of local people"
bbc.in/4yl7lNX
Torcuil Crichton MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar retweeted
Following yesterday’s debate in Parliament, I’ve written in @TheScotsman on why it’s time for the SNP to modernise their stance on nuclear energy.
Their ban is not in Scotland’s interests. We stand ready to work with Scottish Govt to bring new jobs and investment to Scotland.
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