Thanks to the Scottish Conservative MPs in Westminster, Scotland will see an extra £1.2 billion budget boost and Scottish farmers will receive an extra £160 million.

Banff and Buchan MP David Duguid has welcomed an announcement of extra training and equipment to increase safety for those working on fishing vessels.

North East fishing opportunities will be boosted by direct port investment and a marketing strategy harnessing the “power of the United Kingdom”, a local MP heard today.

Following on from my request last week of the Prime Minister to support calls for 22q11 Syndrome to be added to the newborn blood spot test, I met yesterday with Baroness Blackwood, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, to discuss the condition.

Great to hear that the Transport Secretary will meet with me to discuss the concerns of my constituents after more reductions in air services between Aberdeen and London.

As we invest more in Offshore Wind technologies and windfarms, it is great to see Fraserburgh will be the Operations and Maintenance Base for the Moray East Windfarm and with the New Offshore Wind Sector Deal announced by the Government, it can only be positive for our ports and our wider coastal

This week was an eventful one when it comes to voting on how we leave the EU.  Of course, I would have preferred for the Government motion, to leave the EU on 29 March with a deal, to have passed.  However, although more people voted for the deal than in January, it still didn’t get over the line

David Duguid today praised SCORE Group, headquartered in Peterhead on their work to encourage the uptake of STEM subjects at school. SCORE is the largest private employer of apprentices in Scotland and it is vital that everything can be done to encourage more pupils to take STEM subjects. 

David Duguid today called out the SNP Government after it emerged that none of the £600 million invested into broadband rollout two years ago has actually been awarded in contracts. 18% of Banff and Buchan do not have access to decent broadband.

Contrary to SNP scaremongering, EU Citizens are welcome to stay here regardless of there being a deal. The Home Office have confirmed that not a single application out of over 100,000 to the settles status scheme has be rejected so far.