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November Newsletter
Published date : 23 November 2023
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Your feedback is always welcome on the report. My team and I are also ready to assist you as best we can with any concerns that you might have which require our help and advice. To get in...
November Newsletter Text Only Version
Published date : 23 November 2023
Hello and welcome to my November Parliamentary report, where you can find details on my activities over the last month as your MP.
Events in the Middle East continue to dominate and several hundred constituents have now been in contact with me on the subject. Out and about I met with various groups including WASPI campaigners, NFUS reps, Guide...
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October Newsletter
Published date : 31 October 2023
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October Newsletter - Text Only Version
Published date : 31 October 2023
Hello and welcome to my October Parliamentary report, where you can find details on my activities over the last month as your MP.
The House of Commons returned after the summer recess for a short period of around a week and a half, ahead of the party conference season.
Being away from Westminster meant that I had an opportunity to spend...
Gordon MP Visits Future Farming Expo Event
Published date : 12 October 2023
Gordon MP Richard Thomson visited the Future Farming Expo event this week, held at the Exhibition Complex Aberdeen (TECA) in his constituency.
The SNP trade spokesperson hailed it as an innovative event for an industry noted for innovations.
Commenting, Richard Thomson MP said:
“I was pleased to be able to visit Future Farming Expo on Tuesday and experience such a platform for agricultural and technological innovation.
“Innovation...
Scotland Tops UK Manufacturing Productivity
Published date : 29 September 2023
WESTMINSTER HOLDING SCOTLAND BACK FROM TRUE POTENTIAL
New research from the multinational professional services brand PwC has named Scotland as the UK's most productive manufacturing part of the UK.
PwC's Industrial, Manufacturing and Services Productivity Tracker highlighted that output per hour was 19% higher than the UK average, at £47 per hour. The tracker attributed Scotland's success in manufacturing to key...
September Newsletter
Published date : 19 September 2023
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September Newsletter - Text Only Version
Published date : 19 September 2023
Hello and welcome to my September Parliamentary report, where you can find details on my activities over the last month as your MP.
With the House of Commons having been in recess over the summer, it’s given my team and I the opportunity to conduct a number of ‘street surgeries’ across the constituency, as well as to visit several local...
Gordon MP Comments on Import Checks Impact on Inflation
Published date : 31 August 2023
Responding to the news the UK Government has recognised delayed Brexit import checks will increase inflation, the SNP’s Business spokesperson and Gordon MP, Richard Thomson said:
“This Conservative UK Government should be finding ways to support households through this tough cost of living crisis, instead they seem determined to make it as difficult as possible for ordinary people to cope.
“Brexit has been an unmitigated...
Local MP Attends Official Launch of Huntlys Bikery
Published date : 31 August 2023
Gordon MP Richard Thomson attended the launch of Gordon Rural Action’s ‘Bikery’ in Huntly and has praised it as a very welcome addition to the town’s retail offer.
The MP made a return visit to the Bikery for the official launch, having previously toured the facility in May when he was updated on a number of local projects operated by Gordon Rural...