Over 100 MEPs Sign Letter to EU Commission Alyn Smith MP has welcomed fresh calls to the European Commission, to investigate how Scotland and Wales could stay in the Erasmus exchange programme. Terry Reintke, a German Member of the European Parliament and leading figure in the Green movement, has galvanised support from 144 fellow MEPs […]
Calls for UK Brexit Compensation for Stirling Agriculture Sector
Stirling MP Alyn Smith and local Councillor Evelyn Tweed have expressed concerns regarding reports of valuable produce rotting at the border due to Brexit costs, red tape and bureaucracy. Hundreds of thousands of pounds of meat exporters from the UK to the EU have been stuck in ports in recent weeks as the UK Tory’s […]
SNP Condemn Vaccine Nationalism
‘Nobody is safe until everybody is safe’ SNP Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Alyn Smith MP has today (Tuesday) in Foreign Affairs Questions in the House of Commons condemned the tone of statements by some UK Ministers and called for increased action from the UK government towards a global Covid response. He highlighted the $4.3billion shortfall in […]
Local MP Calls for Local Exporter Compensation for Tory Brexit Gridlock
Stirling MP Alyn Smith has backed calls for the UK Tory government to provide compensation to Scotland’s food and drink sector after weeks of Brexit related trade issues. The sector has faced a series of new challenges, with hospitality supplies essentially suspended, as a result of the Tory Brexit deal – after Scotland was taken […]
UK Authorises Pesticide Deadly to Bees, Stirling MP Calls for Rethink
Pesticide Banned by EU Linked to Bee Population Decline Stirling MP Alyn Smith has written to the UK Government over reports the UK Government has recently authorised the use of harmful pesticides, substances banned by the European Union. Significant evidence suggests the usage of products from the neonicotinoid family harms bee reproduction levels, severely impacting […]
SNP Backs UK Action, Urges More on China Slave Trade
SNP Shadow Foreign Secretary, Alyn Smith MP, has welcomed today’s confirmation from the UK government that firms profiting through slavery in China will be liable for hefty fines. The Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, set out the measures, which introduces punishment in the form of fines for companies that turnover more than £36 million who fail […]