In Foreign Office questions yesterday I called for the UK Government to do me to represent the Chagos Islanders. My question is below. Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife) (Lab): As I understand it, the current arrangement with the US Administration expires at the end of 2014. Will the Minister assure the House that, notwithstanding …
Foreign Office questions, 18th June 2013
In Foreign Office questions yesterday I called for the UK Government to do me to represent the Chagos Islanders. My question is below. Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife) (Lab): As I understand it, the current arrangement with the US Administration expires at the end of 2014. Will the Minister assure the House that, notwithstanding …
Central Fife Times column – making tough choices while protecting the most vulnerable
In the past couple of weeks Labour have begun to set out how we would best support families and pensioners in places like West Fife should Labour win the 2015 General Election. With every set of employment and growth statistics it has become increasingly clear that David Cameron and Nick Clegg’s economic plans are simply …
Defence questions, 17th June 2013
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife) (Lab):Will the Secretary of State and his team listen to those of us, on both sides of the House, who believe that if we can persuade more of our European partners to switch to the B variant, it will provide a perfect example of how European nations can stand …
Local MP backs organ donation campaign
Thomas Docherty MP is urging more people to join the organ donor register after being contacted by nine year old Luis Goncalves, who has recently had a kidney transplant. Luis, who is from Gosport in Hampshire, has written to every Member of Parliament, asking them to join the organ donor register and to encourage other …
My column from this week’s Dunfermline Press – legal loan sharks and financial education
In my column this week I would like to talk about the growing problem of payday loan companies taking advantage of some of the most vulnerable members of our communities. Over the past few years as the recession has really hit our High Streets in West Fife, the shops that offer short term loans with …
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