Today’s Central Fife Times column on the State Opening of Parliament next week

In some of my previous columns I have written about the history and the ceremony of Westminster and this week I wanted to write about the state opening of Parliament at the beginning of May. This year the State Opening takes place on Wednesday 8th May and its main purpose is for the monarch to

Thomas’ question to the Foreign Office on Colombia

10. Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife) (Lab):What assessment he has made of the progress made by the Government of Colombia in tackling impunity and implementing the victims and land restitution law. [152353] The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr Hugo Swire): As noted in our 2012 human rights report, the Colombian Government

Rosyth MP calls for Illustrious commemoration

Thomas Docherty MP has called for Rosyth Dockyard’s work on the upkeep of HMS Illustrious to be commemorated when she is taken out of service. In Monday’s Defence questions Mr Docherty called on the Ministry of Defence to consider how West Fife will be able to take part in any commemorations that take place to

Thomas’ question to the Ministry of Defence on HMS Illustrious

Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife) (Lab):Next year HMS Illustrious will be taken out of service. The Minister will know just how fond memories are of the work that was done at Rosyth dockyard. Will he meet me to discuss how we can best commemorate her withdrawal? Mr Francois: I hope that we can do

The Week at Westminster – Thomas’ Dunfermline Press column on MoD Caledonia and the Pars

Press readers will have seen over the past few weeks the positive news about MoD Caledonia and I wanted to use my column this week to talk about this news and how it benefits our communities across West Fife. At the end of March the Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed that at peak 750 personnel

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Today’s Central Fife Times column on the State Opening of Parliament next week

May 1, 2013

In some of my previous columns I have written about the history and the ceremony of Westminster and this week I wanted to write about the state opening of Parliament at the beginning of May. This year the State Opening takes place on Wednesday 8th May and its main purpose is for the monarch to

Thomas’ question to the Foreign Office on Colombia

April 24, 2013

10. Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife) (Lab):What assessment he has made of the progress made by the Government of Colombia in tackling impunity and implementing the victims and land restitution law. [152353] The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr Hugo Swire): As noted in our 2012 human rights report, the Colombian Government

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