Recent appearances

• Scottish Parliament: First Minister's Question Time: British Sign Language (Interpreters) 27 Mar 2003

  To ask the First Minister whether, in the light of Her Majesty's Government's decision to give official recognition to British sign language as a language in its own right, the Scottish Executive will fund a long-term training programme for more sign language interpreters. (S1F-2624)

• Scottish Parliament: First Minister's Question Time: British Sign Language (Interpreters) 27 Mar 2003

  That was an encouraging answer. I am proud to be asking the last question in the Parliament. Since my members' business debate on the subject, during which the public galleries were packed with deaf people, the Executive has taken quite a lot of steps on the issue, such as the type-talk scheme, interpretation for visitors, the BSL video, leaflets and the £10 million for audiological...

• Scottish Parliament: Island Transport 26 Mar 2003

  In my past life in the European Parliament, there was tremendous agreement among the Irish MEPs from the north and south and from all parties and people like myself that a port in the Republic of Ireland should be added to the Campbeltown route, which would thereby attract cross-border funding. If that had been done, the route would have been much more secure: it would have been good for...

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Former Scottish National Party MSP for Highlands and Islands, Former Scottish National Party MP for Moray and Nairn

Entered the House of Commons on 2 November 1967 — unknown

Left the House of Commons on 7 April 1979 — General election

Entered the Scottish Parliament on 6 May 1999 — Election

Left the Scottish Parliament on 31 March 2003 — Election

Also represented Moray and Nairn; Hamilton

• Page on the Scottish Parliament website
• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP