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MSP WELCOMES ABOYNE & UPPER DEESIDE ROTARY CLUB TO HOLYROOD
11/03/2011
MSP WELCOMES ABOYNE & UPPER DEESIDE ROTARY CLUB TO HOLYROOD
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Cancelling fuel duty increase will help North East families and businesses
03/03/2011
North East Conservative MSP, Nanette Milne as called for the planned fuel duty increase – left on the incoming UK Government’s books by the last Labour Government – to be cancelled.
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£200 Council Tax cut for every pensioner household in the North East
03/03/2011
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has welcomed the Scottish Conservatives pledged to deliver a £200 Council Tax cut for every pensioner household in the North East.
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Nanette visits Aboyne Hospital
23/02/2011
Dr Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East visited Aboyne Hospital (Monday 21st) to meet with hospital staff and tour the Maternity Unit.
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Nanette visits Norvite Animal Nutrition Company Limited is headquartered near Insch
23/02/2011
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East paid a visit to Norvite Animal Nutrition Company Limited is headquartered at Insch.
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Nanette: Scotland has potential to be first class European Ski destination
23/02/2011
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has given her support to Scottish Tourism Week and has called for tourism promotion to work to realised Scotland’s potential as a first class European Ski destination. Scottish Tourism Week runs from February 28 to March 4.
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Milne: Action needed on Aberdeenshire roads
23/02/2011
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has backed an Audit Scotland report published this week which calls on the Scottish Government to consider a national review of how Scotland's road network is managed and maintained. The Audit Scotland report, Maintaining Scotland’s Roads, found that 6.3% of the road network in Aberdeenshire and 8.9% of road network in Aberdeen City were in need of urgent repair.
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Tory pressure gets green light for Inveramsay bridge upgrade
10/02/2011
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has welcomed the news that tenders for the design work to upgrade the notorious Inveramsay Bridge on the A96 has been given the green light.
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Milne welcomes Budget jobs boost for the North East
10/02/2011
Speaking after the Scottish Parliament approved the Scottish Government’s Budget for the coming year, North East Conservative MSP Nanette Milne has welcomed a number of measures in the Budget which will provide a boost for jobs in the North East.
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MSP raises Pre-School Playgroup concerns with Chief Executive
10/02/2011
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has written to Colin McKenzie, Chief Executive of Aberdeenshire Council to raise concerns regarding the proposed changes to Pre-School Playgroup provision across Aberdeenshire.
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MSP PRESENTS SCARF AWARD TO OLD RAYNE PUPIL
10/02/2011
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East attended the SCARF calendar awards in the Scottish Parliament
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SportScotland to assist to help secure future of North East Ski Centres
03/02/2011
Dr Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East and Shadow Minister for Sport has welcomed the positive support which she has received from SNP Sports Minister Shona Robison MSP to help secure the future of both North East Ski Centres at Huntly and Alford. Dr Milne wrote to Ms Robison expressing her concern for the future of both North East Ski Centres and called on the SNP Sports Minister to look at what support the Scottish Government can give to secure the future running costs of the centres.
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MSP concern for future of Westhill Delivery Office
03/02/2011
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has written to Royal Mail to express her concern following news that the Royal Mail’s Westhill Delivery Office at the Westhill Industrial Estate could close.
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MSP calls for cross-party summit on broadband
03/02/2011
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has called on the Scottish Government to look at the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly broadband project, which has brought together Cornwall Council and BT to deliver 100 per cent coverage of faster broadband cost effectively through a network that will be open to all communications providers equally, which will potentially benefit more than 10,000 businesses.
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Inveramsay Bridge – First Minister has 100 days to keep pledge
27/01/2011
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has written to the First Minister asking for a date when he will deliver on his pledge to address the notorious Inveramsay Bridge on the A96.
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Scottish Conservatives pledge £10m for cancer drugs
20/01/2011
Scottish Conservatives are today committing up to £10m of NHS spending for a Scottish Cancer Drugs Fund. This proposal mirrors action taken by the UK Government to provide up to £200m per year for England and Wales, to increase access to cancer drugs recommended by doctors.
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Milne urges protection of frontline policing in Grampian
20/01/2011
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has called for greater local accountability and protecting front line policing to be at the heart of any reorganisation of police structure.
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SNP test on road funding
20/01/2011
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has called on SNP Ministers to ensure a fair share of funding for North East Councils.
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Milne calls for snow gate webcams for A93
13/01/2011
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East and Braemar resident has written to Transport Scotland, Aberdeenshire Council and the Cairngorms National Park Authority to seek approval for a new traffic webcam to be installed on the A93 at the Braemar snow gate. Nanette Milne MSP has been contacted by residents and skiers who are frustrated that there currently is limited information about the A93 on the Traffic Scotland website.
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NORTH EAST REPRESENTED IN SCA FINALS
13/01/2011
North East businesses have been short-listed for the Scottish Countryside Alliance Awards 2011, which takes place on Wednesday 26th January in the Scottish Parliament, and North East MSP Nanette Milne believes that the North East finalists reflect the high quality of rural produce and businesses found across the Region.
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Milne expresses concern for future of North East Ski Centres
13/01/2011
North East Ski Centres has become Scotland’s premier national centre for nordic skiing and is a vital asset in the development of the sport.
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Johnstone: SNP must put political dogma aside to help affordable housing in Scotland
13/01/2011
An infrastructure investment fund is offering loans to housing associations in the UK.
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Johnstone: Those most in need paying the price of SNP’s failures
13/01/2011
A YouGov poll carried out for Shelter Scotland and Shelter suggests that 5% of people in Scotland - equivalent to 207,500 - have used credit cards to pay their mortgage or rent in the last 12 months.
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Milne calls for A93 to be given trunk road status
13/01/2011
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has called on SNP Transport Minister, Keith Brown to visit Braemar to see at first hand the need for the A93 to be given trunk road status.
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Nanette welcomes tougher action on hoax 999 callers
13/01/2011
Scottish Conservatives have welcomed the updated guidance issued to prosecutors across Scotland, setting out a strong presumption in favour of prosecution of those who make false alarm calls to the police, fire or ambulance services.
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Milne urges care over flooding
09/12/2010
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for North East Scotland, has expressed concerns that a thaw in the adverse weather conditions could lead to serious flooding risks in the North East.
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Milne welcomes work of Asthma UK Youth Ambassadors in Scotland
09/12/2010
Dr Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East today, showed her support for Asthma UK in their campaign for greater awareness of asthma to young people in Scotland. Dr Nanette Milne tabled a Motion in the Scottish Parliament in support of calls for more understanding of asthma in schools, more school asthma policies and efforts to ensure that children are not excluded from day-to-day activities because of their asthma.
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Emergency service workers praised for going the extra mile
09/12/2010
Dr Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East and Shadow Minister for Public Health has praised North East emergency service workers for going the extra mile to keep local hospitals open.
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Nanette welcomes broadband announcement
09/12/2010
Conservative North East MSP, Nanette Milne, has welcomed the announcement from the UK Government that every community in the UK will gain access to super-fast broadband by 2015.
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Nanette highlights the NHS administration costs increase - £23m rise this year, £50m over past two years
02/12/2010
Nanette highlights that NHS administration costs have risen again – from £697m in 2008/9 to £720m in 2009/10, a rise of 3%.
In 2007/8 the figure was £670m, so admin costs have risen by £50m in just two years
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Milne : UK Government should make North East a Broadband pilot area
26/11/2010
Following a report by the BBC which showed that parts of the Aberdeenshire had some of the lowest broadband speeds in the UK, North East Conservative MSP Nanette Milne has urged the UK Government to include Aberdeenshire as a pilot area for broadband improvements.
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Nanette visits Royal Lochnagar Distillery
26/11/2010
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East will visited the Royal Lochnagar Distillery.
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Aberdeen City & Shire Council Tax Bills would increase by over £200 if Council Tax Freeze is scrapped
24/11/2010
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has revealed figures which show that the average Band D household in Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Council’s would see their Council Tax bill increase by £221 and £205 respectively if the freeze in the Council Tax was to end.
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Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has hit out at SNP Ministers for failing to address the local government funding formula which sees both Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils receive a lower share of funding per head of population.
24/11/2010
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has hit out at SNP Ministers for failing to address the local government funding formula which sees both Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils receive a lower share of funding per head of population.
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NANETTE LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER BROADBAND FOR NORTH EAST
18/11/2010
NANETTE LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER BROADBAND FOR NORTH EAST
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for the North East has launched a campaign to secure better broadband for communities across the North East.
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Nanette has welcomed the agreement secured by the Conservative Westminster Government to give Scotland’s national drink legal protection in China, meaning it will have to be sold according to UK rules.
18/11/2010
Nanette has welcomed the agreement secured by the Conservative Westminster Government to give Scotland’s national drink legal protection in China, meaning it will have to be sold according to UK rules.
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Milne welcomes opening on new Huntly Dental Practice
04/11/2010
Nanette recently visited the Deveron Dental Centre Huntly, where she welcomed the new addition to the town.
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Nanette: Time for SNP to deliver on flood funding
04/11/2010
Nanette Milne Conservative MSP for the North East has called on the SNP Scottish Government to deliver the flood funding needed by Aberdeenshire Council
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Inverurie Academy visit Scottish Parliament
04/11/2010
Pupils and teachers from Inverurie Academy visited the Scottish Parliament on Thursday
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NANETTE SHOWS SUPPORT AS CHARITIES LAUNCH BID TO BENEFIT SCOTLAND’S CARERS
04/11/2010
Scotland’s unpaid carers and young carers have a right to regular breaks and a life outside of caring – that’s the message Scotland’s National Carer Organisations (NCO) will be taking to MSPs this week.
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Nanette Milne's welcomes review of retained ambulance cover for Braemar
28/10/2010
Nanette meets with Nicola Sturgeon to discuss the retention of ambulance cover for Braemar
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Nanette Milne's disappointment at news on Garioch Life Centre development
28/10/2010
Nanette has expressed her disappointment that the planned Garioch Life Centre development is not going to go ahead
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Sport is Scotland’s Missing Link in Key Policy Agenda
14/10/2010
Nanette recogises the success of local atheletes and highlights the benefits of an active lifestyle
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News release from Alex Johnstone
08/07/2004
Arbroath supermarkets
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RENEWABLES REPORT HIGHLIGHTS LACK OF PROPER STRATEGY
01/07/2004
Commenting on the publication this week of the Enterprise & Culture Committee's Report into Renewable Energy, North East Conservative MSP, David Davidson said:
"This is a serious report, the product of six months of research and evidence, and it makes serious criticisms of the Executive's approach to renewable energy.
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GIMMICK, SOUNDBITE, PR AND SPIN
01/07/2004
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DAVID DAVIDSON SIGNS UP FOR NURSING THE FUTURE CAMPAIGN
23/06/2004
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WORK OF MANIC DEPRESSION FELLOWSHIP HIGHLIGHTED BY NORTH EAST MSP DURING CARERS WEEK
18/06/2004
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DAVID DAVIDSON MSP PRAISES WORK OF CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
17/06/2004
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DAVID DAVIDSON MSP PRAISES WORK OF CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
17/06/2004
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Davidson Urges Local Schools to Get Voting
10/06/2004
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DAVID DAVIDSON MSP RAISES MUCHALLS BENDS WORKS WITH TRANSPORT MINISTER
10/06/2004
The risk of further damage to the B979 Stonehaven to Maryculter Road has
been raised with Transport Minister, Nicol Stephen, by David Davidson MSP.
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Davidson Gives Support for Postwatch Response
10/06/2004
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Commenting on the news that Postwatch have completely rejected the entire are plan proposed by Post Office Ltd for the closure of post offices in central Aberdeen
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MSP: “ABERDEEN TAX RISE A DISGRACE. “
24/02/2004
Commenting on news that Aberdeen City Council are set to increase Council Tax for the coming year by 8.6%, Nanette Milne, MSP for Northeast Scotland said:
“Hard pressed taxpayers in Aberdeen will understandably be incensed by this latest tax rise.
“Aberdeen has received the lowest per-head grant in Scotland from the Local Government Funding Settlement. This is typical of the Lib-Dem/Labour Executive siphoning money from the Northeast, to fund their heartlands in the Central Belt.
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MILNE WELCOMES RECOGNITION FOR LOCAL HEROES
24/02/2004
Nanette Milne, MSP for Northeast Scotland has urged local people to nominate ‘local heroes’ for a new national award. The Nationwide Awards for Voluntary Endevour recognise members of the local community who happily give up their time to help others. The awards, run by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations and the Nationwide Building Society are run regionally across the UK.
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“LAW NEEDED TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM NET PAEDOPHILES” SAYS MILNE
11/02/2004
Following Education Minister Peter Peacock’s visit to Edinburgh today to highlight the dangers of the internet, Northeast MSP Nanette Milne welcomed moves to protect families in the Northeast, saying
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MSP WARNS AGAINST COMPLACENCY IN RESPONSE TO FARMING INCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT
11/02/2004
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for Northeast Scotland today welcomed the figures published by the Executive, which forecast a rise in Total Income for Farming for 2003/04
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MILNE MOTION TO SAVE COMMUNITY CENTRE
11/02/2004
Northeast Scotland MSP Nanette Milne has high hopes that her motion brought forward to protect a small Community Centre from excessive water charges, will be debated in the Scottish Parliament.
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MSP visits One Wold Centre
20/01/2004
MSP visits Dundee's One World Centre
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MSP's GP meeting
19/01/2004
Alex Johnstone MSP held a meeting over the new Angus out-of-hours GP service
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MILNE: “SUPPLEMENTS DECISION IS BUREAUCRACY GONE MAD”
25/06/2003
Nanette Milne, Conservative MSP for North east Scotland has described the Health Committee’s decision to press ahead with legislation banning food supplements as “bureaucracy gone mad.”
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MILNE BACKS ENDOMETREOSIS AWARENESS DAY
01/07/2003
Deputy Health Spokesman and North East Scotland MSP Nanette Milne, has backed the Endometriosis Society’s National Awareness Day being held tomorrow (2nd July) to highlight the potentially crippling illness that affects one in ten women.
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MILNE: “GRADUAL APPROACH ESSENTIAL FOR REMOVAL OF OTM RULE”
08/07/2003
n response to the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) announcement that it will consider recommendations to replace the over thirty months (OTM) rule with BSE testing, North East Scotland MSP Nanette Milne
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F.S.A. TURNS DEAF EAR TO PRACTICAL COMMON SENSE
11/07/2003
Whilst welcoming the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) recommendation that the Over Thirty Months (OTM) rule be replaced with BSE testing, North East Scotland MSP, Nanette Milne has blasted the FSA for it's lack of understanding and flexibility, and has proposed a more phased and measured approach to the removal of the OTM rule, a view which is favoured by everyone in the industry.
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