Being Chair of the Petitions Committee has been a learning curve and also a joy. One is exposed to a wide variety of topics that make the general public tick, from animal welfare to school reforms and the infamous call for another
Ok yes – I did put on my rose-tinted nostalgia specs this week when I opened the debate in my name on the closure of high street services. I talked about my childhood home town of Tain. I mentioned the greengrocer that
Balintore is a coastal village some 595 miles away from London and 7 miles away from my home town of Tain in the Highlands. It has no bank, a fair number of elderly residents, and a bus service that is, to say