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Here you can find out information about Liberal Democrat MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Michael Moore, Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale MSP, Jeremy Purvis and Jim Hume MSP who represents the South of Scotland.
You can also find out more about the work our Liberal Democrat Group is doing at Scottish Borders Council and the campaigns we are running locally.
If you have any questions, queries or issues that you would like help with, please feel free to contact us. You can find the contact details for all our elected representatives on this site.
Please see below for all our latest news stories. For the rest of our recent news, please select the "Borders News" tab on the left hand menu.
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Tue 6th Jul 2010
The cross-party Borders Finance Summit, convened by Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale MSP Jeremy Purvis and Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk MP Michael Moore was raised in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday and was commended by Scottish Government Finance Secretary John Swinney.
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Mon 28th Jun 2010
Jim Hume, Liberal Democrat MSP for the South of Scotland, has welcomed news that the plan to increase the tax payable on furnished holiday lets has been scrapped.
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Mon 28th Jun 2010
Jim Hume, Liberal Democrat MSP for the South of Scotland, has welcomed Liberal Democrat Scottish Secretary, Michael Moore's, comments that the UK Government will press the European Commission for a review of the implementation of sheep identification regulations.
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Fri 25th Jun 2010
MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, Michael Moore, and MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Jeremy Purvis, have launched a cross-party initiative to discuss the state of the public finances in the Borders and how best to maintain a high standard of local services in the context of cuts in public expenditure.
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Thu 24th Jun 2010
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale MSP Jeremy Purvis has, for a number of months, pursued the concerns that many constituents have brought to him on the termination of services at Waterloo Place in Edinburgh rather than the Bus Station. This has caused considerable disturbance for passengers, especially the elderly who rely on the facilities of the Bus Station.
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Wed 16th Jun 2010
Last week in the Scottish Parliament Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale MSP Jeremy Purvis questioned the Transport Minister on what the Scottish Government is doing to ensure that bus companies are implementing mechanisms to enable mixed-use travel, such as bike racks. The Minister replied that the Scottish Government's role is to merely 'encourage and persuade.' This is not a strong enough commitment to ensure that people living in the Borders are able to make use of public transport.
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Mon 14th Jun 2010
Local MP Michael Moore and Sir Alan Beith, Liberal Democrat MP for Berwick upon Tweed, have won major concessions from East Coast and secured better services for Berwick rail users.
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| Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk General Election Result |
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Turnout: 49014 (66%)
45.4%
Liberal Democrats: 22230 (+3.5%)
33.8%
Conservative: 16555 (+4.9%)
10.2%
Labour: 5003 (−5.7%)
View the results in detail.
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| Quotes of the Week |
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"How can you possibly take on such a large financial commitment as Trident without considering the military and political implications? If fierce cuts are to be made in Britain's conventional forces, surely we have to consider whether replacing Trident can be justified. "
Sir Menzies Campbell
Response to announcement that the Ministry of Defence will be responsible for the cost of replacing Trident - 30 July
"With most of their leadership contenders claiming to back AV for a fairer voting system, it is astonishing they now wish to block the legislation to make that happen. Each and every Labour MP campaigned on a manifesto committing to a referendum. Now they have the opportunity to make this happen but have chosen to say no for opposition's sake. "
Simon Hughes MP
Comment on Labour's decision to oppose legislation for a referendum on the alternative vote - 28 July
"With more than half of ASBOs breached in 2008, this was a policy more about posturing than effective policing. Local communities know that other measures, such as Acceptable Behaviour Contracts can nip problems in the bud before they escalate. "
Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs and Justice, Tom Brake MP
Commenting on speech by the Home Secretary in which she said it was 'time to move beyond Anti Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) - 28 July
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