The West Lothian Liberal Democrats are looking for reassurance that the closure of St Michael’s Hospital in Linlithgow is only temporary. We are extremely concerned that elderly and vulnerable patients have been moved to a different location and would like to know what provision has been made for friends and family who will now need transport to visit them in Armadale.

Is there any common good property in your local area?

Let’s get it on the Register of Common Good and give it a little extra protection.

West Lothian Council has a Register of Common Good – a list of property owned by the local authority that was passed to it, through local government reorganisation, from former burghs. It’s required to have this register thanks to laws passed in 2015, which increase community involvement in decisions taken about the use and disposal of property that is listed on it.

Conservative MPs are under fire for voting against a new law to tackle pet theft.

In a vote on Monday 5th July, 354 Conservatives blocked efforts to make pet theft a crime in its own right, with stiffer penalties for offenders. The SNP MPs abstained.

The Scottish Liberal Democrats are fighting for the UK’s post-Covid recovery. We stand for:

• A country where wellbeing is underpinned by a vibrant economy, based on enterprise and fair employment practices.
• A society where security and respect is afforded to all residents regardless of background, supported by a fair and clear way of paying for investment that includes taxing wealth and property.
• A country founded on environmental sustainability, where the journey to zero carbon is characterised by a just transition.
• Self-government for Scotland within a Federal UK, within the EU, and within the wider international community.