News Release from Pete Wishart MP
Attn: News Desk For immediate release: 15 September 2022
Wishart attends Pakistan flood relief fundraising dinner in Perth
On 14 September, Pete Wishart, MP for Perth and North Perthshire, attended a fundraising dinner at Mamzil restaurant in Perth, to raise funds for the recent devastating floods in Pakistan. In August, Pakistan declared a state...
Perth and North Perthshire MP, Pete Wishart, has spoken out about some EU nationals being denied a vote at the European Parliament election in May 2019 following a reply he has received from the Electoral Commission.
After reports of some EU citizens in Perth and Kinross missing out on the chance to vote on 23rd May, the Perth and North...
Member of Parliament for Perth and North Perthshire, Pete Wishart, has welcomed the decision by the Supreme Court that the UK Parliament must have the opportunity to vote on legislation before the UK can be taken out of the EU.
Following the decision by the Supreme Court judges on Tuesday, the SNP has said they will put forward 50 “serious...
Mr Pete Wishart MP, Member of Parliament for Perth & North Perthshire, has expressed his concern for Perthshire couple, Billy and Lisa Graham, who have not been in contact with family since the terrorist attack on their hotel in Tunisia on Friday.
Mr Wishart said:
“Many constituents have been in contact with me regarding concerns as to the whereabouts of Mr...
Commenting on news that aid worker David Haines, who grew up in Perth and has family in the city, has now been executed, the Scottish National Party’s Mr Pete Wishart MP, Member of Parliament for Perth & North Perthshire expressed his shock, anger and sadness at the news: “This dreadful news will be devastating for Mr Haines' family and...
Read More Following the identification of the British man being held hostage by ISIS as David Haines, the Scottish National Party’s Mr Pete Wishart MP, Member of Parliament for Perth & North Perthshire has said:
“It has now been publicly confirmed that the British man being held hostage by ISIS is David Haines, who grew up in Perth and still has family...
The Scottish National Party's Mr Pete Wishart MP, Member of Parliament for Perth & North Perthshire, welcomed a group of school pupils to his Glasgow Road office as part of their involvement in the 'Send all My Friends to School Campaign'. Children from P5 and P6 in St Ninian's Primary School came to the constituency office to hand over...
The Scottish National Party’s Mr Pete Wishart MP, Member of Parliament for Perth & North Perthshire attended a meeting in the Houses of Parliament this week at which a Christian survivor of a North Korean prison camp spoke of the plight of Christians and others in North Korea.
Speaking after the meeting, Mr Wishart said:
“A considerable number of my constituents...
The Scottish National Party’s Mr Pete Wishart MP, Member of Parliament for Perth & North Perthshire, paid a visit this morning (Monday) to the Primary 5 class at Coupar Angus Primary School to talk about his role as a member of Parliament and the work they have been doing on their current topic, Global Education.
Speaking after the visit, Mr...
The Scottish National Party's Mr Pete Wishart MP, Member of Parliament for Perth & North Perthshire, has welcomed a number of Armed Forces Day events that have been taking place around Perthshire. Speaking today (Thursday) Mr Wishart said:
“It is absolutely right that we should mark Armed Forces Day in recognition and admiration of the dangerous and important job that members...
The Scottish National Party’s Mr Pete Wishart MP, Member of Parliament for Perth & North Perthshire, has given his backing to Amnesty international’s campaign for a tighter Arms Treaty.
Speaking after meeting with representatives of the local Amnesty group, Mr Wishart said:
“Amnesty International are a fantastic organisation doing really important work throughout the world highlighting and campaigning on human rights...
Speaking at a news conference in Perth this morning (Thursday), the Scottish National Party’s Mr Pete Wishart MP, Member of Parliament for Perth & North Perthshire, spoke of the decision by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to remove the free visa concession which has been in place up until now for children travelling to the UK for rest and...
Perth and North Perthshire MP Pete Wishart has met with Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as part of a cross-party delegation building links with Burma in association with the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.
Mr Wishart met with the pro-democracy leader who, after 15 years in detention, has come to symbolise the struggle of Burma’s people to be free...