Scottish Liberal Democrat South of Scotland MSP Jim Hume will tomorrow (Tuesday 23rd June) make his case for his bill to ban smoking in cars with children present.

Late on Friday Police Scotland snuck out the report of a study by academics into the stop and search pilot in Fife. You may recall this pilot was heralded by police chiefs as the new - acceptable - model of using stop and search on children.

Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Alison McInnes has urged the SNP to back her proposals to put all stop and search on a legal footing following a damning academic report into a heralded pilot on the practise.

Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Jim Hume MSP has warned Scottish Ministers they must do more to support young people after new figures obtained through Parliamentary Questions revealed that nearly 300 children were treated for eating disorders in Scotland between 2009-10 and 2013-14. Of these, 79 were aged 13 or younger.

Scottish Liberal Democrats have repeated calls to put controversial stop and search on a statutory footing after it emerged today that nearly one in five Glaswegians have been subjected to the tactic.

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Our NHS has come under real strain in recent years. The Scottish Government have not met their hospital accident and emergency waiting time targets in almost 6 years. Treatment targets for cancer and mental health have been missed repeatedly. Staff vacancies across the NHS are increasing in many areas.

Scottish Liberal Democrats have hailed a historic day for democracy as the Scottish Parliament passed a bill giving young Scots the right to vote in the upcoming 2016 elections.

Scottish Liberal Democrat Northern Isles MP Alistair Carmichael has blasted moves by the Tory government to exclude new onshore wind farms from a subsidy scheme early next year as a “backwards step” for the UK’s energy mix.

Scottish Liberal Democrat energy spokesman Liam McArthur MSP today called on the UK government to press ahead with new measures to support the North Sea energy sector.