John Thurso MP

Welcome to my website

Thank you for visiting my website. The main purpose of this site is to keep the people of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross up to date with what I am doing as their MP and to give them the opportunity to get in touch and let me know their views.

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross has fantastic coast lines and beautiful scenery but being one of the largest and most remote constituencies in the UK is not without its challenges! I work closely with my colleagues to make sure the Far North has a strong voice at every level of Government and to make sure our area's particular needs are heard.

On my website you can read the latest news about my work at Westminster, on the Treasury Select Committee and in the constituency, you can also find details of my latest advice surgeries.

If you are not a constituent, please feel free to take a look around and learn more about some of the issues that matter most to people in the Far North. If you like what you see, why not come and pay us a visit?

If you cannot find the information you require, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

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Latest News

Advice Clinic: Wick

Event: January 28, 2012 10:30 AM

Assembly Rooms, Wick

All welcome, no appointments necessary.
Advice Clinic: Thurso

Event: February 18, 2012 10:00 AM

Boys' Brigade Hall, Thurso

All welcome, no appointments necessary.
Advice Clinic: Bettyhill

Event: February 17, 2012 5:30 PM

Village Hall, Bettyhill

All welcome, no appointments necessary.
Advice Clinic: Tongue

Event: February 17, 2012 3:30 PM

Village Hall, Tongue

All welcome, no appointments necessary.
Advice Clinic: Durness

Event: February 17, 2012 1:30 PM

Village Hall, Durness

All welcome, no appointments necessary.
Advice Clinic: Kinlochbervie

Event: February 17, 2012 11:00 AM

Community Room, Kinlochbervie High School

All welcome, no appointments necessary.
Advice Clinic: Lochinver

Event: February 16, 2012 6:00 PM

Assynt Centre, Lochinver

All welcome, no appointments necessary.
Advice Clinic: Tain

Event: February 13, 2012 5:30 PM

Duthac Centre, Tain

All welcome, no appointments necessary.
Thurso grills Governor of Bank of England over proposed checks of Banks sweeping new powers

Article: Jan 19, 2012

Local MP John Thurso took the opportunity of a meeting of the Treasury Select Committee this week to grill the Governor of the Bank of England over his proposals to introduce checks on the sweeping new powers to be granted the Bank.

The Governor, Mervyn King, was appearing before a meeting of the influential Treasury Select Committee which is investigating proposals to make the UK Financial system more stable.
Thurso gives cautious welcome to enterprise zone status for Nigg and Scrabster

Article: Jan 18, 2012

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP John Thurso today cautiously welcomed the designation of Scrabster Harbour and Nigg Yard as Scottish enterprise zones focused on renewable energy.

On Tuesday the Scottish Government in Edinburgh announced the creation of four enterprise areas over fourteen sites across Scotland. The Renewable Energy Enterprise East Area will include both Nigg and Scrabster in the Highlands although not Wick Harbour. No details on how the enterprise areas will operate is yet known although they may include reduced business rates and it is hoped they will be operating from April.