26 June 2009

Barrett salutes Armed Forces Day

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, today paid tribute to the men and woman who serve in Britain’s armed forces at the end of a week celebrating the role they play in preserving a free and safe society.

Armed Forces Day on... [read more]

25 June 2009

National Express must not be able to walk away from East Coast franchise

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, today called on the Government to rule out any public bail-out for National Express amid reports that the company was preparing to give up the East Coast Mainland franchise between Edinburgh... [read more]

24 June 2009

Families of soldiers killed in iraq deserve full public inquiry

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, today warned the Government that the families of British soldiers killed in Iraq would not accept any inquiry into the war that was held behind closed doors.

Mr Barrett, a long-time opponent of... [read more]

15 June 2009

Iraq inquiry must be fully transparent

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West today warned that any inquiry into the war in Iraq must be fully transparent or it would not be accepted by the public.

Gordon Brown will announce this week that an inquiry is to be held into... [read more]

11 June 2009

Barrett asks for top mobile moans

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, has teamed up with Consumer Focus to help tackle the problems faced by mobile phone users in Edinburgh.

After record levels of complaints about service the public receive from mobile... [read more]

9 June 2009

Barrett presses Government on small business support

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West today warned that viable businesses in Edinburgh were facing closure because of a lack of support by the banking industry.

Speaking during Treasury Questions, Mr Barrett called on the... [read more]

20 May 2009

Barrett presses Brown on high speed rail pledge

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinbrgh West, today pressed the Prime Minister to commit to an environmentally friendly high speed rail link between central Scotland and London.

During Prime Ministers Questions, Mr Barrett challenged the... [read more]

19 May 2009

Barrett takes action on vulture funds

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West has backed a bill in parliament to stop so-called ‘vulture funds’ profiteering from Third World debt.

Mr Barrett is supporting The Developing Country Debt (Restriction of Recovery) Bill to... [read more]

18 May 2009

Benefit system failing Edinburgh families

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West today hit out at Labour’s failure to reform the benefit system after new figures indicate that Edinburgh families may be losing more than ever because of mistakes in benefits payments.

New... [read more]

16 May 2009

John Barrett MP - London ‘second home’ details

Following a request from the Edinburgh Evening News to detail the cost of my second home in London for the last four years, I have supplied the following information and I informed them I would also place it on my web site.   

Full details of... [read more]