Welcome to my web site. The site is designed to illustrate my
work undertaken in Parliament, on behalf of Shetland. It therefore has different sections
relating to these tasks.
I hope to enlarge the site to cover for example, Parliamentary
speeches and questions, articles I write for local and national publications and
the weekly diary of events.
I would appreciate your ideas and thoughts on the web site.
Please email or get in touch through the
Contact Details page.
Tavish Scott
Born in 1966 in Inverness, Tavish Scott attended
Anderson High School, Lerwick, Shetland and Napier University, Edinburgh, where
he attained a BA (Hons) in Business Studies.
After graduating in 1989, Tavish Scott worked for
Jim Wallace MP in the House of Commons. He became Scottish press officer for the
Liberal Democrats in 1990, before returning to Shetland to run his family's
farm.
From 1994 to 1999 Tavish Scott was a local
councillor representing Lerwick Harbour and Bressay Ward on Shetland Islands
Council. He was Vice-chairman of the Roads and Transport Committee and Chairman
of Lerwick Harbour Trust.
Mr Scott was the Deputy Minister for Parliament
from 1 November 2000 until his resignation on 9 March 2001.
He subsequently held the post of
Deputy
Minister for Finance, Public Services and Parliamentary Business from 21st May
2003 until 29th June 2005.
Mr Scott joined the Scottish Cabinet on the 29th June 2005 when he was appointed
Minister for Transport, a post he held until May 2007.
From May 2007 until August 2008,
Mr Scott was
Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth, and also Convenor of
the Scottish Parliament's Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee.
