Western Isles SNP candidate, Alasdair Allan, has called the SNP's manifesto, a positive vision for Scotland and the Western Isles, and has highlighted a range of policies with particular relevance in the islands.
Alasdair Allan said it is "full of new ideas that can have a big positive impact in the Western Isles. From the £5 million fund to support island and regional food products, to the commitment to bring a million acres of Scotland under community ownership, this is a manifesto with rural Scotland at its heart."
The SNP pledges to to maintain RET ferry fares, and a presumption against rural school closures. It also promises to remove more small businesses from liability to pay business rates.
The SNP is also calling for Scotland to chair the next EU fisheries council, "to get a better deal for fishermen," and calling for a better allocation for Scotland in the next CAP negotiations.
SNP manifesto has islands at its heart, says Allan
22 April 2016
A 50% cut in air passenger duty will to bring down the cost of flights to the islands, said the candidate.
He said island and coastal communities will decide how to allocate the revenues of the crown estate foreshore.
A loan element of the croft house grant scheme will be reintroduced, he added.
The NHS will be reformed to meet the challenge of an ageing population and further land reform will end the practice of "anonymous" land ownership.
Mr Allan said: "Taken together with other national measures to double free childcare hours, recruit another 500 health visitors, increase the number of Gaelic speakers in Scotland, fight for a better deal for women pensioners, and extend eligibility for winter fuel benefit, this manifesto shows the SNP is ambitious about using the Scottish Parliament's new powers, and determined that governing well is the best advert for Scotland having still more powers in the future."