Before the meeting, Alison Phimister, NHS Highland Ross Cromarty and West Ness Locality general manager, said various proposals were being considered by the community health partnership.

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Jean MacBeath chairman, Cromarty Courthouse Trust (Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty) - For services to the community in Cromarty.

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Joan Elizabeth Ross , JP (Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty) - For services to Business and to the community in Alness, Ross-shire.

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Jonathan MacDonald (Skye, Ross and Cromarty) - For services to Crofting and to the community in Kilmuir, Skye.

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Iain Masson Smart (Isle of Skye, Ross and Cromarty) - For services to the community on the Isle of Skye.

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It had historically been run by Ross and Cromarty District Council until reorganisation in 1996, when Highland Council took over.

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Mr Kennedy, who was the youngest MP in parliament when he won the Ross, Cromarty and Skye seat for the then Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1983, went on to talk about the changes that have taken place since he was first elected.

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