Death and taxes are certain to be on the agenda at a Tory conference this weekend in the north.
The party’s Highlands and Islands annual gathering will debate issues including the Assisted Dying Bill and will be hosted by an Inverness church.
The event has also been billed as a platform to launch the party’s 2016 Holyrood election campaign.
Scottish party leader Ruth Davidson will be among the delegates at Saturday’s conference, at Smithton and Culloden Free Church.
Guests will include Stephen Hutchison, a former medical director at the Highland Hospice who will speak on the controversial issue of the Assisted Dying Bill.
Selected candidates for next year’s Holyrood election will also attend and lead group discussions on a variety of policies.
Ms Davidson said: “I am looking forward to a return to the Highlands. It’s a real opportunity for us to discuss policy and strategy.
“While the SNP have used the anniversary of the referendum to agitate for a re-run, the Scottish Conservatives are committed to speaking up for the quiet majority of Scots who want to move on from constitutional wrangling and concentrate on our schools, hospitals and police force.
“Two-million people across this country voted ‘no’ and I am determined to be their voice in Holyrood.
“This conference will kick-start our 2016 election campaign in the Highlands and Islands as we look to ensure the strongest possible Conservative voice in the next parliament.”
Highland Conservative Association chairwoman Elizabeth Walsh added: “Over the last 12 months we have seen a comprehensive ‘no’ vote in the independence referendum, a majority Conservative government elected in May and we now have candidates in place throughout the region ahead of next year’s elections.
“I’m delighted with the calibre of speakers we have secured.”
Ms Davidson will be joined by MEP Ian Duncan and retiring MSPs Jamie McGrigor and Mary Scanlon.