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HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesWhile the hon. Member is on the action of the Scottish Government, I presume he is going to commend them for bringing forward the £20 a week child payment as one way to help to…24 Jan 2022HANSARDCOP26 Commitments: Carbon Capture and SequestrationThe Scottish carbon cluster site would address Scotland’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters. It would unlock 30% of the UK’s carbon dioxide storage capability and combine…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCOP26 Commitments: Carbon Capture and Sequestration4. What assessment he has made of the potential role of carbon capture and sequestration in delivering the UK’s COP26 commitments to reduce emissions.19 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsI agree. People on lower incomes are the ones who spend all of their disposable income, and they spend it in local businesses and support local businesses. For families in…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsYes. It is the broad shoulders of the UK working in the opposite way from the way in which we are always told it is supposed to work. By contrast, the Scottish Government are…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsI agree wholeheartedly that the Government have taken their eye off the ball. The previous Prime Minister, David Cameron, talked about cutting out all the “green crap”. That set…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsI just wonder how a Robin Hood tax on oil companies operating in the North sea would affect reliance on Putin or Gazprom, or how it would affect Gazprom’s share price or dividend.…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsIs there an estimated cost for these modular reactors? How much will it cost overall? Is there a policy for how nuclear waste will be dealt with?18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsIt is a pleasure, Sir Edward, to serve under your chairmanship. As others have done, I congratulate the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) on…18 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe reality is that the seasonal agricultural workers scheme has been woefully inadequate. In the last few years, we have seen fruit and veg being left to rot in the fields. Why…17 Jan 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseMy 30-year-old constituent Calum Campbell has dyspraxia, and all his life his mum has had to fight the Department for Work and Pensions for support. Even so, he has now lost his…13 Jan 2022HANSARDUnderpayment of Benefits: CompensationUnder this Tory Government, we have had the Women Against State Pension Inequality Campaign scandal, the universal credit cuts, pensioners now losing £500 a year and a cost of…13 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsDespite the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster’s words at the Dispatch Box, the reality is that his Cabinet colleagues yesterday were calling the Scottish Conservative leader a…13 Jan 2022HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATI will make it clear for the hon. Gentleman: yes, our ambition is to be an independent country and yes, we want to join the EU. The vote today is about a temporary VAT holiday.…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?11 Jan 2022HANSARDNew Nuclear PowerWhen it comes to new nuclear, there is not a single successful EPR plan operational anywhere in the world. The regulated asset base—RAB—model has not been shown to work for new…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATIt is incredible, given the current cost-of-living crisis, that the UK Government seem to be incapable of doing anything different. The Chief Secretary reeled off a list of…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATThe right hon. Gentleman seems easily confused, but of course he is a climate change sceptic. If Scotland was in charge of its own energy policy, there would be more investment in…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATLet me come to the next part of my speech, which will address that point. I am absolutely incredulous that, as the hon. Gentleman pointed out, Labour MPs were whipped to vote for…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATI agree wholeheartedly. It is interesting that the Government are now revisiting the Rough gas-storage scheme. Yes, there has been a global impact on wholesale prices and prices…11 Jan 2022