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HANSARDScottish Independence ReferendumIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes. In reality, the petition reflects the views of a minority of people in Scotland. Only today, an opinion poll…22 Mar 2021HANSARD Leaving the EU: Impact on the UKHas the right hon. Lady asked the fishermen and the seafood industry how they would mark the scorecard? Also, does she think it is acceptable that the Fisheries Minister, the…17 Mar 2021HANSARDScotland: General Election and Constitutional FutureIf the hon. Member properly analyses the polls, he will see that they show that the majority of people do want a referendum in the next few years, so that is wrong. He rightly…17 Mar 2021HANSARD Leaving the EU: Impact on the UKMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about immigration policy. Does she agree that it is ironic that earlier the Tories were trying to complain about the projected figures and the…17 Mar 2021HANSARD Leaving the EU: Impact on the UKWill the Minister address the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Central Ayrshire (Dr Whitford) about the fact that Scottish fishermen cannot swap quotas, and therefore…17 Mar 2021HANSARD Leaving the EU: Impact on the UKMy constituency has higher unemployment than we would like, and for that reason we certainly welcomed European funding. It helped to support the construction of a new industrial…17 Mar 2021HANSARDScotland: General Election and Constitutional FutureIt is good of the hon. Member to tell us what the people of Scotland are thinking at the moment. What is important is how they vote on 6 May. Again, if the people of Scotland vote…17 Mar 2021HANSARDScotland: General Election and Constitutional FutureFor a start, if we are going to be honest, it is quite clear that, due to the covid restrictions, we do not have people out delivering leaflets right now. If we are talking about…17 Mar 2021HANSARDScotland: General Election and Constitutional FutureI am a wee bit disappointed in the hon. Gentleman’s contribution, because he knows we are better than that. We want a forward-thinking, outward-looking country that is not tied to…17 Mar 2021HANSARDScotland: General Election and Constitutional FutureOn nuclear weapons, allegedly Scottish Labour’s position is that it is against Trident and wants nuclear weapons removed from Scotland, so is Scottish Labour’s position untenable?17 Mar 2021HANSARD Leaving the EU: Impact on the UKWe hear a lot about the fact that England is our biggest trading partner—that is true—but does the hon. Gentleman accept that 62% of goods manufactured in Scotland go to the EU,…17 Mar 2021HANSARDScotland: General Election and Constitutional FutureWill the hon. Gentleman give way?17 Mar 2021HANSARD Union Connectivity ReviewWill the Minister give way?16 Mar 2021HANSARD Union Connectivity ReviewI do not have time. The hon. Member still has not complimented the SNP on delivering what was the longest new railway in Great Britain for over a century, and we do not need a…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Union Connectivity ReviewIt is pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. The Union is over 300 years old. The Tories have been in power for 66 years since the end of world war one, and yet now…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Union Connectivity ReviewObviously, the hon. Gentleman will acknowledge the fact that the SNP Government delivered the borders railway, which is obviously a great benefit to his constituency.16 Mar 2021HANSARDArmed Forces PersonnelThe Army has been instrumental in the fight against covid, from assisting with logistics to being directly involved in testing the vaccination programmes; yet the reward for army…15 Mar 2021HANSARDArmed Forces PersonnelWhat recent assessment he has made of the level of satisfaction among armed forces personnel with military (a) housing and (b) salaries.15 Mar 2021HANSARDCOP26Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I must say that this is the first time I have ever had the chance to get my red pen out and add to my notes, rather than having to scrub notes out…10 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationThe idea that the Tories can level up broken Britain just defies logic. They have been the party of government for two thirds of the past century, they have been in power since…09 Mar 2021