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HANSARD Business of the HouseI propose a debate that affects all our constituencies, and all our high streets especially: bad commercial landlords. We have a fantastic organisation in Stirling called Creative…19 May 2022HANSARD UkraineThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I always remember the maxim that nobody ever criticises a speech for being too short. I commend it to the House. I am glad to lead for the SNP on…26 Apr 2022HANSARD UkraineI certainly do. I pay warm tribute to my hon. Friend for her work on asylum seekers in general, not just those from Ukraine. We have created in the UK a needless bureaucracy. The…26 Apr 2022HANSARDPrime Minister’s Visit to IndiaI congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber (Ian Blackford) on bringing forward this urgent question. I have respect for the Minister, but it is a…26 Apr 2022HANSARDRwanda: Human RightsI really am troubled by this. We think this is a disastrous policy that will not do anything about small boats in the channel, but let us put that to one side. The Minister and…26 Apr 2022HANSARDRape as a Weapon of War in UkraineI warmly congratulate the hon. Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) on securing this urgent question on a very difficult but very important subject. It is vital that we take due…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Food SecurityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I also pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Deidre Brock) for securing this…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Food SecurityIt is great to see a fan of my early work. “I believe the UK government authorities have been far too complacent about the security and stability of our food supplies…assuming…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Food SecurityI am grateful for the intervention. That is a very important point. There will always be conflict over land use; there will always be competing purposes, and we must be aware of…31 Mar 2022HANSARDBritish and Overseas Judges: Hong KongIt is a pleasure to serve, Ms Rees. I always think, when I am considering my speeches, that nobody ever criticised a speech for being too short, but I think I can excel myself…30 Mar 2022HANSARDEnergy Transition Projects in ScotlandThe University of Stirling has cut its carbon emissions by 43.8% since 2007. It has an ambitious target to achieve net zero by 2040, with fantastic plans for a solar farm,…29 Mar 2022HANSARDEnergy Transition Projects in Scotland13. What plans he has to support new energy transition projects in Scotland.29 Mar 2022HANSARD UkraineI, too, am grateful for advance sight of the statement, and I commend the Foreign Secretary on the very open approach that she has taken to briefing parties across the House on…28 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2022
Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2022
Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2022I am sure the Minister is about to deal with the question about compensation.21 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2022
Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2022
Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I am conscious when making any speech that nobody ever criticised a speech for being too short, so I too do not intend…21 Mar 2022HANSARDIran DetaineesI thank the Foreign Secretary for sight of her statement. Goodness, in a week when we could all be doing with a bit of good news, I was very glad to read it. The SNP shares the…16 Mar 2022HANSARDExecutions in Saudi ArabiaI have a deep personal interest in Saudi Arabia. I grew up in Saudi Arabia—we spent much of the 1980s in Riyadh—and I am a friend of Saudi, with all the political issues that it…14 Mar 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsThe SNP has supported the Government’s efforts on Ukraine. We took some criticism for that, but it was the right thing to do. In that spirit, I have to say that there is mounting…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) BillWe support the Bill and its aims, for which we have long since been calling, but we are highly frustrated that it has taken a tragedy in Ukraine to bring this legislation forward…07 Mar 2022HANSARD SanctionsLet me start on a note of consensus. The Scottish National party supports these statutory instruments. We have already expressed that support, and called for many of the measures…01 Mar 2022