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HANSARDDraft Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. This instrument follows the Education (Scotland) Act 2025, which was passed by the Scottish Parliament in June this…25 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Given the very serious news coming out of the Mossmorran plant this morning, and given that the news broke after Members were able to submit an…18 Nov 2025HANSARDClean Energy: Private Sector InvestmentIt is a bit rich for a Minister to come here, on the day that further jobs are being lost as a direct result of the Government’s policies, to talk about their clean jobs plan as…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker—I promise I will not make a habit of this. I am a bit worried that the Minister may have inadvertently misled the House, because he said…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranPatronising tone.18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranI thank the Minister for advance sight of the statement. Since the Government came to power in July 2024, over 15,000 manufacturing and industry jobs have been lost. Only this…18 Nov 2025HANSARDClean Energy: Private Sector InvestmentThank you, Mr Speaker. “The skills, infrastructure and experience built by Scotland’s oil and gas sector are vital assets that must be safeguarded and redeployed as we accelerate…18 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyYes, I do want to scrap that Act. We will scrap that Act because the cost to the British people is far too high and it is unsustainable. That is why we want to bolster domestic…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyTwo Labour promises gone in one day—that must be a record, even for this failing Government. We heard today confirmation that there is no way that the Government are going to cut…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyI will not because time is limited, and I want to give the Minister time to respond—oh fine, go on!12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyI remind the hon. Lady that, as she well knows, we cut our carbon emissions faster than any other developed nation on Earth and yet global warming is increasing. We need to…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyYes, and I recommend he looks at my website because everybody else in the Chamber seems to have done so by now.12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyI will do so one last time and then I really need to make progress.12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyI did not know that my website was such a go-to place for Labour MPs. I recommend they read some of the other things on that website, including the setting out of how our cheap…12 Nov 2025HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and Gas Industry(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero if he will make a statement on the future of the North Sea oil and gas industry.27 Oct 2025HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and Gas IndustryAnother week and yet another hammer blow to our North sea oil and gas industry, another gut punch to energy workers and another blow to our energy security. Whatever the Minister…27 Oct 2025HANSARDEnergy Security: North Sea Gas and OilThe Secretary of State for Energy is not the messiah. Week after week, I come to this Chamber to ask Energy Ministers and Scotland Office Ministers why they are content to…22 Oct 2025HANSARDEnergy Security: North Sea Gas and OilI welcome the right hon. Gentleman back to the Dispatch Box as Secretary of State for Scotland after his sabbatical over the last 20 or so years. The messianic zeal of his…22 Oct 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax Relief: Agriculture SectorThe agricultural sector is woven into the fabric of communities across Scotland. It employs thousands and contributes millions annually to the economy, but farmers across Scotland…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandWhen the Scottish Parliament was established, and when the Scottish Executive, now Government, were created, I think the Scottish people expected it to do a bit better than…22 Oct 2025