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HANSARDFreeportsOf all the five excellent bids, I know that my right hon. Friend agrees that, given the focus on a North sea revival, the importance of the North sea transition deal to our future…12 Oct 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI agree with my right hon. and hon. Friends who have spoken in praise of the extraordinary scenes we have seen over the past two weeks—nowhere more so, of course, than in my…22 Sept 2022HANSARDEngagementsMay I thank my right hon. Friend for his commitment to Scotland and the entire United Kingdom over his years in Downing Street? I also thank him and my right hon. Friend the…20 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillAlthough the hon. Gentleman is talking about how the Labour party likes to support working people, he is quite obviously abandoning all those working people who rely on the oil…11 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Billrose —11 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillThis demonstrates the difference between Opposition Members and Conservative Members, in that we do not come lightly to the decision to increase taxes on successful British…11 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Eighth sitting)Nobody disputes that it is within the devolved competencies for the Scottish Government to determine genetic modification in Scotland, but if the European Union did change—we…07 Jul 2022HANSARD NATO Accession: Sweden and FinlandI declare an interest, not only as the chairman of the British-Swedish all-party parliamentary group, but as someone who has been an active proponent of closer British-Swedish…06 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Fifth sitting)I have been listening closely to what the hon. Lady has said. At the very beginning of her speech, she said that the Scottish Government were against genetic modification or…05 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Third sitting)Yes; this is just to Peter Stevenson. We all agree that intensive farming and seeing animals held in situations that we would not have in this country engender disease and all the…30 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Mr Stringer, and thank you, Professor Dunwell, for coming today. To follow Ms Brock’s question, ACRE’s advice is the same across the United Kingdom, no matter which…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q We have already spoken this morning and asked a question about regulatory divergence between the UK and the EU. Your response was that you were not concerned about that so much…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Yes, and there is a political choice. Thank you.28 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillIt might have passed the hon. Member’s attention that we actually had a referendum in Scotland in which the people of Scotland voted to remain in the United Kingdom. The reason…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI will give way as the hon. Gentleman represents the SNP.27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillIn rising to speak this evening, I find myself, unusually, in disagreement with my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May), and in agreement —in part at least—with…27 Jun 2022HANSARDCost of LivingBecause of the Barnett formula—something that the SNP would do away with for Scotland—our whole United Kingdom, including Scotland and Northern Ireland, will benefit from the £81…22 Jun 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolI hear what my right hon. Friend says about negotiating. We all agree that a negotiated settlement would be the best solution, but there is no point in negotiating with somebody…21 Jun 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for his comments earlier on Afghanistan. For about six months, my office and I have been trying to assist a constituent of mine whose former…16 Jun 2022HANSARDEconomy UpdateIt will come as no surprise to the House that I have had my concerns about the implementation of a windfall tax on the oil and gas industry, so I thank the Chancellor for his…26 May 2022