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HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and I could not agree more. The importance to the wider Scottish economy, and indeed the UK economy, is demonstrated by what we see…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryI am glad that everyone enjoyed the breakfast and, yes, I was aware of Shell’s involvement in what is known as the Acorn project, between Saint Fergus and Grangemouth. It is a…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I am not surprised because I was aware of that, but it is regrettable. The CAA should, first, do much more to complete its…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryI was not aware that no major companies were involved in the project; I think it is important that they should be. If we are to try to engage Government and get governmental…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and for enlightening Members about BP’s involvement in the Teesside carbon capture and storage project. I agree with him. He has…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryI will, of course.25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryI suspect it will come as no surprise to the hon. Gentleman that I could not agree more with what he said: we need Government investment to drive technology in relation to…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryI beg to move, That this House has considered the UK oil and gas industry. It is a pleasure to have you in the Chair, Mr Robertson, for this important and timely debate. It is…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryI thank the Minister for his remarks. Indeed, I thank everybody for coming along and contributing to an important and timely debate. What has been demonstrated is that, although…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryI feel as if I am working as an interlocutor between the two hon. Gentlemen. The hon. Member for Stockton North is right. We need every company to be involved at every level to…25 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemLike my hon. Friend the Member for North Herefordshire (Bill Wiggin), I represent a large rural constituency that employs many thousands of seasonal migrants. In welcoming the…24 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandIf the hon. Member will have patience, I will come to that later in my speech. I return to the subject of Scotland building the world, which was fantastic, but of course it came…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandNo, I do not think there is any reason why a UK-wide system could not address those issues. In fact, on the very issue of attracting talent to the fisheries sector, I have written…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandThe hon. Gentleman obviously makes a very good point. However, as I said in answer to the point raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Banff and Buchan (David Duguid), there is…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandWe have a problem in Scotland, as I think everyone has recognised. [Interruption.] We have many problems in Scotland, most of them emanating from Holyrood, but that is for another…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandIt might surprise the House to hear that I agree with the hon. Member, although not to the extent of describing some of the hard-working civil servants in the Home Office as pen…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandYet again, I do not disagree with the hon. Member. It is incumbent on all of us to do what we can to make the economy grow in Scotland, so we can keep talent north of the border…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandIf people do not feel welcome here, or if they feel they will not have certainty when they come here, it is a gross misrepresentation of the position of this Government and of the…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandAlthough I disagree wholeheartedly with the hon. Gentleman’s point on an independent Scotland, I completely agree with his other point, and that is why I have called for the…11 Feb 2020HANSARDUniversal Credit: Delayed Roll-OutDoes my hon. Friend agree that if people out there are scared, the blame, at least in part, is with the Opposition parties, whose reckless, irresponsible scaremongering paints a…04 Feb 2020