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HANSARDHigher EducationI associate myself with the Secretary of State’s remarks about the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis. I also wish all those not fortunate enough to have been born north of…23 Apr 2025HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and Gas Licences: Economic GrowthI think we all heard that, and I am sure Anas Sarwar did. The Secretary of State was unable to agree with his own leader in Scotland, and is so in hock to the UK Labour party that…23 Apr 2025HANSARD Onshore Wind and Solar GenerationI bow to my right hon. Friend’s expertise on raptors and on British bird life in general. That sounds like an entirely sensible suggestion. The Minister is taking notes, and I…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Onshore Wind and Solar GenerationI would be delighted to come back and compare notes on how our respective parties have performed in the local elections on 1 May. The choice before the people of England who are…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Onshore Wind and Solar GenerationAbsolutely. I would be keen to see exactly what the Government are proposing on that front. Their plans, which are stripping away the rights of local communities, are doing great…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Onshore Wind and Solar GenerationI could not agree more with my hon. Friend, living, as we do, in the north-east of Scotland and seeing around us the huge increase in energy infrastructure planned for rural…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Onshore Wind and Solar GenerationIn just four short weeks, people across England will go to the polls to determine the future of their local communities. At that same time, the Labour party seeks to impose on…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillMy hon. Friend will not be at all surprised to learn that I agree with him entirely. It is purely the imposition on this country of arbitrary, needless targets, such as clean…25 Mar 2025HANSARD Great British Energy BillThis is a sad and quite incredible day in this House. We have debated this Government’s energy policies on many occasions in the past few months. We have frequently debated the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDNuclear PowerOn 6 February, the Prime Minister announced that he would “take on the blockers” and build new small modular reactors, but do those blockers include his own Government? With…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman might be content with signing our energy sovereignty over to the People’s Republic of China, and he might be happy with his Government’s arbitrary targets…18 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast month, with surprisingly little fanfare from the Department or the Secretary of State, the Climate Change Committee published carbon budget 7. Among the more eyewatering…18 Mar 2025HANSARD North Sea EnergyI thank the Minister for advance sight of her statement. Another day, another demonstration of this Government’s total ignorance of our oil and gas industry and the north-east of…06 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance ContributionsThe Secretary of State said that the questions just asked were similar. Well, we did not get an answer on either of our two attempts, so I might try on farming. Scotland’s beef…05 Mar 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthAs my right hon. Friend the Member for Central Devon (Mel Stride) says, there is nothing wrong with Sunday leagues. Just as the Secretary of State and Scottish Labour were silent…05 Mar 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthI add my congratulations to those of many others on the birth of the Secretary of State’s child recently. I read with some interest that the leader of the Scottish Labour party is…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Church of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) BillI would like to record the thanks of the Opposition to those who have made possible this Bill, which will hopefully soon become an Act, and to Members from across the House for…04 Mar 2025HANSARD Church of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) BillI, too, will not detain the Committee for long, having already expressed the full support of His Majesty’s official Opposition for the Bill, and it will come as no surprise that…04 Mar 2025HANSARDChurch of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) BillIt is a pleasure to rise to speak in this debate. In fact, it is a genuine pleasure to be speaking, as a member of the Church of Scotland, on an historically significant piece of…04 Mar 2025HANSARDDraft Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2025Thank you, Ms Hobhouse—today’s SI has a pithy title. I am grateful to the Minister for her remarks. Today should serve as a salutary lesson for the new Government about the law of…25 Feb 2025