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HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. If the hon. Member for Moray (Douglas Ross) sits down, how is that an SNP tactic?24 Jan 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesIs the hon. Gentleman saying that walking out of a trade bloc and increasing red tape, meaning that the UK has to have paperwork with every country that it exports to, is the same…24 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis Government, as we know, have blundered many times, and now a lobster or a leg of chicken cannot be sold to any country in the world without five, eight or 10 bits of…20 Jan 2022HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific PartnershipFor every £490 of Brexit damage, CPTPP should recover about £8 of it, but that is at risk if the UK patent attorneys’ membership of the European Patent Organisation is undermined…20 Jan 2022HANSARDMigrant Crossings: Role of the MilitaryIts name is Operation Red Meat!18 Jan 2022HANSARDMigrant Crossings: Role of the MilitaryI am glad to see my old colleague from the Energy and Climate Change Committee doing so well in government. He will be aware of course that there is a vacancy coming up at the top…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsI congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. He is absolutely right about Altnaharra, and the fuel poverty that is shared by his constituency and mine. The UK…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsThe hon. Lady is making a very good speech and she is absolutely right—it is not just the north of Scotland that is affected, although I, like the hon. Member for Caithness,…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsThe hon. Lady is making an interesting speech. I want to pick up on an interesting point made by the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse). At the moment, the UK consumes about…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsThe hon. Lady mentions Gazprom and how the UK is in hock to such gas producers from outside the UK. If we cast our minds back, do we not see that a mistake of George Osborne’s…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsDoes my hon. Friend agree that this Government, going back to 2015, have taken their eye off the ball? They have scrapped the Department of Energy and have lost focus on energy.…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsIt is a subsidy from Scotland.18 Jan 2022HANSARD Gas and Electricity CostsOn the point about domestic security, the Minister will be aware that 5.6 % of the UK’s energy need, according to the GridCarbon app, comes from overseas. Does the Minister not…18 Jan 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Following on from that, with reports swirling in the last few minutes or half hour, would you accommodate and encourage a statement from the Prime…08 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI wonder what the Minister makes of the report in the Financial Times that far less than a trade deal, America will lift its steel tariffs if the UK violates article 16. Does she…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is indeed like the wedding feast at Cana. I thank the Leader of the House for his lambing recess. It is greatly appreciated in Na h-Eileanan an…02 Dec 2021HANSARDFree Trade AgreementsThe Minister will know that the ratio between damage from Brexit and the trade deals is substantial. Indeed, in terms of pounds, there is £490 of Brexit damage for a £1 gain from…02 Dec 2021HANSARDStrengthening Standards in Public LifeOn that point about the UK’s being a corrupt country and standards in public life, in 2006 we knew that peerages for £1 million were finding Labour party people going to the House…17 Nov 2021HANSARDStrengthening Standards in Public LifeI have a simple question: why will the Labour party not categorically state that it will not be sending high-value donors to the House of Lords, for a five-year period or whatever?17 Nov 2021HANSARDStrengthening Standards in Public LifeI am sorry myself that I missed that quote in Bristol in 1770-whatever it was. This is a good and well-intentioned debate on strengthening standards in public life, but Labour…17 Nov 2021