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HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyYou did.02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyMy hon. Friend makes a fantastic point. He just listed nations in the top 10 of the UN human development index. Here we are as Scots MPs in the UK, and the UK is at No. 18—and we…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyWill the hon. Gentleman give way?02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish Economyrose—02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyThe hon. Gentleman seems to say that if a country, a state or a Union has a 12% deficit, it cannot be independent—that should be news to the UK. I have a couple of questions for…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish Economyrose —02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyMy hon. Friend is right: this is not about utopia; it is based in reality, because we have an example in front of us. One hundred years ago, the poorest part of the United Kingdom…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyMy hon. Friend raises an interesting and important point. Ireland was pegged to the pound for all those years, which probably held it back and was a mistake. It was unpegged when…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyI hear the hon. Gentleman’s confession that he went up to Scotland for the 2014 referendum. Did he, on any doorsteps in Scotland, say to the people that voting to stay in the UK…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyAllan Dorans!02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyIt is a great pleasure and privilege to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (Steven Bonnar), and an absolute barnstorm of a speech—excellent.…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyWill the hon. Gentleman give way?02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyThe reality is that the split in terms of values is between the red Tories and the blue Tories here. The hon. Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham) should be aware that in…02 Nov 2022HANSARDPoints of Orderrose—19 Oct 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Clearly, UK politics now more resembles Germany, with a Chancellor effectively in charge. So why was the right hon. Member for South West Norfolk…19 Oct 2022HANSARD Public Order BillWill the Home Secretary give way?18 Oct 2022HANSARD Public Order BillThe hon. Gentleman is making a fantastic speech that is being admired on both sides of the House. I wonder if he might be concerned that somebody could say that warnings on Radio…18 Oct 2022HANSARDThe Growth PlanThe Chancellor is a midwife to profiteering by energy companies on the public’s credit card. He has done very little, as my friend the hon. Member for Ceredigion (Ben Lake) said,…23 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for mentioning the International Trade Committee, which I chair, and he highlights our frustration. Committee members have different…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Trade (Australia and New Zealand) BillFurther to the point made by my Welsh nationalist friend the Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Jonathan Edwards), I understand from the Department that it has not granularly…06 Sept 2022