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HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI rise to speak in favour of the Lords amendment, which would require any Government seeking to dissolve this House early and call a general election to first seek and receive the…14 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeI have been humbled by the response of the people of Argyll and Bute who have contacted me already to offer accommodation to fleeing Ukrainian refugees. Similarly, having met the…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention, but that is a decision for this Parliament to take. We are elected to take decisions, and to abdicate that responsibility…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and he is right. What we are seeing is, as he describes it so eloquently, Westminster exceptionalism, because this does not go nearly…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillIt is very witty to frame this debate in those terms, but I think the right hon. Gentleman is missing the point. This is not about the power to hold a general election; this is…14 Mar 2022HANSARD Dissolution and Calling of Parliament BillI thank my hon. Friend, and I suspect he may have been reading my speech earlier, because I will come to that issue shortly. This Government are determined that the Prime…14 Mar 2022HANSARD National Shipbuilding StrategyMy constituency has 23 inhabited islands and therefore ferries are never far from my mind. Babcock is the site of a state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing facility currently…10 Mar 2022HANSARD Refugees from UkraineWe broadly welcome the Government’s U-turn—it is a big step forward—but, as we have heard, it did not have to be this way. This war was foreseen, and the humanitarian crisis that…10 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ10. People across these islands have displayed remarkable generosity, including in Argyll and Bute, where Oban Helps Ukraine has been overwhelmed by donations of money, clothes…09 Mar 2022HANSARDEngagementsindicated dissent .09 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctionsMy constituents cannot understand why we still allow Russian state-owned oil tankers to use UK ports. The Russian state-owned oil tanker NS Century is currently at the Finnart oil…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineWe know that the attacks on the area surrounding Kyiv originated in Belarus, making Lukashenko complicit in this aggression. I am pleased that Belarus will not go unpunished, and…25 Feb 2022HANSARDBrexit Opportunities UnitFollowing this morning’s inexcusable attack on independent Ukraine, may I put on record the SNP’s unequivocal condemnation of President Putin and his actions, and repeat our…24 Feb 2022HANSARDRelationship with Russia and ChinaVery briefly, because I am on a strict time limit.24 Feb 2022HANSARDBrexit Opportunities UnitYet another classic example of “If the facts don’t fit the narrative, ignore the facts.” Such was the faith that the Minister had in himself to find these Brexit opportunities…24 Feb 2022HANSARDRelationship with Russia and ChinaI thank the hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) for securing this debate which, although timely, I do not believe is the debate that he or any Member of the House would have…24 Feb 2022HANSARDRelationship with Russia and ChinaNo, I will not give way.24 Feb 2022HANSARDRelationship with Russia and ChinaI utterly reject what the hon. Gentleman is saying. If we cannot shine a mirror on ourselves and say where we got this spectacularly and appallingly wrong, we are bound to make…24 Feb 2022HANSARDRelationship with Russia and ChinaThat was a nonsense assertion to make, and I utterly reject it. We must be absolutely clear in what we do and what we say. We must be tough on Russia. There is no room for…24 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19Unless the Prime Minister publishes the full advice which says that this decision was science-led, it will confirm what we have long suspected: that he is prepared to sacrifice…21 Feb 2022