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HANSARDEngagementsThank you, Mr Speaker, for calling me for my first Prime Minister’s question since becoming SNP Westminster leader, following the SNP’s stunning victory in Scotland. I am enjoying…20 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityI am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. He is accused of being messianic in his approach to proscribing new oil and gas licences in the North sea. If it can be…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityThe right hon. Lady paints a picture of the stark consequences of the Labour party’s policy for a total proscription on new oil and gas licences. Can she advise us what the future…19 May 2026HANSARDLord Mandelson: Government Response to Humble AddressThe Minister must accept that there is no more august Committee in this place than the ISC. He must further accept that it is the least partisan organ of this Parliament. It is…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityThe Minister will know that Scotland has almost all the oil in the United Kingdom. We have the vast majority of the gas. We have the most onshore renewables and the most hydro.…19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityWill the Secretary of State give way?19 May 2026HANSARDEnergy SecurityI would never accuse the hon. Gentleman, my constituency neighbour, of being a rank, rotten revisionist, but the problem is that in the last 10 years of his Government, oil and…19 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressI am very grateful to the Prime Minister for giving way. He talks about energy security; he should know that Scotland has an energy surplus—we generate more electricity than we…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressNo. I am going to make progress and close my speech. Defence is the first duty of government, but under this Labour Government, if we had a significant investment for every…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressI am listening intently to the hon. Gentleman’s anticipation of a brighter future, with a closer relationship with the EU. He even goes so far as to say that he looks forward to…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressMy hon. Friend is right to highlight that issue, which is so important to many people across the UK but especially in the north of England, and in Liverpool in particular. But it…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressWe still got more than four times as many seats as the Lib Dems in Scotland, Madam Deputy Speaker, so I will not be taking any lectures there. However, I look forward to working…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressWhat the hon. Gentleman needs to understand is that countries grow their way out of these issues. Growth comes from economic investment in equipment and people, raising…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressIf I was not cheered by the landslide victory of the SNP in Scotland last week, I certainly am after this King’s Speech. It is just as well that the people of Scotland have John…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressI am not sure the hon. Lady has that in her gift, but to her point about youth unemployment, as I said to the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire North (Alison Taylor), the…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressThe defence sector is a significant part of the Scottish economy, and I just wish that the hon. Gentleman and his Unionist colleagues in the Labour party, and in other lesser…13 May 2026HANSARDDebate on the AddressWhat the hon. Lady, as a Scottish Unionist—I am sure a proud Scottish Unionist, for reasons best known to herself—needs to understand is that the UK is not contingent on Scotland,…13 May 2026HANSARDReferral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI want to start with a clumsy metaphor. If one is in public office, having anything to do with Peter Mandelson is akin to filling the world’s smallest hot water bottle with the…28 Apr 2026HANSARDFuel Costs: Support for Motorists6. What fiscal steps she is taking to support motorists with fuel costs.28 Apr 2026HANSARDFuel Costs: Support for MotoristsIf you were a gardener with a Renault Trafic or a builder with a Ford Ranger in Scotland, Mr Speaker, you would be paying over £150 just to fill up at the pump in order to get to…28 Apr 2026