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HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for taking my intervention, even though it was about five minutes ago on a different subject. He made a really interesting point in his speech:…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillThe hon. Gentleman raises an interesting question. There has been a lack of investment, and the network that delivers energy around GB was designed for a small number of very…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillNo. That is a just ambition for a just transition. The billions of pounds still to be yielded from oil and gas revenue must not be wasted on doomed capital infrastructure…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI am not going to meet the hon. Gentleman’s ambition to nail those colours to the mast, but I will tell him that through the Bill, the UK Government are turning a blind eye to the…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillNo, I will not. The last SNP amendment will prevent this Government and the soon-to-be-installed Labour Government from simply using Scotland’s North sea oil and gas revenues to…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that. It is lovely to see him in his place; we know that he is a busy man with his other two jobs. I am sure that Hansard will correct me…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI agree entirely with my hon. Friend. She touches on some of the key elements that I will address in this speech. In order to salvage some semblance of responsibility and/or…20 Feb 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillI rise to speak to amendments 7, 8 and 10, which have been tabled by the SNP. I note that no substantive changes have been made to the Bill’s provisions since we discussed it some…20 Feb 2024HANSARDInfrastructure ProcurementWill the Minister give way?19 Feb 2024HANSARDInfrastructure ProcurementIs my hon. Friend concerned, as I am, that the UK Government—specifically, the Treasury—seem not to have any concern for nuclear overspends? When it comes to nuclear, regardless…19 Feb 2024HANSARDInfrastructure ProcurementI am glad that my hon. Friend has mentioned the A9. Under the Scotland Office, prior to devolution, it came to an abrupt halt at Luncarty, with sporadic dual carriageway between…19 Feb 2024HANSARDInfrastructure ProcurementWill the Minister give way?19 Feb 2024HANSARDInfrastructure ProcurementMy hon. Friend touches on HS2. I know that he will speak about many more projects, but this is a gusting £100 billion project that was designed to connect the whole length of…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSituation in the Red SeaThat’s one.05 Feb 2024HANSARDSituation in the Red SeaThe people of Scotland and elsewhere on these islands deserve to know what the plan is for this crisis in the Red sea—not the timings, the detail of missions, the tactical…05 Feb 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Foreign Office recorded over 500 deaths of UK nationals in Thailand in 2022, some 135 of which were of undetermined cause. In 2022 and the 10 years before then, no murders…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillThe Scottish National party declines to give this Bill a Second Reading— [ Interruption. ] Would the Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero, the right hon. Member for Beverley…22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillHave you seen the weather?22 Jan 2024HANSARD Offshore Petroleum Licensing BillIt is a bit rich listening to a Scottish Tory MP talk about the bountiful experience of North sea oil and gas for Scotland. If we had been independent in the ’70s, we would be…22 Jan 2024