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HANSARDContracts for Difference SchemeForgive me if that rendition is not immediately recognisable in offshore wind projects from auction round 5. I hope the Department has learnt some salutary lessons from this mess,…19 Sept 2023HANSARDContracts for Difference SchemeI welcome the Secretary of State to her new role. I wish I could have welcomed her to her new role on 5 September, when we had the remaining stages of the Energy Bill, but she was…19 Sept 2023HANSARDOffshore Wind ContractsThe Minister failed to point out that 3.7 GW is scarcely half of what was achieved in auction round 5. He also failed to mention, when he was heralding onshore wind, that 90% of…12 Sept 2023HANSARDRAF Quick Reaction Alert StationsThere is, of course, no question over the quality of combat aircrews, but there is a big question mark over the quantity of aircraft that they can fly. I want to challenge the…11 Sept 2023HANSARD Energy Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend is correct. Over and above the self-evident environmental consequences of nuclear, the way in which this and successive Westminster Governments have fiscally…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Energy Bill [Lords]I agree entirely, and I echo the calls from my Scottish National party Westminster leader, my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen South (Stephen Flynn), who wants to see the £400…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Energy Bill [Lords]The hon. Gentleman is entirely correct: he did miss me highlighting what would replace that baseload, and I refer him to Hansard after today’s debate. The challenges of inflation…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Local Bank Branch ClosuresI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way when she is making such an excellent speech. On vulnerable people and their access to cash, does she believe that Government…05 Sept 2023HANSARD Energy Bill [Lords]I start by paying tribute to my predecessor in this role, my hon. Friend the Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Alan Brown), whose work on energy, particularly on access to clean…05 Sept 2023HANSARDFemale-led BusinessesPathways, a new approach for women and enterprise, was commissioned by the Scottish Government. It has begun to implement, along with key stakeholders, including enterprise…12 Jul 2023HANSARD Under-age VapingI am greatly relieved that my hon. Friend has touched on the environmental consequences. I realise that the motion is about children and vaping, and I think there is scarce…12 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsCommunities in Padanaram, Forfar, Aberlemno and Stracathro in my constituency have been on the receiving end of an extraordinarily flawed consultation by SSEN—Scottish and…04 Jul 2023HANSARDRoad Fuel PricesI am not certain that the seriousness of the situation that faces rural constituencies is being taken appropriately into account. My Angus constituents live in towns and landward…03 Jul 2023HANSARDProductive ForestryScotland, as in so much else, leads the way on forestry and tree planting, at 10,000 hectares, fully three quarters of all tree planting across these islands. Can the Secretary of…28 Jun 2023HANSARD Repurposing Russian Assets to Rebuild UkraineWhere will we find half a billion dollars to rebuild Ukraine? The international community, certainly; the World Bank, almost certainly; the EU and/or the US, definitely—but we…27 Jun 2023HANSARD Repurposing Russian Assets to Rebuild UkraineI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention, particularly because he highlights, as he did in his earlier intervention, the issues to do with state immunity. At the…27 Jun 2023HANSARDDefence ProcurementThe previous Minister for Defence Procurement impressed many by hitting the ground running. He developed a forensic grip on the manifold issues within this dysfunctional area of…26 Jun 2023HANSARDDefence ProcurementThat response could be loosely regarded as a stab at the previous question, but it was certainly not an attempt to answer my question. Let me try to probe a little further and…26 Jun 2023HANSARDSituation in RussiaThe events this weekend shine a spotlight on the weakness of the Putin regime in Russia, although we knew the weakness was there anyway, because that was the whole reason for…26 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonThe hon. Lady says having read the report that she sees no evidence of Boris Johnson’s wrongdoing. Does she agree that there is none so blind as those who will not see?19 Jun 2023