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HANSARD Ukraine: UpdateI welcome the detail and the substance of the Secretary of State’s statement. Moreover, I believe the timing is very welcome as we close in on the first anniversary of the…16 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportMeanwhile, back in reality, I am sure the Minister will agree that manufacturing is the lifeblood of any economy. Many of the manufacturing successes across these islands are…09 Jan 2023HANSARDService Family AccommodationOnce again, we are debating with a Minister forced to atone for the appalling housing conditions inflicted upon our armed forces. This is, of course, a decades-long problem, which…20 Dec 2022HANSARD UkraineMore than 17,000 civilians are estimated to have been killed in Ukraine, with increasing hybridisation displacing the failed kinetic offensive by Russia—failed but no less…20 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know that the Chancellor has invested in public health personally, but may I urge him to invest, in a fiscal sense, in beer and alcohol duty, and to create a differential…20 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe production of industrial hemp in my constituency offers real promise and opportunity for crop diversification and soil improvement, but the growers are limited by Home Office…19 Dec 2022HANSARDScotland’s FutureMy right hon. Friend is getting straight to the heart of the material cost and opportunity cost of remaining—languishing—in this Union. He talks about how the United Kingdom went…14 Dec 2022HANSARDDefence JobsWe hear all the time about the strength of the Union for orders into Scottish yards, but Scotland, still stuck in this necrotic Union, loses out no matter what happens, when this…12 Dec 2022HANSARDDefence JobsAll credit to Babcock—maybe the Minister will join me in congratulating it—for securing the Natural Environmental Research Council’s £45 million fleet renewal programme. Of…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseWe have heard today that the final stages of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill will be discussed on Tuesday, but Scotland wants to level out. We do not want any more Tory…08 Dec 2022HANSARDScottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court DecisionThis is nothing short of parody. I have been an MP here for nearly three years and I have never heard a Minister say “I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave some moments…23 Nov 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseWe heard a lot in today’s autumn statement about the international headwinds of inflation and fuel prices, but we did not hear very much about the 12 years of Conservative…17 Nov 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland ElectionsIt is a great shame for the people of Northern Ireland, in these most challenging of times, to have clearly expressed their democratic will and to now find themselves continually…09 Nov 2022HANSARDDefence Procurement SystemThe Secretary of State never answered my question, because he was not listening to the question. The answer is £6.6 billion, and that is to fund what we hear is the UK’s…07 Nov 2022HANSARDDefence Procurement SystemWill the Secretary of State confirm the amount that the United Kingdom has spent on the defence nuclear enterprise in the past financial year 2021-22, and the equal but opposite…07 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Export Supply ChainsI welcome my constituency neighbour to his Front Bench role. We are all relieved he has finally landed the job. Fuel, feed and fertiliser costs are sky-high in Brexit Britain,…03 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Export Supply Chains13. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the effects of (a) inflation and (b) exchange rate fluctuations on the supply chains of Scottish exporters.03 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyMy right hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. Does he agree with me, and do his constituents share my concerns, that people look out at these wind installations—such as…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyI thank the shadow Secretary of State for giving way; he is very kind. He has given an excellent list of reasons why Scotland should not endure a UK Administration, but let me try…02 Nov 2022HANSARD Cross-Channel Migrants: Manston FacilityManston is a disaster for migrants who find themselves there, and it is a black mark against the bureaucratic competence of the Home Office. The processing regime more generally…27 Oct 2022