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HANSARDRussia: SanctionsI, too, welcome the broad tenet of the Foreign Secretary’s statement, the details of which included fast jets going to bolster NATO forces in Europe. Has she had discussions with…31 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraine: Diplomatic Efforts7. What plans she has to meet with her Ukrainian counterpart.25 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraine: Diplomatic EffortsI am pleased to hear about the bilateral discussions between the UK and Kyiv, but with the threat of serious conflict looming over Europe, what meetings has the Foreign Secretary…25 Jan 2022HANSARDStandards in Public Life: Local AuthoritiesLast summer, the senior Conservative councillor in my Angus constituency was unmasked as being behind an anonymous anti-SNP Twitter troll account, and for peddling misogynistic…24 Jan 2022HANSARDTrade with AustraliaUnseemly haste in securing as many free trade deals as quickly as possible and at massive expense in pursuit of a press release and a picture with some TimTams is not the optimal…20 Jan 2022HANSARD Rebated Fuel Rules: Construction IndustryWill the Minister give way?19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI take this opportunity to thank staff at NHS Tayside and the Angus Health and Social Care Partnership for their tremendous work. If we look at the covid heat map across the…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Rebated Fuel Rules: Construction IndustryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I give many thanks to the hon. Member for Upper Bann (Carla Lockhart) not only for securing the debate but for…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Rebated Fuel Rules: Construction IndustryDoes my hon. Friend agree that, because of the traces of red diesel that will still be intact, the construction sector should be genuinely concerned about the pragmatic approach…19 Jan 2022HANSARD Rebated Fuel Rules: Construction IndustryWill the Minister give way?19 Jan 2022HANSARDMigrant Crossings: Role of the MilitaryLet me start by underlining what a worrying development this is from the Government, both operationally and morally. The motivation to militarise this situation, in which…18 Jan 2022HANSARD UkraineMany thanks, Mr Speaker. I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. We remain clear that Russia’s actions in recent weeks and months, with the massing of…17 Jan 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is telling, is it not, that the only Scottish Conservative willing to defend the Prime Minister is the Scottish Conservative on the Prime Minister’s payroll? The Leader of the…13 Jan 2022HANSARDAwarding of Defence ContractsThe Government are invariably keen to talk up their role in the manufacturing success story of Scottish warship building, and the Minister knows exactly the extraordinary private…10 Jan 2022HANSARDUK Defence JobsIn 2010, when this Government came to power, there were three main RAF bases in Scotland, at Kinloss, Lossiemouth and Leuchars. Now there is only one. Can the Secretary of State…10 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI know that the Leader of the House likes nothing more than to elicit a response from a Minister that an hon. Member has previously failed to elicit, so he will be alarmed to know…06 Jan 2022HANSARD RussiaI will not ask the Foreign Secretary to go into the detail of our co-ordinated sanctions plans, because quite rightly she would not reveal them, but does she agree that there is…06 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementFair play to Canberra, because they have no’ half scored a great deal with this one. It must be delicious to have scored such a great trade deal over your former overlords in…05 Jan 2022HANSARD UK-Australia Free Trade AgreementI beg your pardon, Madam Deputy Speaker. Why did the Minister not seek to write those exports out of the deal, and will she take a second opportunity to answer the question of my…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Non-UK Armed Forces Personnel: Immigration RequirementsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I thank the hon. and gallant Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis) for securing this important debate—would…05 Jan 2022