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HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeI too commend the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq). I wish to reassure her that civil society across these islands is engaged with and vexed about the…03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Economy UpdateThe nature of the Government’s interventions in this crisis is reactionary and there are significant gaps in the support. A principal casualty of those gaps are the 3 million…22 Oct 2020HANSARDTransport Sector: Support and Covid-19 Emergency FundingThe independent coach sector must be unique in the impact that covid has had on its business and the level of support—in other words, not very much—that it has had from this…22 Oct 2020HANSARDTransport Sector: Support and Covid-19 Emergency FundingWhat (a) financial and (b) other support he plans to provide to the transport sector in the next six months.22 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOperation Moonshot was the UK Government’s latest world-beating covid intervention, but it seems that it has perhaps missed its target and is heading off into deep space. The…15 Oct 2020HANSARD Electricity Generation: Local SuppliersI do not want to anticipate where the hon. Gentleman is going with this list, but one of the key opportunities that a right to local supply would present to our communities right…14 Oct 2020HANSARD Productivity: Rural AreasI guarantee I will. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ghani. I am grateful to the hon. Member for North Cornwall (Scott Mann) for bringing this debate. Rural…14 Oct 2020HANSARD Fisheries Bill [Lords]I am very happy to follow the hon. Member for Moray (Douglas Ross). I am extremely fortunate to represent Angus, the garden of Scotland. Our bounty extends well beyond our…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Fisheries Bill [Lords]I am happy that the hon. Member for Moray is so quick to tell me what SNP policy is. Perhaps he will yield to my knowledge of such matters. I think I am probably on fairly solid…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Fisheries Bill [Lords]I think I heard the hon. Gentleman correctly when he said that there was almost 50% support for Brexit in his constituency, so he lost the Brexit argument in his constituency. Is…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillIn following the hon. Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown), I will try not to resort to impolite comments such as that which he directed at the hon. Member for…12 Oct 2020HANSARDCoronavirus: EmploymentThe Secretary of State and his colleagues are given to chest-beating about the tremendous amount of revenue flowing to Scotland to get us through the pandemic—every penny of it,…07 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Update and Hospitality CurfewThe Minister will know that the hospitality sector emerged on its knees from the general lockdown, and I am sure he understands that those in the sector were barely getting to…01 Oct 2020HANSARDSpecial Forces: Independent OversightSpecial forces deserve the very best technological support. Swedish technology company Saab announced in July that it intends to establish a centre in the UK for forward combat…21 Sept 2020HANSARDSpecial Forces: Independent OversightIf he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an independent body to oversee the operations of the UK’s special forces.21 Sept 2020HANSARD United Kingdom Internal Market BillThe Bill is objectionable in a very broad sense, and my colleagues and I will not rest in detailing its egregious impositions on Scotland and our people. Like others, I look…21 Sept 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseScotland is a dynamic, forward-looking nation and is ambitious to retake its position on the world stage by adherence to the international rules-based order. When it makes an…17 Sept 2020HANSARDTourism: Covid-19In 2018, tourism brought in 5.5 million visitors, 3.5 million of whom were from overseas, and with them came £5 billion to the Scottish economy, but I want to look at the heart of…10 Sept 2020HANSARDTourism: Covid-19I agree entirely with the hon. Member. The nature of the business is absolutely exceptional, with its organic growth and investing to ensure that passengers get absolutely the…10 Sept 2020HANSARDFisheries Bill [Lords]This Bill is exceptionally important for Scotland, and yet, not for the first time, a Scottish industry and its people find themselves subject to the rule of this place and the…01 Sept 2020