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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay I give the Leader of the House an opportunity to clarify his answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Deidre Brock), when we talked about…19 Mar 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe very high standards of agricultural production in Angus, Scotland and the UK do not come for free; they come with significant costs of production. Those costs are not borne by…12 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingI thank the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard) for moving this motion and for helping hon. Members on both sides of the House highlight the devastating…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFloodingI am sure the hon. Gentleman will understand if I hesitate to comment on the Environment Agency, as my part of these islands is much more dependent on the Scottish Environment…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Scottish Affairs CommitteeDoes my hon. Friend share my concern that on the Government Benches there appears to be almost a wilful denial about what happened during the election in December? The…02 Mar 2020HANSARD Elgin MarblesDoes the Minister not agree that, notwithstanding the helpful context about how these decisions are taken and, crucially, without the interference of Government, that it was a…02 Mar 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceI am very happy to sum up for the Scottish National party in this important debate, whose importance belies its attendance. In the first instance, I echo the sentiments of the…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceIndeed. I am not here to defend or uphold the commercial decisions of INEOS, but what the industry more generally needs at this minute is clarity and certainty from Government, as…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceThe hon. Member is right, and the risk that the United Kingdom runs in seeking to pursue some alternate regulatory framework is exactly as he sets out: industry will produce its…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Chemical Industry: Regulatory DivergenceIt is helpful and candid of the Minister to clarify that the Government do not have all the answers. In pursuit of those answers, may I ask whether the Minister and her officials…26 Feb 2020HANSARD Social CareThe hon. Lady is giving an excellent speech. She is putting forward a proposition for a co-produced model of care that is integrated with health, housing, and community care and…25 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Fourth sitting)Q What I was trying to get at was the particular role of trade between Scotland and NI, and the implications of any kind of impediment to that free movement. We are not going to…13 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseThe changes planned for the IR35 regime raise major issues of uncertainty for contractors in the construction, IT and training sectors, and many others, in my constituency of…13 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Jyoti, I was interested to note that you represent large horticultural producers as well. There is nothing in the Bill to give a positive voice to industry about the…13 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Diana, you talked very clearly about the effect of the removal of the Agricultural Wages Board and its replacement with the dysfunctional—in the context of agricultural…13 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Fourth sitting)In terms of those things that you would have them do, are these elements of rewilding or some form of carbon— George Monbiot: Rewilding, carbon storage, watershed…13 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Mr Monbiot, there is a significant difference between your ambitions and the ambitions of the Bill and agriculture more generally. If you were to get free rein with one element…13 Feb 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Given the broader ambitions of this Bill, and that which is going through the Scottish Parliament at the hands of the Scottish Government, how seriously do you view the…13 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandI am very concerned that my constituency neighbour is talking about the opportunity for farmers to prepare for next year. It is this year that farmers are trying to prepare for.…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Beer and Pub TaxationI thank the hon. Member for Dudley South (Mike Wood) for securing the debate. Is not it interesting that it is so well attended, and that we are all in such accord on one issue? I…05 Feb 2020