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HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillThe right hon. Gentleman anticipates my next paragraph. The energy profits levy should be coming to an end, but it has been extended by this Labour Government until 2030. That has…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillIs the right hon. Gentleman as concerned as I am that this is a spreadsheet Budget concerned with little more than the number in the bottom right-hand corner? That is why…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillThe hon. Gentleman was obviously not listening. The increase to the block grant is spread over the entire spending review period—five years—and it does not cover more than half of…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillI can only guess that Reform UK is polling quite high in Glasgow East. On his substantive point about child poverty, is the hon. Member relieved that his constituents in Glasgow…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillMy hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. Does he agree with me—and, I think I am right in saying, with the hon. Member for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (David Chadwick)—that…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillOn that point, will the Minister give way?16 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsDefence innovation is harmed by a default America-first posture. Ironically, that is especially apparent in the so-called independent nuclear deterrent, which relies on US tech…15 Dec 2025HANSARDSudan: Humanitarian SituationFor the UK Government to decline to take part in the atrocity prevention programme in Sudan is regrettable, and for the UK Government to fail in their due diligence on arms export…15 Dec 2025HANSARDSt Andrew’s Day and Scottish AffairsThe hon. Member is very concerned about St Andrew. We should focus on St Andrew today, but in parallel I am concerned for St David, and what he and his family might be enduring…11 Dec 2025HANSARDSt Andrew’s Day and Scottish AffairsIt is especially generous of the right hon. Gentleman to give way again. He touched on general practice. I am not suggesting for one minute that everything is perfect in Scotland,…11 Dec 2025HANSARDSt Andrew’s Day and Scottish AffairsI am grateful to the hon. Lady, my colleague and Chair of our Select Committee, for giving way. She is making a powerful point about Scotland’s identity and our values. She is a…11 Dec 2025HANSARDSt Andrew’s Day and Scottish AffairsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?11 Dec 2025HANSARDSt Andrew’s Day and Scottish AffairsI am grateful to the right hon. Member for giving way, but I am struggling a little bit to reconcile his rhetoric with the facts. The fact is that waiting lists have been falling…11 Dec 2025HANSARDSt Andrew’s Day and Scottish AffairsWill the hon. Member give way on that point?11 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerWe know that there are serious questions over this Chancellor’s alleged experience in the financial services sector. We can see that she has no experience in either industry or…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerIndeed. In terms of that conduct and those decisions that have been made, that is most evident in the egregious family farm tax—a betrayal of the producers of our food, no…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerI did not expect the Minister to give way. He says that energy bill payers in the UK are now £150 better off, forgetting that energy bills are currently almost £600 higher than…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerIs the hon. Lady as frustrated as I am to hear the normally temperate Chief Secretary to the Treasury chuntering, “Do you agree with our taxes?”, as though there is only one way…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerI share the hon. Gentleman’s appreciation of the fact that the motion is about the post and role of a Minister, not about a local MP and a person. However, while he is dishing out…10 Dec 2025HANSARDForth Valley: IndustryThe challenges experienced by the businesses of Forth valley are the highest industrial energy prices in the G7, Labour’s farm tax, Labour’s family business tax, Labour’s £26…09 Dec 2025