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HANSARD Railways BillI salute the ambition of the Bill, and determination with which the Secretary of State is articulating that ambition. Does she agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Moray West,…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleThis is not the Minister’s fault, but it is his responsibility. This issue has gone from Labour to a coalition Government to a Tory Government. It is now back with Labour, and we…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseOf the manifold carnival of basically lies that was the Vote Leave campaign, becoming £350 million richer a week was one of the principal lies. The sad reality, of course, is that…04 Dec 2025HANSARDDawn Sturgess InquiryI join the Security Minister in acknowledging the memory of Dawn Sturgess, and the sacrifice made by Dawn’s partner Charlie, Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey and the fearless first…04 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairThe head of the OBR has taken responsibility and resigned, just like the BBC director general took responsibility for a crisis and resigned. Given the backdrop that the UK is in…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI am sure the public will be delighted to hear Labour’s never-never promise on energy bills. Unlike the hon. Member, I do not exist on my knees, waiting to get patted on the head…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI will give way in a second. The SNP did Labour’s job for it, with a Budget proposal that involved a surcharge on banks that would have created the £300 discount for bill payers,…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI thank the right hon. Member for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North (Liam Byrne) for a fascinating lecture on amnesia—it was dripping with irony given his last role in…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Ukraine: Forcible Removal of ChildrenThe Minister is very well read, so I wonder whether he can identify any point in history when the appeasement of an aggressive, expansionist autocrat has ever worked out well. The…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI do not understand the mindset of an absent parent who tries to renege on their financial responsibility to support their children. Nor, it seems, does the Child Maintenance…20 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranThe Minister draws attention to the five Scottish Ministers on the Government Front Bench, but not one of them has said anything about the crisis facing those 400 families making…18 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyWill the right hon. Lady give way?12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyWill the right hon. Lady give way?12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyI suggest that the Minister does not crow too much about GB Energy, given that at the Scottish Affairs Committee the Scottish Secretary let the cat out of the bag about the 1,000…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergySpeaking of screeching U-turns, when the hon. Gentleman was campaigning for last year’s election, he told his potential constituents that he would lower their energy bills by…12 Nov 2025HANSARD Remembrance Day: Armed ForcesThe three fatalities from Stirling that the hon. Member for Stirling and Strathallan (Chris Kane) has just set out so eloquently were three of the 135,000 men and women who died…11 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsDoes the Minister understand the immediacy of the pressure on small businesses? She may have the best of intentions, and I am sure that prices will unwind in five or 10 years,…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSupporting High StreetsThe shadow Minister will, of course, be delighted to know that the Scottish National party was the first party anywhere in the United Kingdom to introduce business rates relief…04 Nov 2025HANSARDScotch Whisky IndustryThe Scottish Secretary—a grown man who seems easy to upset—was very upset recently when the First Minister of Scotland had direct meetings with the President of the United States…04 Nov 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial BaseThe Ministry of Defence spent £1.2 billion with SMEs in 2024-25. Sadly, though, only 2.5% of that spending went to SMEs in Scotland, which report extreme difficulty in accessing…03 Nov 2025