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HANSARDPriorities for GovernmentMay I welcome my right hon. Friend to his post? I also welcome the comments that were made earlier about the SNP’s policy on fishing: to take us back into the CFP. Will he also…25 Jul 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Effect on the UnionDoes my right hon. Friend agree that leaving the EU provides many opportunities for the businesses, communities and people across Scotland, not least for the fishing communities…24 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn approximately 1 hour and 56 minutes, it will be exactly 50 years since the launch of the Apollo 11 mission to land a man on the moon. Will my hon. Friend the Minister for…16 Jul 2019HANSARDEU Settlement SchemeThere is a seeming desire among some Opposition Members for the EU settlement scheme to be a complete failure, but will my right hon. Friend again confirm that this is a…15 Jul 2019HANSARD20 Years of DevolutionWith Ruth Davidson as First Minister, yes. Like the majority of people in Scotland, the Scottish Conservative and Unionist party supports the Union. We are invested in the…11 Jul 2019HANSARD20 Years of DevolutionIt is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Clwyd South (Susan Elan Jones) and, in particular, to hear the translation of some Welsh poetry at least. I am pleased that the…11 Jul 2019HANSARD20 Years of DevolutionI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point. I am going to raise a similar one about the north-east of Scotland, where I come from—that will come as no surprise. The work involved in…11 Jul 2019HANSARD20 Years of DevolutionMy hon. Friend is making a typically impassioned speech. Does he recognise that the Oil and Gas Authority in Aberdeen is a perfect example of what he is talking about?11 Jul 2019HANSARD20 Years of DevolutionI thank my fellow Committee member for her intervention but I would not necessarily recognise voting against those amendments as ignoring them. We just voted against them because…11 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn the subject of strengthening the Union, does my hon. Friend share my determination to deliver Brexit and provide a new era of sovereignty and a sea of opportunity for fishermen…10 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsWill my right hon. Friend join me in welcoming last week’s announcement from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of this Government’s investment of £4.8…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Rural Areas in Scotland: Additional Delivery ChargesAs a fellow Member of Parliament for the north-east of Scotland, I thank our friend, the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) for raising this…02 Jul 2019HANSARD Rural Areas in Scotland: Additional Delivery ChargesIt was a sofa bed.02 Jul 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Fisheries Policy15. What plans he has for fisheries policy after the UK leaves the EU.20 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Fisheries PolicyWill my right hon. Friend confirm his commitment to boosting investment in the fisheries sector to help with expansion outside the common fisheries policy but also to promote…20 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsMy right hon. Friend will be aware that there are already almost 400,000 people employed in the low carbon sector and its supply chains across the country, but can she assure me…19 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationIt is a rare pleasure to follow immediately after my hon. Friend the Member for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (Bill Grant), especially when he quotes Burns so beautifully. I, too, must…18 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Last week, Nicola Sturgeon brought forward legislation in the Scottish Parliament for another independence referendum in Holyrood— [Interruption.] Clearly much to the delight…05 Jun 2019HANSARD Pension Funds: Financial and Ethical InvestmentsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?22 May 2019HANSARD Pension Funds: Financial and Ethical InvestmentsMany hon. Members have spoken about the need for transparency regarding the kinds of companies that are being invested in. Does the Minister agree that that transparency should…22 May 2019