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HANSARDOffice for Budget Responsibility ForecastsThe Prime Minister said this morning that politics is about choices. The Chancellor chose not to disclose the improved tax outlook from the OBR when she addressed the country on 4…01 Dec 2025HANSARD COP30Right across the world, people’s day-to-day lives are being destroyed by the impacts of climate change and associated industrial activity, from the indigenous tribes of the Amazon…25 Nov 2025HANSARDPride in Place Funding: Scotland13. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of Pride in Place funding eligibility criteria in Scotland.24 Nov 2025HANSARDPride in Place Funding: ScotlandThe Government are encouraging towns across the UK to apply for Pride in Place funding, but with the specific exclusion that any town applying should not be located in a UK…24 Nov 2025HANSARDTransport System: Economic GrowthAviation is vital to economic development and transport in the highlands and islands. The European geostationary navigation overlay system would have the massive benefit of…20 Nov 2025HANSARD Russian Ship YantarI associate myself with comments about the bravery and professionalism of the military personnel involved in the response to the Yantar’s presence, many of whom are based at…20 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the light of the deeply damaging situation at Mossmorran, what is the Minister’s assessment of the potential impact on the Acorn carbon capture, utilisation and storage project?18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranWe are talking about 400 direct jobs at Mossmorran, more in the supply chain, hundreds more at Grangemouth and a thousand a month out of Aberdeen. Those are independently assessed…18 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyYes, the jobs are transferable, but the work they can be transferred to needs to exist. It does not exist at the current time. The downturn in the North sea from a crippling…12 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyIt is vital that we challenge the bankrupt energy record of the UK Government—a record of failure that continues to punish Scottish workers, strip our national wealth and plunge…12 Nov 2025HANSARD Asylum Seekers: MOD HousingMy colleague Shirley-Anne Somerville, the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice in the Scottish Government, wrote to the Secretary of State about this issue on 26 September,…29 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandBack in the early ’90s, I was just out of school and getting involved in politics. It was an exciting time, with a constitutional convention, excitement about a new Parliament,…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandThe point made is entirely reasonable and I commend the work done by charities and third sector organisations over many years in highlighting that and a wide range of issues. I am…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandI take the hon. Member’s point, but the fact remains that the personal independence payment is currently under threat from the UK Government. That will have a devastating impact…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I think the point he is making is reasonable up to a point. We need to be very careful when talking about energy being a…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandIt is the adult disability payment in Scotland, rather than PIP. Fundamentally—I am sure the hon. Lady knows this—if the UK Government decide to cut a vast amount out of the…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandCan I respond to the first intervention first? If a substantial budget cut comes through on the back of that, that will have a serious impact on what the Scottish Government can…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandI gently remind Labour Members that every single year should be the largest devolution budget, because inflation goes up every year. There has not been a negative inflationary…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandWell, the seabed is very important for our energy infrastructure, so we need to be really careful about how we deal with that and how we handle that. I would not be averse to…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandI think the right hon. Gentleman is twisting what I am saying a bit. We are in the realms of getting into a debate about an entirely different subject. I agree with him to an…22 Oct 2025