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HANSARDScottish Seed Potato IndustryIn addition to the points that I made in answer to my hon. Friend the Member for North Norfolk (Duncan Baker), I point out to the hon. Lady that there is enormous export potential…03 Nov 2021HANSARDScottish Seed Potato IndustryI would be happy to meet my hon. Friend. I can tell him that an application has been submitted to the EU to lift the restrictions, based on recognising GB seed potato requirements…03 Nov 2021HANSARDScottish Fishing IndustryI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for raising that point. If he cares to send me the details of that firm, I will certainly follow that up with my colleagues in the…03 Nov 2021HANSARDScottish Fishing IndustryMy hon. Friend makes an important point. I am well aware of the representations the catching sector in Scotland has made over quotas it lost when we were a part of the common…03 Nov 2021HANSARDScottish Fishing IndustryMy Department continues to work closely with the Scottish fishing industry. Following the success of our Scottish Seafood Exports Taskforce, which made real progress on issues…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Shipbuilding and Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd InsolvencyMay I begin by congratulating the hon. Member for East Lothian (Kenny MacAskill) on securing this debate? I will turn to the important points and questions that he has raised…02 Nov 2021HANSARD Shipbuilding and Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd InsolvencyI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, although I am afraid it is not for me to intervene on a family feud, if I can put it that way, with the hon. Member for East…02 Nov 2021HANSARD Shipbuilding and Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd InsolvencyIndeed, the framing of company law is a reserved matter. I would need to take advice from officials, if the hon. Gentleman will allow me, as to whether a breach of that law was a…02 Nov 2021HANSARD Shipbuilding and Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd InsolvencyI am happy to say that my hon. Friend has given them a masterclass in how to do that. Referring back to the subject of this debate, I very much hope that among the pupils at Logie…02 Nov 2021HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act and Health OutcomesI have discussed the specific matter of drug consumption rooms at some length with the hon. and learned Lady’s colleague, the hon. Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss), so…08 Sept 2021HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act and Health OutcomesI absolutely agree. My hon. Friend and his colleagues have come up with an excellent policy in this area, and it would be to the great advantage of people in Scotland that the…08 Sept 2021HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act and Health OutcomesI understand that the report from that Committee, which I think was done in 2018, was not a unanimous one and the Committee divided on it, which illustrates the fact that there is…08 Sept 2021HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act and Health OutcomesI am happy to say to my hon. Friend that I discuss matters throughout the United Kingdom, and if there are good, innovative practices in a particular area it is of course wise to…08 Sept 2021HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act and Health OutcomesI think the hon. Lady takes a very partisan view on this. We have put forward some very concrete suggestions. I remind her that the vast majority of powers in this area lie with…08 Sept 2021HANSARDPublic Inquiry: Handling of Covid-19 in ScotlandAn inquiry into the devolved aspects of the covid-19 response was an SNP manifesto commitment, and the Scottish Government have now set out their next steps. The UK Government…08 Sept 2021HANSARDPublic Inquiry: Handling of Covid-19 in ScotlandThe hon. Gentleman is right to highlight that the impacts of the pandemic are felt in many areas and in other parts of the health service, and there is a need to catch up with…08 Sept 2021HANSARDPublic Inquiry: Handling of Covid-19 in ScotlandI am very happy to agree with the hon. Gentleman. Whether it is on learning the lessons from covid and making sure that our public services can catch up or whether it is on…08 Sept 2021HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act and Health OutcomesThe recent drug deaths in Scotland are an absolute tragedy. The majority of the levers to tackle drug misuse are devolved to the Scottish Government, including health, education,…08 Sept 2021HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act and Health OutcomesAs I said to the hon. Lady’s colleagues, we constantly discuss these matters with our counterparts in Scotland. We have made very serious offers, as I say, to extend Project…08 Sept 2021HANSARDMisuse of Drugs Act and Health OutcomesThere is not a unanimous view on the efficacy of drug consumption rooms. The Minister for Crime and Policing recently had discussions with his counterpart in the Scottish…08 Sept 2021