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HANSARDLife Sciences InvestmentAt this stage, I am not aware that there will be any downside to the entirety of the ecosystem that revolves around the King’s Cross area of London. This decision has obviously…11 Sept 2025HANSARDLife Sciences InvestmentI am grateful to my hon. Friend and would be happy to take him up on that meeting to hear about his experience directly. He raises the big issue around the legacy left by the…11 Sept 2025HANSARDLife Sciences InvestmentVery simply, the life sciences sector plan has been set out to give the industry certainty over the longer term that this Government are serious about the investment that both we…11 Sept 2025HANSARDLife Sciences InvestmentI visited RoslinCT in my own constituency last Friday. The life sciences sector in Scotland is indeed buoyant and flourishing. There are lots of opportunities for it to expand. It…11 Sept 2025HANSARDLife Sciences InvestmentI am very happy to do so. I think that is my third invite already this morning. The question and the invite to Newcastle-under-Lyme demonstrate the thriving life sciences sector…11 Sept 2025HANSARDLife Sciences InvestmentThe hon. Member talks about yet more spending but with no idea of how the revenue would be increased. This Government had to make some incredibly difficult decisions in order to…11 Sept 2025HANSARDLife Sciences InvestmentIn the interests of time: yes.11 Sept 2025HANSARDLife Sciences InvestmentI am tempted to say no, just to see what reaction that gets! But of course I will meet any hon. or right hon. Member across the House to discuss the life sciences sector. Whether…11 Sept 2025HANSARDLife Sciences InvestmentI congratulate the hon. Gentleman’s wife on what she does in the sector—she is the only one in the family with a real job. That shows the depth and breadth of the sector across…11 Sept 2025HANSARDLife Sciences InvestmentOur workforce are the very best in the world, and our world-class institutions are made world class because of that world-class workforce. This is the best place in the world to…11 Sept 2025HANSARDLife Sciences InvestmentI would say to life sciences students in the fledgling part of their career that it is a career they should be in for the long term. Life sciences is the future, which is why it…11 Sept 2025HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: Impact on ScotlandThe industrial strategy is transformational for Scotland. A year ago, the Government inherited an industrial crisis after 14 years of no plan and a complete lack of interest on…09 Jul 2025HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: Impact on ScotlandYou will be unsurprised, Mr Speaker, to hear me say that I agree with my hon. Friend. I was astonished to learn that the SNP was blocking investment in a national specialist…09 Jul 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025: Scottish Public ServicesGoing by the votes last week, the hon. Gentleman wants to keep the failed, broken welfare system that the Tories put in. What we have done as a Government is a pay rise for…09 Jul 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025: Scottish Public ServicesThe hon. Gentleman and his colleagues voted against the Budget. They voted against all the measures to raise revenue in the Budget, and they voted against the actual spending of…09 Jul 2025HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: Impact on ScotlandI join the hon. Gentleman in paying respects on the 37th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster. It has left an indelible scar on Scotland, and we will never forget the lives…09 Jul 2025HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: Impact on ScotlandThe hon. Gentleman needs to calm down a little bit. One of the key opportunities for investment in Scotland is the opportunity to invest in the renewable energy sector, so that we…09 Jul 2025HANSARDSpending Review 2025: Scottish Public ServicesThe hon. Lady makes a good point about the Eye Pavilion in Edinburgh, which is a symptom of the whole of the Scottish Government’s strategy for our NHS services. The SNP promised…09 Jul 2025HANSARDFor Women Scotland: Supreme Court JudgmentThe application of the Supreme Court ruling to services in Scotland is of course a matter for the Scottish Government, and it is for the Scottish Government to ensure they fully…09 Jul 2025HANSARDFor Women Scotland: Supreme Court JudgmentI think the F-word could be used about whatever the Scottish Government have done—and that is “failure”. When it comes to the elections in May 2026, the Scottish public will have…09 Jul 2025