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HANSARDPromoting Scotland InternationallyPromoting Scotland internationally is one of my four priorities. Brand Scotland is the Scotland Office’s programme of international trade and investment. Promotion is about…22 Jan 2025HANSARDStrengthening the UnionThis Government are fixing the foundations of our economy and resetting our relationships, not just with the devolved Administrations but with our partners across the European…22 Jan 2025HANSARDStrengthening the UnionMy hon. Friend has been a doughty champion for Drumchapel and was key, at the heart of this Labour Government, to getting that funding across the line. The health service in…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEconomic GrowthEconomic growth is the No. 1 mission of this Government, as the hon. Gentleman knows. When the Chancellor came to the Dispatch Box to deliver her Budget, she started on minus £22…04 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic GrowthI wish Vector Photonics well. Supporting start-ups and spin-out tech companies and the world-leading Scottish universities that often incubate them is an important part of this…04 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic GrowthI thank my hon. Friend not only for that question but for the tenacity with which she has backed Kilmarnock to get more funding for her local area in the Budget. It is an absolute…04 Dec 2024HANSARDLiving StandardsMr Speaker, you will not be surprised to hear that I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. [ Interruption. ] Absolutely shocked! The Government inherited not just a fiscal crisis…04 Dec 2024HANSARDLiving StandardsMr Speaker, I am sorry for such a short response to the hon. Gentleman, but there are 4.9 billion reasons why that question is rubbish.04 Dec 2024HANSARDLiving StandardsOur economic growth mission will raise living standards in Scotland. Our new deal for working people will disproportionately benefit Scots. New protections such as guaranteed…04 Dec 2024HANSARDLiving StandardsI congratulate not only the nine community councils in my hon. Friend’s area on their initiative, but community councils up and down the country that do so much work on our behalf…04 Dec 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget: Discussions with Scottish GovernmentOf course, I could not agree more. It is not just the £4.9 billion, but all the other investment that the UK Government made outside the Barnett consequentials. The Labour…04 Dec 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget: Discussions with Scottish GovernmentWhat the hon. Gentleman has just proved is that the winter fuel payment in Scotland is actually devolved.04 Dec 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget: Discussions with Scottish GovernmentNo projects have been cancelled. The Perth deal is under consideration by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Treasury. It has not been cancelled; it…04 Dec 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget: Discussions with Scottish GovernmentI thank my hon. Friend for his question; he is absolutely correct. The UK Budget chose investment over decline, including investment directly in my hon. Friend’s constituency as…04 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic GrowthThe Scotland Office is supporting the White Ribbon Scotland campaign, which asks people to sign a pledge never to commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women. I…04 Dec 2024HANSARDLiving StandardsI think what the hon. Gentleman is tending to forget is that the winter fuel payment in Scotland is devolved. It was the SNP Scottish Government who decided to means-test it as…04 Dec 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget: Discussions with Scottish GovernmentWe have reset the relationship with the Scottish Government, and I have met the Deputy First Minister numerous times to discuss the autumn Budget and other issues. Between the…04 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic GrowthI have a lot of respect for the hon. Lady, but this is another instance where the Opposition parties in this Chamber want all the benefits of the Budget, but they do not want to…04 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic GrowthI will be corrected if I am wrong, but I think the hon. Gentleman backed former Prime Minister Liz Truss, who, when she was Prime Minister, crashed the economy and left a £22…04 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic GrowthI welcome the hon. Gentleman to his place as the new shadow Secretary of State for Scotland and as a shadow Energy Minister—he has something in common with the right hon. Member…04 Dec 2024