Contributions
962 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARD Coastguard Helicopter ServicesI am sure that my right hon. Friend the Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) will remember an incident in 1999 when a chemical-laden vessel called the Ascania broke free…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Scotland: Transport LinksCongratulations on your appointment, Mrs Lewell-Buck. I am sure you will do the job with elegance for many years to come. It has already been said, has it not? My right hon.…08 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandDoes the hon. Gentleman, who is making an excellent contribution, agree that the reason why the SNP Government did not welcome the announcement was that the Labour Government…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandIt is a nonsense. Constituents like the hon. Gentleman’s and mine are losing out and have lost out for years. We had a consultant-led maternity service in Caithness until, hey…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz—and I mean that most genuinely. One of the things Members should never do in this place is bore the House, but I am…07 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionMrs Harris, thank you very much. It is a winter’s night and the hour gets late, so I shall be very brief indeed. In the words of Bruce Forsyth, didn’t they do well? We have had a…06 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionI beg to move, That this House has considered e-petition 700143 relating to a general election. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. As Chair of…06 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionI accept the point, but I remind the right hon. Lady that I am a servant of the House and have to be an impartial chairman in this matter. I think we all know that that is the way…06 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionI thank the right hon. Gentleman, my former colleague from the Scottish Parliament. I will touch on that issue shortly. I also invite him to perhaps surmise that petitions are…06 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. Indeed, that is one particular matter I shall touch on shortly. On account of the sheer number of signatories to Michael’s petition,…06 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionI give way to my hon. Friend with the greatest pleasure.06 Jan 2025HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxIf land prices were to go down, as has been described by the Minister—I am not sure I believe that—and a farmer had borrowed heavily from the bank, the bank might look at the…04 Dec 2024HANSARDTown Centre RegenerationFor far too long Ullapool, in my constituency, did not have a post office, which caused great inconvenience to local people. Recently, however, Tesco stepped into the breach, and…04 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic Growth in Rural AreasFor generations the grim spectre of highland depopulation haunted the area I come from. I can remember my own father saying, before North sea oil came along, that I would have to…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic Growth in Rural Areas8. What fiscal steps she is taking to increase economic growth in rural areas.03 Dec 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI am very sorry that I was not in the Chamber for the beginning of the debate. I have very strong views on this matter, because my father died of cancer—I quit 20 years ago, thank…26 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the UK we have some very special skills when it comes to developing future defence equipment. To lose those skills would be a desperate business. Does the Secretary of State…18 Nov 2024HANSARDIndefinite Leave to Remain: Healthcare WorkersIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I rise to speak for a slightly different reason, which is that I have the honour to be the Chair of the current…18 Nov 2024HANSARD Educational OpportunitiesIt is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I congratulate the hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan) on a most interesting speech. If one…13 Nov 2024HANSARD Educational OpportunitiesWill the Minister give way?13 Nov 2024