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HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandMay I offer a warning from history? During the time of the coalition Government in Edinburgh, I pled the case for maintaining consultant-led maternity services based in Wick. No…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandI beg to move, That this House has considered devolution in Scotland. I am jolly glad I came to the Chamber when I did. [ Laughter. ] I thank the Backbench Business Committee for…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandLooking back to a much younger version of myself going to my first meeting of the Scottish constitutional convention in 1989, I never would have dreamt then that I would lead a…22 Oct 2025HANSARDFinancial InclusionI hope that the hon. Member agrees that the Financial Conduct Authority’s work on access to cash is a useful step in the right direction. Does he also agree that provision should…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandWell, well, well, Madam Deputy Speaker. I know the hon. Lady well and I doubt very much that she will take it lying down, and I am sure that she will have the support of others.…22 Oct 2025HANSARD Electricity Infrastructure: Rural CommunitiesIs that not ridiculous, given that at Dounreay we have a skilled workforce, a fully licensed site and a local population that would warmly support new nuclear?21 Oct 2025HANSARD Electricity Infrastructure: Rural CommunitiesDoes the hon. Member agree that it seems strange that the proposed grid upgrade in Scotland does not take into account the future of nuclear power which we understand will be…21 Oct 2025HANSARDAmbassador to the United StatesI have talked to my constituents, and it is a fact that in the last few days they have talked about little else. Like the leader of the SNP in this place, the right hon. Member…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren with SEND: Assessments and SupportI intervene on a Welshman as a Scotsman. We have the same problems in Scotland. You only have to look at the map of the constituencies in Scotland. Would the hon. Member agree…15 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren with SEND: Assessments and SupportWill the hon. Gentleman give way?15 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren with SEND: Assessments and SupportWill the hon. Member give way?15 Sept 2025HANSARDDigital Exclusion: Na h-Eileanan an IarOn behalf of my party, I welcome the Secretary of State to her place. On the other side of the highlands in the royal burgh of Cromarty—it is an adjacent seat, Mr Speaker—we have…10 Sept 2025HANSARDDigital Exclusion: Na h-Eileanan an Iarrose—10 Sept 2025HANSARDHydrogen Supply ChainsDoes the Minister agree that we should at least check the proposed grid improvements against the possible strategic sites where hydrogen could be made?09 Sept 2025HANSARDHydrogen Supply ChainsThe hon. Member is making an excellent speech on a very important subject. He mentioned the production of ammonia. The fact is that fertiliser is made from ammonia and right now…09 Sept 2025HANSARDHydrogen Supply ChainsI thank the hon. Member for his helpful intervention. I want to conclude with two points. First, I am optimistic that this is a subject that will enjoy cross-party support—I…09 Sept 2025HANSARDHydrogen Supply ChainsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I congratulate the hon. Member for Worcester (Tom Collins) on a very timely debate indeed; he knows his subject, and…09 Sept 2025HANSARDHydrogen Supply ChainsWe all want to see electric vehicles being used as much as possible, because that is part of getting to net zero. However, in a far-flung constituency such as mine, it is…09 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainOn behalf of the Petitions Committee, I thank the hon. Member for her thanks. Far away from London in the highlands of Scotland, the same is true: we have refugees who have fitted…08 Sept 2025HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainThe hon. Lady mentions, quite correctly, the role of these wonderful people caring for the elderly. Let me give one example. I have cases in my constituency in the far north of…08 Sept 2025