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HANSARDRosebank and Jackdaw OilfieldsThe Minister has talked long and loud about confidence in the industry, but disappearing investment does not engender any confidence. The 200,000 people employed in the oil and…10 Feb 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax Relief: FarmsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but as he can hear from Opposition Members it has repeatedly been called a loophole. I have been told in the main Chamber that I…10 Feb 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax Relief: FarmsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I represent Dumfries and Galloway, which is the land of milk and slurry. With due deference to the hon. Member for…10 Feb 2025HANSARDUK-US Bilateral RelationshipI beg to move, That this House has considered the UK-US bilateral relationship. It is a pleasure to serve under your tutelage, Sir John, and let me introduce you to a fine Scots…04 Feb 2025HANSARDUK-US Bilateral RelationshipI thank all the right hon. and hon. Members who have taken part today. I associate myself with the Minister’s remarks about the aviation tragedies in America. Our hearts are with…04 Feb 2025HANSARDUK-US Bilateral RelationshipI agree completely. I was privileged to join my hon. Friend at Tartan Week in America, which is a key showcase for all things Scottish. We are lucky that President Trump is…04 Feb 2025HANSARDRelations with the EUMaroš Šefčovič is today dangling the prospect of the UK joining the pan-Euro-Mediterranean convention. Of course, the quiet part is that that would once again turn this country…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs: OBR CostingThere will be a rally on Saturday, and the Minister appears to imagine that this indicates acclamation for his policy. We heard earlier in the week from the hon. Member for…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Russian Maritime Activity and UK ResponseUndersea cables in the modern era are as vital to this country as the merchant navy convoys were in the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942, and they are equally vulnerable. Taking…22 Jan 2025HANSARDCompetition and Markets Authority ChairmanThe Government seem fascinated by the price of Oasis tickets. Meanwhile, debt and the cost of debt are soaring. Should the Government—definitely, not maybe—come up with some ideas…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillThe hon. Gentleman talks about simplifying systems. My father applied for a postal vote because he was taking advantage of the early Scottish holiday and was going to be away on 4…17 Jan 2025HANSARD UK Air DefenceI thank my right hon. and gallant Friend for that point. It is interesting that the Arrow 3 project he mentions is a joint project between Boeing in America and the Israeli…16 Jan 2025HANSARD Covid-19 InquiryI am delighted to hear that relations with the devolved Administrations are now on a collegiate basis. I have to say that my experience as a lowly special adviser with the…16 Jan 2025HANSARDFoot and Mouth DiseaseWith some of the most productive grassland in the UK, Dumfries and Galloway is not worried but terrified by this outbreak. I am reassured to know that we are doing what we can,…15 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe official readout from “Operation kowtow”, the Chancellor’s mission to Beijing, says that she “urged China to cease its support for Russia’s defence industrial base, which is…14 Jan 2025HANSARDGas Storage LevelsWe have heard in the House today about an over-reliance on gas, but surely, in reality, it is an over-reliance on imported gas. The forces of this Government seem to be driving us…13 Jan 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence Opportunities Action PlanI make no apology for returning to the vital question of copyright. Notwithstanding the consultation, the plan recommends that we follow Europe in having an opt-out model. Does…13 Jan 2025HANSARD Scotland: Transport LinksIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Lewell-Buck. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) on securing this…08 Jan 2025HANSARD UkraineThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is an honour and a novelty to follow my near neighbour, the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon). The cost of a new year’s dinner in Russia…19 Dec 2024HANSARD Harland & WolffI congratulate this Front-Bench team and the wider Government on landing this deal in the face of what the Secretary of State has euphemistically called the “headwinds” —I would…19 Dec 2024