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HANSARDBusiness and Trade CommitteeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. In my short time in Parliament, perhaps the most terrifying thing I have heard so far is the evidence we took on the…27 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend is delivering a searing indictment of this Budget. Does he agree that the intention of the farm tax may have been to take in multimillionaire so-called “slipper…27 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranOn the Business and Trade Committee, we hear all the time that energy costs in this country are unaffordable, and it puts industry of every kind at a disadvantage. We are seeing…18 Nov 2025HANSARDChina Espionage: Government Security ResponseThe Chinese general Sun Tzu said that “the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.” Are we not presenting an opportunity for defeat when members of…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseSince coming to this place, I have struggled to find out how much money the UK Government are putting into the A75 road, which runs right through my constituency. I was astonished…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney is not often right, and he is wrong again with his slavish devotion to the European convention on human rights. If this place is to…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe F-35 Lightning II aircraft is a cutting-edge system, the helmets for which come from my constituency, but the Public Accounts Committee has the MOD in missile lock over the…03 Nov 2025HANSARD“Soldier F” Trial VerdictIt is important that we in this House remember that terrorists killed Members of this House, including Airey Neave only a few hundred yards from where we stand today. The…03 Nov 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandDevolution is not working. Instead of two Governments working in harness, Scotland has one in Westminster with its back turned to the one in Holyrood, which daily plots to break…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandI just gently point out that I think more Scots voted for Brexit than for anything else in the history of Scotland.22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandSorry, but I will not give way, because I want to make some progress. John Swinney—not so much yesterday’s man as the day before yesterday’s man—is a pound-shop Parnell trying to…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandThe Minister will agree that the work on those trade deals was begun under the previous Administration.22 Oct 2025HANSARDAlleged Spying Case: Home Office InvolvementA senior Chinese Government official invited Britain to “fulfil its obligations and honour its commitments” over the so-called super-embassy, but can the Minister shed light on…20 Oct 2025HANSARDMaccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanBirmingham’s best band is, of course, Black Sabbath and it has counselled us that: “If you listen to fools, the mob rules.” This is a case of mob rule here. The Secretary of State…20 Oct 2025HANSARDMaccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Back to the Sabs. Will the Secretary of State review the rules around sporting and entertainment events to make sure that this Government, and any…20 Oct 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillFor many years, I commuted by aircraft from Scotland to Dublin—so many years, in fact, that I can still recall there are eight emergency exits on a Boeing 737-800. There are two…15 Oct 2025HANSARD Energy Profits Levy: North-east ScotlandI am from the south-west of Scotland, which is as far from the north-east as one can get in Scotland. None the less, this is a huge issue for the whole country. My hon. Friend is…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Energy Profits Levy: North-east Scotlandrose —14 Oct 2025HANSARD Energy Profits Levy: North-east ScotlandWill the Minister give way on that point?14 Oct 2025HANSARD Energy Profits Levy: North-east ScotlandI thank the Minister for giving way on that point: this is about balance. We need to find a balance in the transition of people coming out of oil and gas and moving into…14 Oct 2025