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HANSARDDefence SpendingSo that my constituents can better understand the Government’s priorities, which does the Minister think that we will achieve first: a deal to lease Diego Garcia for billions of…10 Feb 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax Relief: FarmsWill the Minister give way?10 Feb 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax Relief: FarmsMy hon. Friend is being very generous with his time. One group he has not yet mentioned is the supermarkets: Tesco, Asda, Marks & Spencer, Lidl, Aldi, the Co-op, Sainsbury’s and…10 Feb 2025HANSARDDevolved Administrations5. Whether she has had meetings with her counterparts in the devolved Administrations since taking office.06 Feb 2025HANSARDDevolved AdministrationsThe Scottish National party’s deposit return scheme was a complete shambles, which the last Conservative Government stopped, preventing it from hurting Scottish businesses with…06 Feb 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseApplications for battery storage facilities are flooding into the Scottish Borders. There are also plans for a massive 50-mile route of pylons across our unspoilt landscape. Local…06 Feb 2025HANSARDRail Services: Open Access OperatorsMy hon. Friend is speaking very well about the usefulness and benefit of having a good rail system. He will be aware of the new timetable that the national rail operators are…06 Feb 2025HANSARDLocal Government FinanceOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Please indulge me. Could you give some guidance, on how, under Standing Orders, we can encourage Ministers to debate? This is, after…05 Feb 2025HANSARDLocal Government FinanceAs ever, my hon. Friend is doing an excellent job of standing up for his constituents in Keighley and Ilkley, and exposing the failures of Labour-controlled Bradford council. In…05 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.04 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Scottish Borders has some of the most beautiful countryside in the whole of the United Kingdom, but it is going to be destroyed by the massive pylons being built by…04 Feb 2025HANSARDUK-US Bilateral RelationshipI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important and timely debate. Does he agree that, despite the best efforts of the Labour Government, there is a long-standing and…04 Feb 2025HANSARDCareer Breaks: Parents of Seriously Ill ChildrenMy hon. Friend is speaking very well about the challenges and issues. It was great to meet Christina and Skye before the debate started. Does my hon. Friend recognise that many…03 Feb 2025HANSARD Agricultural Property ReliefThe hon. Lady is speaking remarkably well about the challenges that this Government policy will create for farmers in Wales, in Scotland and across the UK. Research by Scottish…28 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs: OBR CostingThe Labour Government’s family farm tax will be catastrophic to farmers in my constituency in the Borders. I will join many of them and their tractors in Kelso on Saturday, when…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House allow time for a debate on the importance of volunteering, to celebrate community spirit? Coldstream community council recently hosted a senior…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Child Sexual Exploitation and AbuseI start by paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) for his persistent campaign to get an inquiry into Keighley and Bradford. Scotland is…16 Jan 2025HANSARDBusiness of the HouseCenter Parcs is planning an exciting new development in my constituency in the Scottish Borders. It will be the first Center Parcs in Scotland, and it will bring £350 million of…16 Jan 2025HANSARDFoot and Mouth DiseaseLike many other Members, I clearly remember the events of 2001, not least because all the cattle and sheep on our family farm—my father’s farm in Berwickshire—were slaughtered.…15 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThis week, Scottish Labour announced that it will abstain to allow the SNP Government’s Budget to pass through the Scottish Parliament. This is now typical of Scottish Labour,…09 Jan 2025