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HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. The intention may have been to force overseas investors, trust funds and others out of the farming sector, and to attack big landowners, but…27 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsThe hon. Lady is speaking about the measures that she supports in the Budget. I wonder about her views on the council tax surcharge. I had a quick look at the websites of estate…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend is making a powerful speech about the flaws in this Labour Government’s Budget. Does he share my concerns about the many farmers who were outside Parliament today…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles BillMy hon. Friend makes an excellent pint. It is the fear—the prospect of being dragged through that process—that is causing so much anxiety. I suspect that is why so many veterans…18 Nov 2025HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles BillWe rely on British soldiers to keep our country safe—they put their lives on the line to defend our country, putting themselves in harm’s way to do so. However, a shadow hangs…18 Nov 2025HANSARDGrooming Gangs Inquiry: RemitLast week, brave grooming-gang survivor Fiona Goddard spoke of how she was trafficked to Scotland as a vulnerable teenager. As she rightly said, the idea that this issue stops at…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Parkinson’s DiseaseIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Lewell. I pay tribute to my constituent David Reid, who has done a huge amount of work to promote this petition, including by…17 Nov 2025HANSARDGrooming Gangs Inquiry: Remit10. Whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the remit of the national statutory inquiry into grooming gangs to include Scotland.17 Nov 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituent Evelyn Armstrong, aged 104, has recently been awarded France’s highest military honour, the Légion d’honneur, for the vital role she played as a plotter and flight…13 Nov 2025HANSARDRural CrimeRural and farm crime is a big problem in my constituency in the Scottish Borders which operates across the border between Scotland and England. What discussions has the Solicitor…13 Nov 2025HANSARD Cross-border HealthcareIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Dowd. I congratulate the hon. Member for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (David Chadwick) on securing the debate. I am going to…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Last month, the SNP Government in Edinburgh released their latest independence propaganda paper. Unbelievably, it said that nuclear weapons would have no place in an…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Sudan: Protection of CiviliansThere are many displaced people in other countries in the region as a consequence of the violence in Sudan. What additional support are the UK Government giving to those countries…30 Oct 2025HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and Gas IndustryAnyone who has met businesses in Aberdeen will know that they rely on the oil and gas sector. This Labour Government’s “net zero at all costs” policy is a disaster for…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMany of my constituents in Berwickshire would prefer to use NHS services in Northumberland, which are much closer to them—indeed, Northumbria healthcare NHS foundation trust has…23 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandThe hon. Member is making a very good speech. As a fellow Member of the Scottish Parliament for 10 years, I concur completely with his comments regarding the Committee structure.…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandI think the recollection that the hon. Lady and I will have of our time in the Scottish Parliament was of voting physically, albeit electronically, together in the Scottish…22 Oct 2025HANSARD Electricity Infrastructure: Rural CommunitiesThe hon. Member makes an excellent point about taking communities with us. We all accept, I believe, the need to invest in our electricity infrastructure, but it must be done in a…21 Oct 2025HANSARD Electricity Infrastructure: Rural CommunitiesI beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of electricity infrastructure on rural communities. It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Efford. I am…21 Oct 2025HANSARD Electricity Infrastructure: Rural CommunitiesI share the hon. Member’s concerns, and I will come on to nuclear a little later.21 Oct 2025