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HANSARDUK Space SectorI thank the Minister, as this sector offers massive economic and strategic opportunities for the United Kingdom. The development of the Shetland spaceport at SaxaVord is now…16 Oct 2024HANSARDUK Space Sector7. What steps he is taking to help support the UK space sector.16 Oct 2024HANSARD Renewable Energy Projects: Community BenefitsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dr Huq. I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (Mr MacDonald) for securing this debate. Once…15 Oct 2024HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to those points of order, Mr Speaker. Alex Salmond was not just a parliamentary colleague of mine; for a number of years, when we lived in Aberdeenshire, he was also my…14 Oct 2024HANSARDMaritime Coastguard Agency: Safety BreachesIf we continue to see this as a matter of legality, nothing will ever change, and certainly not in any decent timeframe. We have to focus on what we can do practically to end the…10 Oct 2024HANSARDMaritime Coastguard Agency: Safety Breaches7. What discussions she has had with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on maritime safety breaches which occur outside UK territorial waters but within the exclusive economic…10 Oct 2024HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesArguably, and in the view of some of us, ours is the finest Select Committee in the House. The problems with the uptake of ELMS have been at the heart of a significant…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Rural DepopulationThe hon. Member will be aware that this is a matter on which a number of us have campaigned over the years. Essentially, the problem is that the definition of what constitutes a…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Rural DepopulationIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Vaz. I congratulate the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Torcuil Crichton) on securing this debate. The issue is as…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Rural DepopulationI have said often enough that the medium to long-term structural problems in the catching sector for deckhands have to be solved by a better training programme, to make sure that…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Rural DepopulationWill the Minister give way?11 Sept 2024HANSARD Space Sector: Government SupportI beg to move, That this House has considered Government support for the space sector. It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Dowd. I welcome the Minister to his…04 Sept 2024HANSARD Space Sector: Government SupportI don’t think I ever was, actually. Back in 2001, there was no such thing; the sector has emerged at a quite remarkable pace and has its roots in the early days of the coalition…04 Sept 2024HANSARD Space Sector: Government SupportIn essence, yes, I do, and I acknowledge what the hon. Gentleman says about the siting of SaxaVord in Grantown-on-Spey. I pay tribute to Frank Strang, who has driven the project…04 Sept 2024HANSARD Sheep FarmingWill the hon. Member give way?04 Sept 2024HANSARD Space Sector: Government SupportThe hon. Gentleman anticipates the tack I will take. Of course, we are talking about support from the UK Government for our space sector, but the success story that we have seen…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ8. Last month, SSE, the operators of the new Viking energy wind farm in Shetland, was paid £2 million in order not to generate any electricity from it. Is there not something…04 Sept 2024HANSARDIndustrial StrategyI, too, welcome the Secretary of State to his new position and congratulate him on his appointment to what I can tell him is a splendid job to hold in government. On an industrial…04 Sept 2024HANSARD Sheep FarmingI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way and remind the House of my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as an owner and operator of farmland on Islay. On the…04 Sept 2024HANSARDContracts for DifferenceIf, as the Secretary of State says, he wants to offer a line of sight for industry, he should look more closely at the opportunities that come from the development of tidal…03 Sept 2024