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HANSARD Northern Ireland ElectionsI apologise to you, Mr Deputy Speaker, and to the Secretary of State for missing the start of his statement. I promise him that when I have the sort of influence that he ascribes…09 Nov 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I take the Leader of the House back to the answer she has given to a number of Members, including her hon. Friends the Members for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) and for East…03 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Have you received any indication from the Home Secretary that she intends to make a further statement to the House about the detention…02 Nov 2022HANSARD Avian InfluenzaI will not respond to the Minister’s disgraceful attack on Scotland’s mild and gentle climate. Surely though, the difference between avian flu and foot and mouth and other…01 Nov 2022HANSARD National SecurityOne area of Government policy that I suggest would benefit from the fresh eyes of the Minister is the need for a whistleblower defence under the National Security Bill. The…01 Nov 2022HANSARDOverseas Chinese Police Stations in UK: Legal StatusI congratulate the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns) on securing the urgent question and welcome the Minister to the Dispatch Box. I hope his appointment brings…01 Nov 2022HANSARDWestern Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing CentresI would like to read to the Home Secretary a text message that a colleague of mine received this afternoon from an immigration expert: “Just had a call with Ukraine that has…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Food SecurityMay I warn the hon. Lady about the law of unintended consequences? By way of illustration, I offer the example of my own family farm on Islay, not in my constituency but on the…27 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Food SecurityThe right hon. Lady is making a very powerful case, very little of which I would disagree with, but the food strategy is not all about agriculture. The fishing industry also needs…27 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Food SecurityYou mentioned talking land out of production.27 Oct 2022HANSARD Cross-Channel Migrants: Manston FacilityThe hon. Member for St Austell and Newquay (Steve Double) is right to remind us that during consideration of the Nationality and Borders Bill we were told repeatedly that the…27 Oct 2022HANSARDSupport for Island CommunitiesLast Thursday the main telecommunications cable between Shetland and the mainland was damaged, leaving most of my constituents in Shetland with no access even to landline or…27 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Food SecurityThank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker—I will see what I can do about that! First of all, I remind the House of my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I…27 Oct 2022HANSARDHome Secretary: Resignation and ReappointmentThe appointment by this Prime Minister of a Home Secretary is not something relating to the previous Administration. If the Minister is correct in his assertion that there is…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Departure of Previous Home SecretaryIt is surely obvious that the Home Secretary resigned because it is now understood in Government that their immigration policy is a major block to economic growth. If that is the…20 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Secretary of State will, I hope, have been made aware that in the early hours of this morning, the main telecommunications cable to Shetland was cut. As a consequence, this…20 Oct 2022HANSARDFloating Offshore Wind ProjectsThe hon. Gentleman has hit on something really important: community benefit. In Orkney and Shetland for the last 40 years we have derived real community benefit from the presence…18 Oct 2022HANSARDFloating Offshore Wind ProjectsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for allowing me to intervene because she hits on an important point: the lack of co-operation and strategy. It is not just about cable corridors,…18 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerThe Leader of the House and her colleagues do not have a monopoly on understanding what it is to take difficult decisions in the national interest. In 2010, my colleagues and I…17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateThe chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association made the point this morning that, time after time, freezes in spirits duty have delivered more revenue to the Treasury,…17 Oct 2022