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HANSARDFinance Bill (Third sitting)The amendment would mean the relevant rate of duty would be unchanged from last year. I am one of the few MPs from Scotland on the Committee, but I am sure I am not alone in…30 Jan 2025HANSARDFinance Bill (First sitting)Did the Minister consider the different legislation in Scotland, where we have short-term letting licences, visitor tax and a whole load of extra legislation coming in, which is…28 Jan 2025HANSARDFinance Bill (Second sitting)Will the Minister consider the fact that the increase in national insurance has harmed many companies that have really struggled? An increase in the top rate of income tax or…28 Jan 2025HANSARDFinance Bill (First sitting)My point was really about the cumulative effect of many different taxes and restrictions making it more and more difficult for people in the letting business, which is crucial to…28 Jan 2025HANSARD High Streets: Autumn Budget 2024I wonder whether the Minister will consider what I am about to say. I have been asked to go to the Isle of Skye on Saturday for a crisis meeting. There is a group of hotels, which…23 Jan 2025HANSARD High Streets: Autumn Budget 2024Will the Minister say why taxes were put on poor, struggling organisations, such as high-street shops and hotels, rather than the massive online businesses that are emptying our…23 Jan 2025HANSARD Public Services: Rural AreasWill the Minister bear in mind the importance of community benefits from renewables? The whole of the highlands is covered in turbines, which are built overseas and often owned…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural and Business Property ReliefWill the Minister give way?14 Jan 2025HANSARD Agricultural and Business Property ReliefWill the hon. Gentleman give way?14 Jan 2025HANSARD Coastguard Helicopter ServicesThank you for allowing me to speak, Ms Furniss. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) on securing this debate. He has long…14 Jan 2025HANSARD Coastguard Helicopter ServicesI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. In the year ending March 2024, coastguard search and rescue helicopters rescued 1,425 people. That figure highlights the sheer scale…14 Jan 2025HANSARDHospice and Palliative CareMay I intervene?13 Jan 2025HANSARDHospice and Palliative CareWhat does the hon. Member think about the many hospices that do not need the capital but are desperate for the income? I would be interested in his answer.13 Jan 2025HANSARD Scotland: Transport LinksIf only we had a road with the quality of the A75—I dream of such a road. The A82 going up Loch Lomond has to be one of the worst roads in Britain. Lorries and buses cannot pass…08 Jan 2025HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [Lords]May I come back to the community benefits, which the hon. Member brought up in her intervention on me? The community benefits will be hundreds of millions for 25 years or the life…07 Jan 2025HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [Lords]I will speak about the Crown Estate’s borrowing powers and the broadening of its investment scope. These changes are intended to enhance the Crown Estate’s capacity to support our…07 Jan 2025HANSARDCrown Estate Bill [Lords]Funnily enough, as a Highland councillor, it is a subject that I have spent many years working on. Highland council—I know this does not relate to the Crown Estate in England and…07 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionDespite the 3 million people who signed this petition, we know that the Government will continue to stand. That said, the petition is an excellent thing, because it has let the…06 Jan 2025HANSARD Hospitality Sector: EastleighApologies for being late. I ask the Minister if the Government have considered the impact on the hospitality industry in Scotland from the national insurance changes? The reason I…04 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillIs the Minister aware of the complete disaster this will cause for Scottish hospitality businesses? We do not have business rates relief, as businesses do in England Wales. We…03 Dec 2024