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HANSARD North Sea Oil and GasI cautiously welcome this news. It will help to secure 100,000 jobs in the industry and in the north-east of Scotland, and I think that in the current political times it will help…09 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesI thank the SNP for bringing forward this important debate, and I commend the hon. Member for Glasgow East (David Linden) for his opening remarks. The front page of today’s Daily…24 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsAs the cost of living crisis deepens, this Government’s priorities get ever more remote from my constituents. Only this week, I learned that a veteran in my constituency, James…19 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateEarly in the pandemic, the Government banged their fist on the table and demanded that the UK diagnostic sector respond to the challenge ahead. The industry responded, and its…19 Jan 2022HANSARDGlobal Vaccine AccessI congratulate the hon. Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain) on securing this important debate. During yesterday’s vaccine statement, the UK Government Minister dodged…13 Jan 2022HANSARD Direct Ferry Links: Scotland and Mainland EuropeDoes my hon. Friend share my deep regret that a comparative drop in the ocean of investment would be sufficient to move this project forward? The reluctance of the Scottish…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Direct Ferry Links: Scotland and Mainland EuropeWill the Minister give way?12 Jan 2022HANSARDVaccination StrategyI often pay tribute in this place to the leadership on vaccines of Dame Kate Bingham. Speaking about the cancellation of the Valneva contract in Livingston, Dame Kate described…12 Jan 2022HANSARD Direct Ferry Links: Scotland and Mainland EuropeI thank the Minister for giving way; he is being a good sport. On HS2 and the benefits it may deliver at some distant point in the future, dependent on the project’s development…12 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Garden EventThere is an expression, “the buck stops at the top,” which is usually applied by people in leadership when they take responsibility. In April last year my 58-year-old friend Ray…11 Jan 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseDuring yesterday’s covid statement the Prime Minister made certain assertions, in response to the shadow First Secretary of State, the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne…06 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Award of ContractsWhile this debate is ostensibly about covid contracts, it is essentially about honour and the old-fashioned values of integrity, responsibility and prioritising the needs of those…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Award of Contractsrose—05 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Award of ContractsI reflect on the comments the Prime Minister made to me during Prime Minister’s questions on 18 March 2020, when I asked him whether the priority should be the prize of beating…05 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Award of ContractsThat is not true.05 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Award of ContractsWill the Minister give way one more time?05 Jan 2022HANSARD Covid-19: Award of ContractsI am grateful to the Minister for giving way again—he has been a great sport. I have one short question about the volume of testing devices. Does he have any indication of what…05 Jan 2022HANSARDPublic HealthOne of the things we know about omicron is the significant genetic mutations and changes that have happened to the spike protein. This morning, at the Science and Technology…14 Dec 2021HANSARDPublic HealthI thank the shadow Secretary of State for giving way. I wonder whether he shares my concern about reports over the past couple of days that there has been an absence, or a lack,…14 Dec 2021HANSARDCold Climate AllowanceI beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on providing additional allowances to people in receipt of the…14 Dec 2021