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HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxI am a bit familiar with the hon. Gentleman’s electoral history—he was out of Parliament for quite a long time. It is good to see him back in his place, obviously, but he was…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxOne word that the right hon. Lady has not mentioned is Brexit—the great Tory disaster of the last Parliament. How much does she estimate that Brexit cost farmers and the rural…04 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ4. Today is the Scottish Budget, which contains provisions to reinstate the winter fuel payment for all Scottish pensioners—something that the Prime Minister famously took away…04 Dec 2024HANSARDFarming and Inheritance TaxDoes the hon. Gentleman think that the difficulty with the Labour party is that it just does not understand farmers, because they do not fit neatly into its clumsy definition of…04 Dec 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget: Discussions with Scottish GovernmentOne of the consequences of the Budget was to remove £5 million of regeneration funding for Perth city centre. We got practically nothing from the levelling-up fund, save for that…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Grenfell Tower InquiryI commend the Deputy Prime Minister on the way she is introducing this debate. There is another group of people who I do not think have been properly considered yet: those who…02 Dec 2024HANSARDMigration and Border SecurityThe absurd and chaotic Brexit—fully supported by those on the Government Front Bench—was supposed to finally satisfy this obsession, but ending free movement has only increased…02 Dec 2024HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. On behalf of the Scottish National party, I pass on our sincerest condolences to Pauline, to John’s family and to his many friends,…25 Nov 2024HANSARD Asylum Seekers: Hotel AccommodationHere we go again with this new Labour Government simply copying and aping the failed and disastrous policies of the Conservative Government on hotel accommodation, while engaging…20 Nov 2024HANSARD Infected Blood InquiryThis is a really important point—both myself and the hon. Member for Eltham and Chislehurst (Clive Efford) have now raised it with the Minister. He has rightly identified the…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Infected Blood InquiryI will, so long as the hon. Member does not poke me in the back, as he did the other evening.19 Nov 2024HANSARD Infected Blood InquiryIt is always difficult to follow somebody who has said almost exactly what I had intended to say in my speech. What I will try to do for you, Madam Deputy Speaker, is rephrase it…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Infected Blood InquiryI do, and I am happy that my speech has provided the hon. Gentleman with another opportunity to make one of his interventions, as he does in practically every debate that he…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Infected Blood InquiryThe hon. Gentleman is right to labour the point. All that we are hearing from the representative groups—those who make sure that they represent all those in the infected or…19 Nov 2024HANSARD Infected Blood InquiryThere is no one in the House more experienced than the right hon. Gentleman. I pay tribute to what he did in government and how he brought this issue forward. He is right; we must…19 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillIf that comes up for a vote this evening, we would support it. That is one way forward. It certainly would deal with some of the more egregious power that the Prime Minister has.…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI will hold the hon. Gentleman to his word and hope that he is successful in ensuring that it is heard by his Front Benchers. I will also say to him—and I do not mean this with…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI say to the hon. Gentleman, ever so gently, that he should leave bypassing devolution to his friends from Scottish Labour, because they are just a little bit better at it than…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThere is a point of principle behind our position on the House of Lords, and it is a simple word: democracy. We refuse to have anybody in the House of Lords because we believe…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillLet’s just say that the progress has not been all that was anticipated or all that we hoped for. We could say that progress has been practically non-existent. We also had the…12 Nov 2024