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HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyWill the hon. Gentleman give way?02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyWill the hon. Gentleman give way?02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyI will say a couple of things gently to the hon. Gentleman, who, for all his noise and bluster in the Chamber, I actually respect. Look—this debate is about Scottish independence;…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyI will come to the hon. Gentleman’s other points, which are important, but I am keen to say this: I wanted to find agreement across the House. I thought I was making a bit of…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyThe hon. Gentleman says that that does not make sense, but when I was elected in 2001 Scotland voted for Labour; it got the Government that it wanted. But since 2010, Scotland has…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyI think we have heard from the Liberals. I will come back to the hon. Lady, because I have other assertions to make. I think we have now all agreed, other than the Liberal…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyIt was going so well. I had the Conservatives agree to this and I think I had the Labour party agree to it, but the Liberals just could not bring themselves to agree with the…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyLet us see whether the hon. Lady will agree that Scotland has what it takes to be an independent country.02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyI hope I am going to get a clean sweep here and get the Liberals to agree to this. I am counting on the hon. Gentleman to do that.02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who takes these issues seriously. I have been a bit encouraged. Here is one that I am pretty certain Members from other parties will definitely…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyThis is progress. I feel that I am on the right track with this, because what we are getting across the House is agreement to the assertion that Scotland would be a successful…02 Nov 2022HANSARD Avian InfluenzaI thank the Minister for his helpful update and for giving me early sight of his statement. This outbreak is serious and potentially ruinous for those who depend on the poultry…01 Nov 2022HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Food SecurityLike the hon. Lady, I hope free school meals are realised across the rest of the United Kingdom. Will she congratulate the Scottish Government on introducing free school meals for…27 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Food SecurityI congratulate the right hon. Member for Tatton (Esther McVey) and the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) on raising this important issue. This has been a largely…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIt is like the old days, is it not? I was going to say the good old days, but they were not all that good. Remember the endless blue-on-blue, Tory-on-Tory Brexit wrangling with…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillWe now know that Labour is a party of Brexit, no different from the other major party of Brexit, but how on earth do we make something that is unworkable work in the way that the…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI hear the Scottish highlands are even more beautiful, but we might debate that one at some other point. This Bill will drive a coach and horses through the devolution settlement.…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI heard, Mr Deputy Speaker, from a sedentary position, “Too long!” I am trying to resolve that—help me out. I want to be part of an independent nation. The hon. Gentleman and his…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI do not know if the hon. Gentleman is not paying attention, but has he not noticed, and does he not recognise, that there is going to be a referendum in November next year? I…25 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateWill the Chancellor take this opportunity to concede that he is now the de facto Prime Minister and that it is he who calls the shots in government, in what must be the most…17 Oct 2022