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HANSARDPost-Brexit Fisheries ManagementI am grateful to the Minister for raising that point. I was going to reserve that for later in my speech, but I will address it now because it is important. The right hon. Member…13 Oct 2022HANSARDPost-Brexit Fisheries ManagementThank you, Mr Mundell. I congratulate the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan (David Duguid) on his reappointment to the Scotland Office—I know for certain he would have liked to be…13 Oct 2022HANSARDPost-Brexit Fisheries ManagementI am really grateful to the right hon. Gentleman, because I want to come on to those points and to address some of the issues he raised. He is right: there is nobody to blame any…13 Oct 2022HANSARDPost-Brexit Fisheries ManagementAgain, I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for mentioning that. He is absolutely spot on. I have the great pleasure and privilege of chairing the Scottish Affairs Committee…13 Oct 2022HANSARDPost-Brexit Fisheries ManagementI expected that when the Minister got to his feet, we would hear about all the benefits of Brexit—given that this is what the debate is about—and about how he was working to…13 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up FundWhat would the impact have been on levelling-up projects if the Scottish Government had followed the advice of the Scottish Conservatives to give these unfunded and catastrophic…12 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up Agenda“Never has so much chaos been inflicted on so many by so few” will be the motto that will reverberate down the eons from this Government. Do they actually still believe in this…11 Oct 2022HANSARDCost Increases: Food Producers and ConsumersThank you ever so much, Mr Speaker. It feels like business questions. I thought I was getting away from the right hon. Gentleman, but there is seemingly no escape. May I welcome…08 Sept 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseCan we have a debate about rats in a sack? There is a confrontation going on just now that makes those much maligned rodents seem like sedated gerbils on tranquilisers. This is…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Contaminated Blood Scandal: Interim Payments for VictimsThere is no good reason why interim payments cannot be made. When we first raised issues of contaminated blood some 20 years ago, we were repeatedly told that no wrongful…19 Jul 2022HANSARDAccess to Cash in ScotlandI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind remarks—I am sure we will be back to business as normal on Monday, when the Committee meets again. The hon. Gentleman’s substantive points…14 Jul 2022HANSARDAccess to Cash in ScotlandI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman and I am pleased that he showed sufficient deference when questioning a member of the establishment. I am always glad to accept questions…14 Jul 2022HANSARDAccess to Cash in ScotlandThank you, Ms Rees. I also thank the Backbench Business Committee for allowing me to make a statement on our report, “Access to cash in Scotland”, which we published on Monday. It…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseIt would be remiss of me not to congratulate the hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone) and welcome him to his place. He is the very epitome of bizarre Brexitism, and he is now…14 Jul 2022HANSARDAccess to Cash in ScotlandWe put those questions to the Minister when he appeared before the Committee. He made it clear, very legitimately, that the Government cannot get involved in commercial decisions…14 Jul 2022HANSARDAccess to Cash in ScotlandI am grateful to the hon. Lady, who is an assiduous member of the Scottish Affairs Committee and who makes very valuable contributions to our reports and inquiries. She is right…14 Jul 2022HANSARDAccess to Cash in ScotlandI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. He and I are the “Faithers of the Hoose”, given that we were both elected in 2001. [ Interruption. ] I know that he signed in before me,…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseAnd the Leader of the House is away! Has he not been curiously quiet over the past 24 hours? He was one of the few Johnson loyalists left standing last night. I thought we might…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseWe need a debate about democracy across the UK. We need to properly consider why this Government think it is okay to try to legally imprison a nation in what is supposed to be a…30 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI am quite surprised to see so many Conservative Members in their places—don’t they know there are by-elections they have to fight? I suppose it is a lot safer being in here,…23 Jun 2022