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HANSARD Business of the HouseI recently met Adam, who owns and runs The House of Botanicals, an award-winning small business in my constituency. The reason I met Adam is that exports to the continent that…22 Jul 2021HANSARD Summer AdjournmentI believe I have three minutes, Madam Deputy Speaker, so I will be unable to cover so much that could have been covered. I could have covered universal credit, the Government’s…22 Jul 2021HANSARDNewport Wafer Fab SaleSeventy-seven days have passed since the National Security and Investment Act received Royal Assent. In the previous months, I and colleagues across the Chamber sought to work…15 Jul 2021HANSARD Transport DecarbonisationKey to the successful decarbonisation of transportation will, of course, be the availability of sustainable fuels. In that regard, in Aberdeen the Scottish Government and the…14 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryThe hon. Member had the opportunity to say what he said earlier, and he can reflect upon it. The truth of the matter is that the situation in Scotland is as it is because…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryThe record is clear, and the hon. Member should reflect on his remarks. When the Scottish people look at it in totality—the cronyism, the corruption, the mishandling of the…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryThe hon. Member says that the motion has nothing to do with Scottish independence, so why did the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Cabinet Office put forward a…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryI was sitting on the Back Benches earlier listening to a lot of the debate and deciding on how I would open my remarks on this most important of topics, and then my hon. Friend…07 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Contracts and Public InquiryMy right hon. Friend makes an important point, because there have been opportunities, not just last week but throughout our debate today, for Conservative Members to stand up and…07 Jul 2021HANSARDLevelling-up AgendaToday marks 33 years since the Piper Alpha disaster, when 167 lives were lost and many more oil workers were injured. The trauma reverberates right across Aberdeen to this day,…06 Jul 2021HANSARDLevelling-up AgendaI do not think the Minister actually answered my question, but let us look at another aspect of the levelling-up prospectus: freeports. The Scottish Government have been clear…06 Jul 2021HANSARDInternational TravelJust this morning, the Department for Transport snuck out the news that senior business executives will be able to dodge the quarantine rules relating to the amber list. I am sure…29 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Guidance on International TravelUK Government Ministers talk about a single approach, but, if we cast our minds back just a couple of months ago, travellers from India into Scotland faced managed hotel…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Royal MailIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms McDonagh. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Wantage (David Johnston) for securing this important debate. He certainly got his…17 Jun 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.07 Jun 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillMadam Deputy Speaker, you will be glad to know that my final remarks will be brief, particularly because although we were expecting a rebellion tonight, I did not expect it in any…07 Jun 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillIf I heard that correctly, the Labour party is not agreeing with the amendments that it tabled in Committee and that the SNP has agreed to at this point in time, so it had to add…07 Jun 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillOch, why not?07 Jun 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillI thank the hon. Member for his intervention, but we will have to heartedly disagree on this point. The House, and we as democratically elected representatives, should seek to…07 Jun 2021HANSARD Advanced Research and Invention Agency BillIt is a pleasure to follow the Chair of the Select Committee, the right hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark), and the shadow Secretary of State, the right hon. Member for…07 Jun 2021