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HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is now six months since I stood in this House to raise concerns about the collapsing oil price and the impact that would have on my city of Aberdeen. Since then, the UK…03 Sept 2020HANSARDChannel Crossings in Small BoatsRefugees experience situations that few of us can even imagine, yet in recent months, while sitting aboard overcrowded dinghies in the middle of the English channel, they have…02 Sept 2020HANSARDSupport for Businesses: ScotlandTo protect and rebuild the local economy of Aberdeen and the north-east of Scotland, we need huge investment from the UK Government in the hydrogen economy, carbon capture and…21 Jul 2020HANSARDSupport for Businesses: ScotlandWhat discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing support for businesses in Scotland.21 Jul 2020HANSARDShared Prosperity FundThe report highlighted by my hon. Friend the Member for Stirling (Alyn Smith) did not end its criticism there. The IFS went on to say that it was “disconcerting” that the shared…20 Jul 2020HANSARDShared Prosperity FundWhat recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the shared prosperity fund.20 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipParking the politics for a moment, in all honesty does the hon. Gentleman not share my concern that our part of the United Kingdom, which we both are elected to represent, is due…15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipI thank the hon. Member for giving way and giving me another opportunity to reflect on the package last week, which he knows was devoid of any support whatever for Scotland’s oil…15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipWill the hon. Gentleman give way?15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipIt has been all too apparent to me, as a new Member, that one of the hallmarks of this Chamber is repetition. I am afraid that, as I am quite far down the call list, I will repeat…15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipWill the hon. Member give way?15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipI thank the hon. Member for giving way. Does he agree that the intransigence of his party on this issue is perhaps why it received 42% of the vote in Scotland in 2010, but just…15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU Relationshiprose—15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipNo, I am quite happy to intervene.15 Jul 2020HANSARD UK TelecommunicationsThe Secretary of State has been particularly clear that Huawei will not be asked to deliver the UK’s 5G network, but he has been conspicuously quiet in relation to when the 5G…14 Jul 2020HANSARDEconomic UpdateThree hundred and fifty billion pounds: that is how much the UK Treasury has coined from Scotland’s oil and gas sector over the past decade, so I say to the Chancellor that it is…08 Jul 2020HANSARDThe EconomyI rise to take part in this debate in frustration, because at the start of March I highlighted in the Chamber during the Budget debate the fact that the oil price had collapsed…08 Jul 2020HANSARDFinance BillDoes my hon. Friend share my particular concern about the oil and gas sector in which we have already seen vast swathes of employees made redundant because the furlough scheme had…02 Jul 2020HANSARDFinance BillI rise to speak in support of the amendments tabled in my name and in those of my SNP colleagues. It is important to state from the outset that we hear regularly from across the…02 Jul 2020HANSARD Finance BillI thank the hon. Member for that intervention. Surprisingly enough, I was not aware of that, but it certainly seems to reflect the situation in Scotland through the national…01 Jul 2020