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HANSARD Budget: ScotlandWill the hon. Member give way on that point?07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandWill the hon. Member give way?07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandI hope the hon. Member will forgive me for not giving way to him when I was mid-flow during my own speech. We are waiting until 2031 or 2032 for our ferries. We need ferries this…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandI am sorry, Ms Vaz. On ferries, we welcome the very late arrival of the Glen Sannox and soon the Glen Rosa. A minor earthquake welcomed the Glen Sannox through the Sound of Mull…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandTime is short, my friend, so I must press on.07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandI understand the hon. Gentleman’s passionate defence of his own position, but the truth is that, despite higher spending per head in Scotland, that money is inefficiently used on…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Livingston (Gregor Poynton) for securing this important debate. I join…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandCan I ask the hon. Member which taxes the SNP would raise?07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandWould the hon. Gentleman describe £50 million for Argyll and the Isles and £20 million for the Western Isles as a “disaster”?07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandI will give way. I would love to hear the hon. Gentleman’s excuses.07 Jan 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI do not know if the Leader of the House has been caught up in the wild swimming trend, which we in the Western Isles just call “swimming in the sea”. One of my constituents has…12 Dec 2024HANSARD LGBT Veterans: Etherton ReviewI am grateful for your forbearance, Madam Deputy Speaker. I very much welcome the announcement made by the Secretary of State today, although its arrival is almost as late as my…12 Dec 2024HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) BillI commend the hon. and learned Gentleman’s passion, but his problems are not unique. Anywhere in the highlands and islands of Scotland, or even in peripheral parts of England, has…06 Dec 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House join me in congratulating all the winners of the Saltires, Scotland’s national book awards, particularly Jen Stout for her courageous and…05 Dec 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryYou can say the Western Isles.28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryI will turn my attention to GB Energy in a moment. First, I make another appeal to the Minister that from next year onwards the UK ought to allocate commercial bluefin tuna…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing Industryindicated assent.28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I thank the Backbench Business Committee and the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) for this…28 Nov 2024HANSARDFishing IndustryThat is true. Our problems are not uniquely island problems, nor are they uniquely Scottish problems: they are demographic, economic and social problems for coastal communities…28 Nov 2024HANSARD Project GigabitIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon (Gregory Stafford) for raising this important issue today. However, I…26 Nov 2024