Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Scottish National PartyMP for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
“One of the Department’s key planks in tackling climate change is carbon capture. Given the Government’s difficulties around the defence investment plan and the need to find allegedly an extra £5 billion, can the Minister confirm her Departm…”
“Mr. speaker, my constituent Scott and Pamela McBride from Peterhead are victims of this shambolic bureaucrat. He retired in April 2020 and they're still waiting on a resolution. They came to me in February. I'll keep it simple, Minister. If…”
“The honourable Member is making an excellent speech, and is trying to draw out the details of this deal; I am glad that one of her constituents drew her attention to it. I was lobbied by Karl Claxton at the University of York, who described…”
“The House of Commons Library, quoting the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, reports that child poverty rates in Scotland are much lower than in England, at 23% compared with 31%, due at least in part to the Scottish child payment. In the light of…”
“I thank the Speaker’s Office for granting this long-overdue urgent question, and I congratulate the right honourable Member for Islington North (Jeremy Corbyn) on securing it. This is indeed an urgent matter for the Cuban people as they con…”
“There remain serious concerns about the ability of children to use livestreaming on social media and the risks and harms that may arise. That issue has been raised by my honourable Friend the Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman) in t…”
“2. What discussions she has had with Scottish fisheries on the UK-EU sanitary and phytosanitary agreement.…”
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“I can sense the Secretary of State’s anger at the scale, width and depth of the failures in this project, but it was initiated in 2009, when Labour was in power. I am looking at the collective failure on both sides of the House. Labour Memb…”
“Does my honourable Friend agree that it was folly for this Government to cancel the Ming Yang project at Ardersier?…”
“I rise to address the issue of getting Britain working again, but also to make some observations on this Government’s chaotic performance since July 2024. The focus of today’s debate is on employment, and I will come to that, but so many La…”
“I commend the Minister on his statement, particularly his peroration about how standing up to hatred and intolerance is the shared responsibility of every person in these islands. The Scottish Government have been working closely with Polic…”
“Does the right honourable Member agree that rather than attacking the most vulnerable in our society to pay for the nation’s defence, it would be better to tax the banks and the large multinationals on their extravagant profits?…”
“22. What recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations in the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report entitled “Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issu…”
“I appreciate that the honourable Member is very learned on this subject, as are many Members on both sides of the House. Is he saying that the Bill does not give sufficient protection for pensioners in terms of governance of trustees and eq…”
“I pay tribute to the Minister and his team for the great work that they have done. I agree with the right honourable Member for Salisbury (John Glen) that this work is really cross-party, and the Minister will continue to enjoy our support …”
“Cancer patients, like so many other patients, are worried and concerned about the resident doctors strike in England, which is reportedly costing around £50 million a day, not to mention its impact on waiting lists. Meanwhile, in Scotland, …”
“5. What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential impact of changes to worker visas on businesses in rural economies.…”
“More than 130,000 homes in Scotland now face deeper anxiety and financial uncertainty with this paltry intervention from the Government. The reality of this cold winter and spring in the north of Scotland and in the highlands and islands, n…”
“At lunch time today I chaired a meeting of the all-party parliamentary group on fisheries, during which we heard about existential threats to the fishing industry across these islands. Will the Minister agree to attend a meeting of the APPG…”
“The Foreign Secretary has referred to the UN report published on 19 February, which said that the horrific events in El Fasher bore all the “hallmarks of genocide”. Does she agree with that assessment?…”
“I thank my honourable Friend the Member for Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber (Brendan O'Hara) for securing this important debate, and I highlight that this is only the second time that a Backbench Business debate on Gaza has taken place in t…”
“I salute the Foreign Secretary’s commitment and passion on this topic, and congratulate her on her recent efforts. She has already mentioned the UK’s role as the penholder at the UN Security Council. With that in mind, I am sure she agrees …”
“Yesterday, in response to a question from the honourable Member for Glasgow West (Patricia Ferguson), the Deputy Prime Minister made a statement in the Chamber that was incorrect, misleading and disrespectful to Lord Brodie—…”
“The Secretary of State knows that the SNP believes that this is a pragmatic Bill that will have a net-positive outcome for the health service in Scotland. We welcome the Bill and are glad to support it. However, there are specialty fields, …”
“I thank the right honourable Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) for applying for this debate, those honourable Members who supported his application, and the Backbench Business Committee for allocating time on this important sub…”
“I pay tribute to the Minister for the constructive, collaborative and collegiate way in which she has worked, and I endorse the remarks of the honourable Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne). That is in stark contrast with the disgra…”
“I genuinely welcome the fact that the Secretary of State is able to praise the efforts of NHS staff this Christmas and new year, but there is good news in Scotland, too: waiting lists have fallen for the longest waiters for the sixth month …”
“I rise to address clause 62 and schedule 12. I, for one, cannot believe the self-congratulatory tone of so many contributions from across this Chamber. The shadow Minister, the honourable Member for Grantham and Bourne (Gareth Davies), poin…”
“I rise to focus briefly on a small number of issues in the Bill and one associated with it—I will explain. I want to focus on how these issues will impact Scotland generally and my constituents in particular. Although the Exchequer Secretar…”
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