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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"Historically, the role of Secretary of State for Scotland has been to argue for more decisions to be made in Scotland. Does the current Secretary of State not feel ashamed and embarrassed to be the first incumbent of this office to actually argue for things to happen the other way …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Feb 2020
Migration and Scotland

"I fear that sometimes in politics people oppose propositions for the wrong reasons. I do not regard myself as immune from that tendency by the way, but quite often, people are in a political bunker, and they have predetermined attitudes about the meaning of a proposition. Before someone expresses even …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Feb 2020
Migration and Scotland

"Perhaps the right hon. Gentleman can enlighten me, but from what I know of the current proposals on offer, that is most definitely not the case...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Feb 2020
Migration and Scotland

"I am not sure of the relevance of that question to the current debate, but let me answer. It will not be too many years until Scotland is a strong and prosperous economy with its own currency, its own central bank and punching well above its weight compared with today.

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Feb 2020
Migration and Scotland

"Let’s see if there is another one before I start going through them...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Feb 2020
Migration and Scotland

"No it would not, nor is there any requirement for it to be so. This is very much the season of dead cats, and I am not going to respond to that one being thrown on the table; I am going to focus on the arguments about having a Scottish …..."
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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 30th September 2019

Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Edinburgh East of 25 July 2019 requesting a meeting with the Secretary of State.

Answered by Lord Jack of Courance

My office has been in touch on the matters raised in the honourable Member’s letter.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 May 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Two weeks tomorrow the people of Scotland go to the polls, and the Scottish National party will be fighting that election not just resisting the shambles of the Tory Brexit but demanding that the voice of Scotland be heard and the people of Scotland be given a choice over their …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 May 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"That does not answer the question, and it certainly does not sound like the response of someone who believes in the Claim of Right. Is it not really the case that it does not matter how many elections we win and it does not matter how many times the people …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Jul 2018
Claim of Right for Scotland

"I find it rather interesting that, in the course of a debate of almost three hours, we have not heard anyone speak against the notion of the claim of right. However, I caution colleagues against being deluded by any faux agreement on this matter, because I am confident that many …..."
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