"Farm profitability in the UK is incredibly low. As we know, for many farms it is less than 1%. Reports show that a poorly negotiated and poorly implemented sanitary and phytosanitary agreement could see a 10% hit to profitability for our arable farmers. That will have a trickle-down impact across …..." Harriet Cross - View Speech
"I will use my time to draw attention to parts of the impact assessment, because we are, after all, debating the carbon budget.
First, this budget allows for 37% of our energy consumption by 2040 still to come from oil and gas. The Climate Change Committee itself is allowing for …..." Harriet Cross - View Speech
"My hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen South (Douglas Lumsden) was returned on 50% of the vote because of the people who actually feel this. The jobs of the residents of Aberdeen South and north-east Scotland are being lost, daily and monthly, because of the rundown of the oil and …..." Harriet Cross - View Speech
"I am sure the hon. Lady has a gotcha for me on that one. I believe it has either not set a target or it is 20 years, but I could not tell her which...." Harriet Cross - View Speech
"Can the hon. Member confirm the SNP’s position on this issue? Does it unequivocally support new licences in the North sea?..." Harriet Cross - View Speech
"It is wonderful to speak under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bromsgrove (Bradley Thomas) for securing this debate, and I welcome my great friend—now my hon. Friend—the Member for Aberdeen South (Douglas Lumsden) to this place; he has been by my side pretty …..." Harriet Cross - View Speech
"The hon. Member—I call her a friend—is a huge champion for this sector and her constituents, and she is completely correct: these job losses impact everybody and all our constituencies, so we should all care about what is happening to the sector.
"On that basis, why do the Government feel it necessary to ban new licences? The Minister says that production is declining, so why do they need to ban them?..." Harriet Cross - View Speech