Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Chris Law

Thursday 12th March 2026 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Here is the chance—I call Chris Law.

[Chris Law (Dundee Central) (SNP)]

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Of course, I will always welcome the fact that Scotland punches above its weight, whether it be industries abroad or investment in Scotland. Indeed, under the SNP, foreign direct investment has been higher in Scotland over the last 10 years than anywhere else in the UK outside of London—something I would expect the UK Government to also celebrate. Instead, we learned through a leaked memo this week that the Prime Minister told senior Ministers of the Government to go against the wishes of the Scottish Government when taking decisions. Does the Secretary of State agree with the Prime Minister? Does he not agree that Scotland makes the best decisions when it is the people of Scotland who make those decisions, which will happen only when it becomes independent?

Speciality Steel UK: Insolvency

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Chris Law

Tuesday 2nd September 2025 Commons Chamber

[Chris Law (Dundee Central) (SNP)]

The Minister was right to come here today to make a statement on such an important part of the national infrastructure. It is just a shame that no Minister has ever made a statement in this House on Grangemouth. We have now learned that the Chancellor met INEOS chair Jim Ratcliffe just three weeks ago—just three weeks before Petroineos Grangemouth closed—but she did not do so much as raise the refinery with him. In her statement, the Minister said: “the Government stand with the affected steelworkers in Rotherham, in Sheffield and in Wednesbury. We stand with their families”. That is quite right; so do we in the SNP. But why have this Labour Government never stood with the workers of Grangemouth?

[Mr Speaker]

It is up to the Minister to answer that question if she wants to, but the statement is about steel, rather than petroleum.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Chris Law

Thursday 13th March 2025 Commons Chamber

[Chris Bloore (Redditch) (Lab)]

rose—

[Chris Law (Dundee Central) (SNP)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

I call Chris Bloore. [Laughter.]

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[Mr Speaker]

Now it is Chris Law’s turn.

[Chris Law (Dundee Central) (SNP)]

T5. Thank you, Mr Speaker. The US President said that the EU was created to “screw over the US”. However, while the EU stood up for its economy and imposed a $28 billion counter-tariff, the UK is being screwed by the US, which has made it clear that the UK will not be an exception to its levies, despite the Prime Minister’s pleading. Will the Secretary of State tell me whether the Government are content to remain a bridge between the EU and the US if it is a bridge that the US continues to walk all over, risking the UK economy with every single step?