"Order. May I remind hon. Members that the debate is about High Speed 2 and ancient woodlands, not the project as a whole?..." Sandra Osborne - View Speech
"I apologise in advance, Sir Alan, because, as you can probably tell, I picked up a rotten cold over the weekend, so my accent is probably even less understandable to hon. Members than it normally is. I will do my best.
"I certainly do agree, and I intend to raise that point later in my speech.
The charge would exclude Scottish-produced coal from the English market, resulting in a reduction in output of up to £3 million tonnes a year and, as my hon. Friend said, its replacement by imports. More …..." Sandra Osborne - View Speech
"Yes, totally. I intend to cover that topic later in my speech.
We are only too aware that the charge is proposed in a context of revenue-raising efforts and cuts across the board. The Government seek to end what they regard as a subsidy to the power industry. I argue …..." Sandra Osborne - View Speech
"Yes, and some of the companies are not in a position to do that, even if they wanted to.
In 2012, 1,196 people are directly employed in open-cast mining in Scotland and 704 in east Ayrshire, which has the greatest number of coal sites in Scotland and the highest number …..." Sandra Osborne - View Speech
"Yes. The regulator has a duty to ensure that companies can anticipate what the price regime will be, so that they can plan.
Figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change show that coal production in the UK was 17.9 million tonnes in 2011, and Scotland contributed 33% of …..." Sandra Osborne - View Speech
"Given all that the Minister has said about the position of the Government and of the Scottish Government, is he surprised that the ORR could even think of coming up with this proposal, which is so obviously going to be damaging?..." Sandra Osborne - View Speech
"I am very pleased to have secured this important debate on behalf of my constituents in Cumnock and Girvan. I will shortly present to the House a petition signed by thousands of local people who are against the closure of driving test centres there. A pattern is being repeated throughout …..." Sandra Osborne - View Speech