Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Steve Barclay and Kirsty Blackman

Thursday 13th January 2022 Commons Chamber

[Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North) (SNP)]

Does the Cabinet Office agree that the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, the hon. Member for Moray (Douglas Ross), is a “lightweight”?

[Steve Barclay]

I think he is a hugely talented colleague. I work extremely closely with him and I look forward to doing so. One of the points that has come out through departmental questions is the commitment from many across the House, although not those on the Scottish National party Benches, to the importance of the Union. That is an absolutely central commitment of the Government and the Prime Minister and the entire Cabinet are committed to defending it.