Speeches by McAllister.
Every Hansard contribution by Douglas McAllister this parliament, most recent first. Back to the MP page for the headline figures and analysed positions.
Showing 221–240 of 449 contributions · most-recent first
| Date | Debate & contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “When was it mothballed?” | 4 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “Before we move on to a potential start-up date, can I try to get an understanding of how we reached that position in the first place? What is your understanding as to the reasons why Scotland’s largest steel plant was mothballed?” | 41 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “Good morning. As I understand it, operations at Dalzell are currently—you used the phrase—mothballed, with workers either furloughed or assigned to maintenance duty. Do I have that correct? I take it that no steel is being processed at present. Is that right?” | 42 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “Yes, exactly. Is that from BAE? I know you were saying that you have had orders from it since 2017 in your earlier evidence.” | 24 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “I know that this is perhaps difficult for you to answer. How long do you think you can keep that going for before you have to look for other orders coming in? That is maybe unfair.” | 36 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “Do you think that the Government saving Scunthorpe demonstrates the strategic importance for not just Scunthorpe but the whole of the UK?” | 22 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “Can I ask a supplementary on that? Sorry, I had not picked you up fully there. It is great news that you are about to resume production. What was the reason for that?” | 33 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “There was a taskforce, no steel strategy, no orders for the past year and Scotland’s largest steel plant mothballed. That is the situation we have reached.” | 26 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “Do you think it was a strategic error for the Scottish Government’s funding to be elsewhere with GFG, rather than Dalzell, the largest steel plant in Scotland?” | 27 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “The Scottish Government then decided to invest elsewhere in Scotland, did they not, in the steel industry, but not Dalzell?” | 20 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “The Scottish Government set up a taskforce 10 years ago.” | 10 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “Both Governments?” | 2 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “That was 10 years ago. Who was part of that?” | 10 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “By who?” | 2 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “There was not a steel strategy.” | 6 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “We need to understand how we reached this situation.” | 9 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “How could we have avoided the situation where Scotland’s only steel plant then was mothballed and no longer seeking orders? You are suggesting that this was as a lack of Government intervention. We had two Governments over the last 14 years: a Scottish Government and a UK Government. The suggestion earlier in your evid…” | 79 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “Jacqui, do you want to enlighten us on all that?” | 10 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “So GFG has taken the decision not to seek orders.” | 10 |
| 12 Sept 2025 | Scottish Affairs Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 729) “Was it GFG?” | 3 |