Speeches by Downie.

“In your introduction, you mentioned those who travel to Westminster from further away—Scottish MPs, and those from Wales and from some parts of England. There are some other groups I would ask you to reflect on, where there may be some benefits or differences to having call lists or more information available, particul…”

“With respect to Amy Callaghan, was any accommodation given for her condition? Was she given any indication that she might be called first or later on? Was there an individual accommodation?”

“Presumably, that is a formal part of a number of people’s roles. It is not like, “While you are looking at one thing, could you look at three others?” It is a formal part of someone’s role.”

“The sub judice rule can at times feel quite restrictive to Members, often because we are prevented from saying things in Parliament that are being freely discussed in the media, and indeed that we can comment on in the media. Is that only a matter of perception, or are Members more restrained in what they can and canno…”

“What would the resource implications be for you and the rest of the House Administration team if the sub judice resolution was expanded to include additional legal proceedings?”

“Tom Healey, you touched earlier on how you keep track of cases, but how confident are you that you have all the relevant cases at any one time and, on the resource related to that, what would be the implications for overall House Administration of any expansion of the sub judice resolution to include additional legal p…”

“My constituency includes small and medium-sized enterprises and large businesses that work in renewables, oil and gas, solar, onshore wind and offshore wind. Does the Minister agree that some of the outbursts today from Opposition Members, both Conservative and SNP, will do nothing but undermine confidence for those co…”

“The right hon. Lady describes this as a surrender Bill. Can she please tell me which flag will be flying over the Chagos islands if this is a so-called British surrender? It will be a British flag that is flying. Is that a point she understands?”

“The right hon. Lady mentions that she does not believe there is a legal basis. What was the legal basis for the previous Government, when they conducted 11 rounds of negotiation and achieved absolutely nothing?”

“In January, when Storm Éowyn hit the UK, hundreds of thousands of people across Scotland were without power for several days. That included thousands of my constituents, in rural villages such as Oakley and Blairhall, and a number were reliant on power for critical medical equipment. Engineers performed heroic work to …”

“9. What steps he is taking to improve grid infrastructure.”

“I thank the Secretary of State for his statement today, particularly his focus on answers, which are what people want. As someone who lost a friend, Tim Parry, when he was murdered by the IRA in 1993, I know exactly how important it is for families and everyone who knows victims to get the answers that they deserve. Th…”

“This attack by Vladimir Putin on a NATO member that has been a leader in resisting Russian aggression and supplying Ukraine is a clear escalation and an attempt, as others have said, to probe NATO defences and intimidate the alliance. Can the Minister assure me that the UK and NATO will not be intimidated and that the …”

“I apologise for that, Madam Deputy Speaker. We have seen Reform UK peddling fantasies about America that were flatly wrong. Beyond these shores, what do we see? Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Beijing both know that they could have access to the waters around Diego Garcia were it not for the deal that this Government …”

“The Minister has already outlined the support of the British overseas territories. Will he please remind us of who else supports the Bill? Who supports it and who else opposes it, in addition to the Conservative party?”

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“The right hon. Lady talks about transparency, but once again we have not heard a word from her about what her Government’s position would have been, so there has been no transparency at all. They went through 11 rounds of negotiations. If she did not believe a deal was possible, surely she would have stopped after two …”

“As we have heard already in the debate, apparently we cannot hear a negotiating position, so will the hon. Gentleman describe in detail exactly what those red lines were?”

“We have heard from Members on the Opposition Benches a slew of political opportunism, scaremongering, some cliché bingo and some derogatory terms—something that belongs more in a tabloid than in this House—about the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Back when these negotiations started, the Conservative party knew that a de…”

“That point was covered before. We have already seen scaremongering from the Opposition about the other British overseas territories, including the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar. I hope that the Conservative party will reflect on and apologise for that. None the less, the previous Government knew that a deal would keep…”