Speeches by Flynn.

“Aside from a few of Putin’s poodles, who are not in their seats in the Chamber today, we are of course united in our support for the people of Ukraine, and in wishing the Prime Minister well in his discussions with the President of the United States later this week. But I am afraid that is where the unity ends, because…”

“The Scottish National party has stood alongside the people of Ukraine in solidarity—not just for the last three years but for the last 10 years, following Putin’s invasion of Crimea. I will not invite the Foreign Secretary to agree with me on this in the Chamber, but I am sure he thinks that President Trump’s remarks a…”

“Last week, in excess of 400 redundancy letters were issued to workers at Grangemouth, Scotland’s only oil refinery, so perhaps the Minister will start matching his warm words about the just transition with action. On the North sea, what the industry, the investors, the workforce and our journey to net zero require is c…”

“Shocking! No way!”

“That is incredibly helpful, and all of us are very conscious of that in the weeks and months to come, given the constraints that the Chancellor has in place with regard to those fiscal rules. To take a step back, you talked about the potential for a dispute mechanism to be put in place in order to resolve challenges th…”

“Thank you all for those answers. The national insurance aspect probably ties in with a wider point, because not only do we have the Scottish Government in a position where they are setting their budget without clarity in that respect, but local authorities across Scotland right now are in the exact same position, makin…”

“I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish measures to address the findings of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman in its report entitled “Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issues”; to require the Secretary of State to …”

“Forgive me, Richard; I do not necessarily want to disagree with you, but I was talking about carbon capture and storage. I was talking about the likes of offshore wind, where two years ago there was not even a single bid put in place for the offshore wind leasing round at UK level. I was more interested in that aspect …”

“Thank you all for your comments so far. In relation to the balanced pathway to net zero, there is obviously still a need for some oil and gas consumption. Do you believe that is an argument in favour of or against domestic production? In relation to the decoupling of electricity on the price of gas in relation to energ…”

“In the 2024 new year’s honours list, Stuart Hogg was awarded an MBE. Since then he has been charged, convicted and sentenced for domestic abuse. Does the Leader of the House and Lord President of the Council agree that he should be stripped of that state honour?”

“As we hope for this ceasefire deal and for the release of the hostages, we continue to mourn all of those who have been killed since the vicious terrorist attack by Hamas on 7 October 2023. In that respect, my mind is very much with the six little babies who did not see this proposal because they froze to death in Gaza…”

“Will the Chancellor of the Exchequer do what the Prime Minister refused to do yesterday and rule out future spending cuts?”

“It is good to see you, Hayley. It is nice to be asking you the questions rather than to be on one of your shows where I am the one being asked the difficult questions. What a relief that is. Following on from what was being asked there, it is still very much the case, as a report that came out last year emphasised, tha…”

“I will begin by doing something unusual, which is to commend the Prime Minister on his earlier answers to the Leader of the Opposition. I also pass on my party’s condolences to him on the loss of his brother. Outside this place, temperatures continue to plummet, energy bills continue to rise and the winter fuel allowan…”

“I have just one final question in relation to that. I appreciate your answer in that context. Of course, “Question Time” is a couple of hours long in terms of its runtime with regards to the iPlayer and the crossover on to the BBC channel. The snooker show, for instance, would be thousands of hours, which all applies t…”

“In respect of “Question Time”, I understand the point that you are making. Of course, “Question Time” was a long-established show long before it moved to Scotland. It was, essentially, at the time, a lift and shift by the BBC in order to try to meet its quota requirements. I do not think that there would be any disagre…”

“The Minister has mentioned GB Energy and the desire to get on with allowing the Crown Estate in England and Wales to borrow. He will not have forgotten that GB Energy is likely to be located in my Aberdeen South constituency, and many of its projects to drive the net zero agenda across the UK will come to fruition in S…”

“I hope the Minister will not hear much disagreement about the points he is making so eloquently. However, may I query why these provisions and powers, which he believes are relevant for the Crown Estate in England and Wales, are not also being provided to the Crown Estate in Scotland?”

“On that point, will the Minister give way?”

“When it was politically convenient to do so, the Secretary of State chose to back and support WASPI women. Today, she chooses to betray them. The public voted for change, but instead they have been given more of the same—shame on you. If she is so confident in her position, why does she not let us all decide through a …”