Speeches by Crichton.

“My constituent, Angus Campbell, held the only commercial licence for tuna in 2025. He has invested thousands in equipment and a route to market for the bluefin tuna now swimming off the Atlantic coast of the Hebrides. This year, he got no licence. In fact, the two applications that came from Scotland came from the West…”

“I thank the hon. Member for giving way, and I assure the Father of the House that the passion he feels finds a strong echo in my part of the world, where the cultural memory of being driven off the land is still very strong. The Father of the House said that he would avoid dry, legalistic points, but I agree with the h…”

“7. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the geographical distribution of tuna fishing licences.”

“I declare my chairmanship of the all-party parliamentary group for volunteer rescue services. I inform the House that, along with my hon. Friend the Member for Scarborough and Whitby (Alison Hume) who chairs the all-party parliamentary group for coastal communities, we are holding a joint evidence session for CROs next…”

“On heating oil, the Scottish National party Government boasted that they would add £5.4 million to the £4.6 million the UK Government gave to domestic consumers. However, there is scant evidence that that is reaching my constituents in the Western Isles, which have the highest fuel poverty figures in the country. Will …”

“My constituent Carol Campbell is a marine coastguard team leader in Stornoway. Civil servants like her do not just serve the public—they save the public. The June deadline has come and gone, and all she sees is a shambles. I know Carol; she has given a lifetime of service. She tells me, “At 63, I am loath to continue w…”

“3. What steps he plans to take to support distillers.”

“Distilleries in my constituency—I count nine of them—overwhelmingly rely on kerosene heating oil to make their product. Since President Trump’s folly in Iran, they have seen costs rise by 18%. It is not just the distilleries; seaweed manufacturing, chemical processing at Callanish and the iconic Harris tweed industry a…”

“And what you are all saying is that there is a human value to that, as well as an economic value.”

“—in Scotland and in England. What do you need? What does Aberdeen need and what does Scotland need to avert that?”

“Going and not coming back.”

“Richard, in terms of the workforce going abroad, do they stay abroad? Do they come home? Does the wealth stay here? When people go to work offshore, do they still come home to Aberdeen or come home to Scotland? Or do we see that workforce exporting itself?”

“Russell, quickly, Donna talked about two Aberdeens—one in quite deep poverty—but Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire have some of the wealthiest postcodes in the UK. Are we just seeing a real-life adjustment here? We have been here before. I remember coming to Aberdeen and seeing a bumper sticker, “Please God, give us one oil b…”

“Did Aberdeen itself do enough to prepare for this?”

“I want to ask Dr Grant about training for this. Is the college sector resourced for that?”

“Just two more questions, because you mentioned young people and their uncertainty going into this sphere. We have men aged 45 to 60, a really vulnerable group for suicide and mental health crises, and the domestic side of that, of course, is that these men’s partners are literally single-parent families because they ar…”

“Time is short, so very quickly, Richard. You touched on nuclear, and we hear anecdotally that people leaving North Sea jobs, very complex engineering challenges, move into renewables and find that the challenge is not there, so they go straight into nuclear. Are you seeing that?”

“There is a lot of stress and anxiety. You talked about issues with joblessness. GMB talked last week about a cliff edge coming up here, and this is a real mental health and financial crisis coming into Aberdeen as well, isn’t it?”

“Because they lose who they are. They lose their identity.”

“I want to talk about the human impact with you, Donna, but I have two quick pick-ups on what Russell and Richard said. Russell, you spoke about the supply chain going away, and we will not be able to recreate it if the skills are not there. Should we be seeing the North Sea supply chain as a question of national securi…”