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Opposition Day: [Un-alloted half-day] — Dissolution of Parliament (10 Jun 2009) has video

Alex Salmond: He is talking sense at last.

Opposition Day: [Un-alloted half-day] — Dissolution of Parliament (10 Jun 2009) has video

Alex Salmond: Given that the Secretary of State's colleagues in the Labour party in Scotland have been deploying these arguments for years—and, I am sure, deployed them in the European election campaign—to what does he attribute the judgment of the people of Scotland in increasing the SNP vote by 10 per cent. in mid-term, and last week's resounding endorsement of the SNP Government in Scotland?

Amendment of the Law (27 Apr 2009) has video

Alex Salmond: What is the Financial Secretary's estimate of the fiscal stimulus in 2010?

Amendment of the Law (27 Apr 2009) has video

Alex Salmond: It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Barnsley, Central (Mr. Illsley), my old friend from the Select Committee on energy all those years ago. It does not surprise me in the slightest, given his close connections with his constituency, that he knows more about the iniquities of bingo tax than Government Front Benchers did a few minutes ago. I have been in the House for 22...

Amendment of the Law (27 Apr 2009) has video

Alex Salmond: I have always wanted to say this: I give way to the chairman of Celtic football club.

Amendment of the Law (27 Apr 2009) has video

Alex Salmond: I am grateful to the chairman, because he helpfully outlines the very basis of my speech. I am outlining the economic argument and the timing. The Chancellor forecasts 1.25 per cent. growth next year, although many independent forecasters are forecasting much more pessimistically. Even if there were 1.25 per cent. growth, it would be a faltering recovery next year and it would not be the time...

Amendment of the Law (27 Apr 2009) has video

Alex Salmond: I am delighted to say that in the right hon. Gentleman's hat-trick of attacks, there is at least one about which I thoroughly agree with him—the substantial savings to be made by coming to terms with reality on the Trident programme, ID cards and other prestige projects that, patently and obviously, this Government and this country can no longer afford.

Amendment of the Law (27 Apr 2009) has video

Alex Salmond: If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I will not; I have only three minutes left. We are talking about serious money. I have with me an estimate from Public Finance magazine of 23 March 2007 of the total new system costs of Trident, which were between £60 billion and £86 billion, with total potential costs over the lifetime of Trident of £65 billion to £90 billion....

Orders of the Day: Clause 2 — Addition to list of treaties (26 Feb 2008)

Alex Salmond: As the Minister has said, it rests on court decisions—before 1981, specifically on the Kramer case of 1976. In other words, it is secondary community law. The Minister is acceding to putting it into a constitutional treaty—to consolidating it into a constitutional treaty, as the draft constitution did before it. Why at no stage of any negotiations—such as in the draft...

Orders of the Day: Clause 2 — Addition to list of treaties (26 Feb 2008)

Alex Salmond: The quote the experienced hon. Gentleman is searching for comes from the civil service. I can paraphrase it fairly accurately. It said that in light of Britain's wider European interests, they—the Scottish fishermen—were expendable.

Orders of the Day: Clause 2 — Addition to list of treaties (26 Feb 2008)

Alex Salmond: I knew that I was missing something about this place—it was the hon. Gentleman's speeches.

Orders of the Day: Clause 2 — Addition to list of treaties (26 Feb 2008)

Alex Salmond: Well, there are things to do north of the border. So many towns in England are clamouring to join us—it is unbelievable. The view of the Heath Government in 1971 was that fishing was expendable. Does the hon. Gentleman think that remains the view of those on the Treasury Bench?

Orders of the Day: Clause 2 — Addition to list of treaties (26 Feb 2008)

Alex Salmond: Will the hon. Lady give way on that?

Orders of the Day: Clause 2 — Addition to list of treaties (26 Feb 2008)

Alex Salmond: I happily accept the endorsement of the wonderful work of the Scottish Fisheries Minister, Richard Lochhead. May I ask the hon. Lady about Elspeth Attwooll, a distinguished Liberal MEP, who on 24 November 2004 supported a motion saying that the Fisheries Committee "considers that, within the context of the often exclusive competences of the EU which are detailed in the draft Constitution,...

Orders of the Day: Clause 2 — Addition to list of treaties (26 Feb 2008)

Alex Salmond: I was tempted by the hon. Gentleman's remarks. Is he aware that in the context of Scottish independence, the Liberal party in Scotland opposes a referendum because it is not in favour of Scottish independence? That seems to sit uneasily with that party's attitude to the European Union.

Draft Legislative Programme (25 Jul 2007)

Alex Salmond: Which of the various suggestions that the hon. Lady heard this evening was she most attracted to move into the Government's programme? Perhaps it was the joint ministerial Committee proposal. Is that one of the things that attracted the hon. Lady?

Draft Legislative Programme (25 Jul 2007)

Alex Salmond: I know that I serve in two Chambers, and these days I am a model of consensual government and patience—that patience is being rewarded—but I can only be in government in one Chamber at a time. If the hon. Member for Edinburgh, North and Leith (Mark Lazarowicz) wants to transport himself to the Scottish Parliament, I am sure that I will be able to answer all his questions even...

Draft Legislative Programme (25 Jul 2007)

Alex Salmond: The Scottish Parliament was established by the Scottish people in a referendum. As for the joint ministerial committee, that was a Labour Government proposal. It was a Labour Government measure, but has fallen into disuse since 2002. What could be the argument for that mechanism not to be working, instead of falling into disuse? Perhaps the Deputy Leader of the House could think about the...

Draft Legislative Programme (25 Jul 2007)

Alex Salmond: I have some sympathy with the points that the hon. Gentleman makes, but does he agree that what is really at stake is the process? The issue is whether hon. Members believe that they can influence the Government in this debate. If they thought that, this would be, for obvious reasons, a hugely important parliamentary occasion. It is one thing to say that the Government's record is abysmal,...

Draft Legislative Programme (25 Jul 2007)

Alex Salmond: The hon. Member for West Ham (Lyn Brown) said that it was a privilege to speak in such a debate. She is, of course, right, but it is not a privilege of which many Members have wanted to avail themselves. It is an innovation and I welcome the opportunity to influence the Government's entire legislative programme. Clearly, though, that has not attracted an enormous number of Members to the...