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Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: MPs' Expenses and Allowances (4 Nov 2009) has video

Angus Robertson: I very much welcome the Kelly recommendations—moving Westminster, as they do, towards the higher standard now operating in the Scottish Parliament. At the all-party talks on these issues, much hope was invested by everyone in all the parties that IPSA would deal with pay, allowances and expenses, so it must surely be for IPSA to take the Kelly report forward, and not for MPs to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (4 Nov 2009) has video

Angus Robertson: After 14 service personnel died aboard Nimrod XV230, the Ministry of Defence accepted responsibility and said that compensation would be "expedited". Three years on, compensation has not been resolved. Do not these service families deserve better?

Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation): Clause 3 — Management of the civil service (3 Nov 2009) has video

Angus Robertson: It's your party policy.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Nimrod Review (28 Oct 2009) has video

Angus Robertson: I welcome this hard-hitting and detailed report, as will my constituents, who wish all the best for everybody at RAF Kinloss and the families of the 14 brave service personnel who died aboard the Nimrod XV230. We have had an independent inquiry and inquests, we have had reviews, we have had numerous reports, and we have had analysis about Nimrod. At every stage, Ministers have given...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Territorial Army (26 Oct 2009) has video

Angus Robertson: Ministry of Defence statistics show a £4.3 billion defence underspend in Scotland over recent years? Can the Minister tell us what the financial consequences of the current TA situation will be in Scotland?

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Devolution Settlement (14 Oct 2009) has video

Angus Robertson: What discussions has the Secretary of State had about the higher Scottish Parliament standards of transparency in respect of allowances and expenses? Does he agree that it would be an act of leadership and transparency for all Westminster MPs to publish their Legg recommendations, including himself?

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: Libya (12 Oct 2009) has video

Angus Robertson: I hope that the Foreign Secretary deprecates the comments we heard from those on the Labour and Conservative Benches who seek to undermine the Scots legal system, where it is custom and legal practice to release prisoners who are terminally ill on compassionate grounds. The decision by Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill on al-Megrahi was based on the recommendation of the Parole Board and the...

Bills Presented: Bill of Rights (21 Jul 2009)

Angus Robertson: There were more than three parties.

Bills Presented: Bill of Rights (21 Jul 2009)

Angus Robertson: When the Justice Secretary began the process of discussions with all the parties, which I very much welcomed, he argued that it was important to have four offences in the Bill, but in the final stage we are left with one. What kind of message does he think that sends the public? At the start he thought that it was important to have tough sanctions against parliamentarians who broke the rules,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Issue of Writ (21 Jul 2009)

Angus Robertson: Will the hon. Gentleman add to that list, why was it good enough for the electors of Glasgow, East to have a by-election during the summer last year? The Government are arguing differently from the Dispatch Box this year.

Petition — Flooding (Surrey): Diageo Closures (15 Jul 2009)

Angus Robertson: I congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on securing the debate, and on his vigorous support of his community. Does he agree that the provenance and heritage of whisky is crucial to consumers at home and abroad? It is a real mistake for any multinational company to lose touch with, and lose its commitment to, the communities that produce their profits, whether they are in Kilmarnock, Glasgow...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: G8 Summit (13 Jul 2009)

Angus Robertson: We join in the tributes and condolences that the Prime Minister gave and in his wish for stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but is it not the case that the real window of opportunity in Afghanistan was lost with the invasion of Iraq? With more than 50 per cent. of the British population now saying that they want troops to return by Christmas, is it not the case that the UK Government need...

Bill Presented — Sustainable Energy (Local Plans) Bill: Clause 9 — Offences (1 Jul 2009) has video

Angus Robertson: I am pleased to be able to contribute, although time is running out. I want to speak to amendment 100, which was tabled by me and by my colleagues in the Scottish National party. I welcome the inclusion of criminal sanctions for Members of Parliament who break the rules, and I thank the Justice Secretary for including not just the three United Kingdom parties but all parties in the House in...

Bill Presented — Sustainable Energy (Local Plans) Bill: Clause 9 — Offences (1 Jul 2009) has video

Angus Robertson: I am grateful to the shadow Leader of the House for explaining his view, but I do not agree with him: there is a difference between registering and declaring an interest. Just because we have access to Google in our offices does not mean that when we are attending a debate we should not hear whether a Member has a significant interest to declare. I wish to draw the attention of Members to the...

Points of Order (1 Jul 2009) has video

Angus Robertson: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. We have learned overnight that two of the UK's three shipyards may close in the years ahead. Given that that would cause thousands of job losses on the Clyde or at Portsmouth, have you heard from Ministers in the Ministry of Defence whether it is going to make a statement to this House or leave the Chamber without telling Members of Parliament what the future...

Hydrofluorocarbons Limitation: Clause 5 — MPs' financial interests rules (30 Jun 2009) has video

Angus Robertson: Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that this House legislated in the Scotland Act 1998 for people to face criminal sanction for non-declaration in the Scottish Parliament? Given that this House believed at that time that such rules should be applied to another legislature in the UK, why should this House not be held to the same standard?

Hydrofluorocarbons Limitation: Clause 5 — MPs' financial interests rules (30 Jun 2009) has video

Angus Robertson: It sounds more like "Flashman".

Parliamentary Standards Bill (29 Jun 2009) has video

Angus Robertson: I think it would be helpful to get some clarification from the Liberal Democrats on the issue of offences. This House, with the support of the Liberal Democrats, supported the Scotland Act 1998, from which several of the offences that are now part of the Bill were lifted. Is the hon. Gentleman concerned about their inclusion in relation to the House of Commons, and not the Scottish...

Business of the House (25 Jun 2009) has video

Angus Robertson: It has emerged that the now Defence Secretary told me and the families of 14 service personnel who died aboard Nimrod XV230 that the aircraft had been made safe, despite being warned that it was impossible to be sure that that was true. We were repeatedly told that defence consultants QinetiQ agreed that the aircraft was safe to fly, despite the company warning that "no statement can, or has...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Parliamentary Standards (23 Jun 2009)

Angus Robertson: The House of Commons has a real opportunity to learn from the higher standards that operate in the Scottish Parliament. It is right that there should be criminal sanctions for MPs who break the rules, and I am glad that the Bill takes forward some of the provisions from the Scotland Act 1998. I notice, however, that it does not emulate the same high standards when it comes to the declaration...