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

David Mundell: Perhaps the Secretary of State can tell us what role he actually played in the deliberations on the Megrahi case within the Government. He surely had an obligation to ensure that both Scotland's interests and the devolution settlement were fully understood. Currently, our only source of information is Channel 4, whose website says, rather bluntly: "There has been a lively discussion behind...

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

David Mundell: I do not regard that as an answer. Given the Secretary of State's self-proclaimed role as filter between the UK Government and the Scottish Government, can he tell the House why the UK Government refused to give the Scottish Justice Secretary, Mr. MacAskill, the facts and representations that he says he requested when making his decision to release Mr. al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds?...

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

David Mundell: Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

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

David Mundell: I thank the right hon. Gentleman and congratulate him on his campaign, which has my full support and that of my colleagues in Scotland. Does he agree that if Diageo is the blue-chip, high-quality global company that it holds itself to be, the 90-day consultation will be a genuine one in which a counter-proposal will be listened to and properly and legitimately evaluated, rather than being a...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Public Expenditure (17 Jun 2009) has video

David Mundell: I am sure that over the past 30 years, Scottish questions will have been the highlight of your parliamentary calendar, Mr. Speaker. May I use this occasion not just to thank you and Mary for the personal kindness that you have always shown me, but to recognise the outstanding contribution that you have made to public life in Glasgow, in Scotland and throughout the United Kingdom? Does the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Public Expenditure (17 Jun 2009) has video

David Mundell: I thank the Secretary of State for that response. Does he agree that the past year has seen the three Unionist parties working together for the people of Scotland on the future of devolution, putting Scotland's interests first? That is in stark contrast to the national conversation, which is the pursuit of a separatist agenda at public expense. Does the Secretary of State agree that the First...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Budget 2009 (6 May 2009) has video

David Mundell: Largely as a result of this Government's reckless tax and spend approach, the Scottish block grant has, indeed, grown to twice the size of 10 years ago. Despite some implausibly optimistic forecasts in the Budget, it is clear that the Treasury is now on course to run out of money, yet all the First Minister has done is attempt to persuade the Government that no cut at all can be made to the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Budget 2009 (6 May 2009) has video

David Mundell: The Secretary of State can resort to all the old mantras that he wants, but they will do him no good because the public know where the buck stops for this crisis. Does he really disagree with the view of the Centre for Public Policy for Regions that the years of the Scottish Executive coffers being full to overflowing thanks to block grant increases are over? Will he confirm that, as a direct...

Business of the House: North Sea Helicopter Crash (2 Apr 2009) has video

David Mundell: I apologise to the House for not being present for the start of the Secretary of State's statement, and thank him for an advance copy. I also thank him for coming to the House to make the statement, although sadly in relation to such a tragic loss of life. I, and Members on both sides of the House, echo his sentiments and thoughts for the families and friends of all those who have lost their...

Petitions: Rail Services (Lockerbie) (1 Apr 2009) has video

David Mundell: On 11 November 2008, I had the opportunity to hold an Adjournment debate, in which I said that although Lockerbie station is situated in Scotland, the train services at that station are regulated by the Department for Transport, because they are all cross-border services. The basic message from the Department in response to that debate was that there was insufficient demand for additional...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Small Businesses (18 Mar 2009) has video

David Mundell: I welcome the fact that the Secretary of State has met small business leaders and the First Minister to discuss the economic situation in Scotland. However, I am disappointed that once again post-meeting reports were characterised by the First Minister and the Secretary of State briefing against each other. When will we see the mature relationship between Westminster and Holyrood that we...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Small Businesses (18 Mar 2009) has video

David Mundell: I am sure that the 1,000 additional people in the dole queues of Scotland this month, and their families, will very be interested to hear the Secretary of State's solutions. In December, he announced that he was putting together a council of economic advisers, who would be named in January. Since then, we have heard nothing. What is the reason for that delay? Is he trying to avoid the...

Prayers: Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill (6 Mar 2009) has video

David Mundell: Will the Minister give way?

Prayers: Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill (6 Mar 2009) has video

David Mundell: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. It appears that the Minister will not accept my intervention so that it will not appear on the record that I was challenging her for talking my Bill out.

Prayers: Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill (6 Mar 2009) has video

David Mundell: My hon. Friend might be interested to note that although the First Minister of Scotland says that he shares the view that Scottish notes should be accepted in the rest of the United Kingdom, he is firmly of the view that they should not be accepted in Scotland; he is keen to see the introduction of the euro.

Prayers: Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill (6 Mar 2009) has video

David Mundell: May I advise the hon. Gentleman that, although it is not an event that I would wish to attend, the Scottish Labour party conference is under way in Dundee and in only a few moments' time the Prime Minister is to address that august gathering?

Prayers: Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill (6 Mar 2009) has video

David Mundell: I understand why a commission would be charged for changing one currency into another, but this is the same currency; both these banknotes are sterling, so there should be no charge. Reference has been made to the time when 19s 6d was given for a Scottish note. It is entirely unacceptable that within one currency a different amount from what was handed over should be given back. I do not...

Prayers: Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill (6 Mar 2009) has video

David Mundell: Is the hon. Gentleman suggesting that some form of commission or levy should be deducted when people come into businesses in my constituency en route back to England and ask for Scots notes to be changed into English notes because they are concerned about taking Scots notes back to England? As I explained in my speech, such requests have become common because people are worried about possible...

Prayers: Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill (6 Mar 2009) has video

David Mundell: Indeed. The point that the hon. Gentleman makes is to some extent valid. I sought to keep the Bill as open for discussion as I could. The subject of Northern Ireland notes does not come within the title. I am hoping for a positive response from the Government, with the benefit of their vast resource of draftsmen to assist in taking the Bill forward so that it does not create other...

Prayers: Scottish Banknotes (Acceptability in United Kingdom) Bill (6 Mar 2009) has video

David Mundell: I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. May I say at the outset that I am grateful to the Minister and to the Secretary of State for Scotland for the opportunity to discuss my Bill with them before Second Reading? I am grateful, too, to the many constituents and other people mainly, and perhaps not surprisingly, from Scotland, who have been in touch with me since I intimated...