Part of Bill Presented — Energy Bill – in the House of Commons at 2:19 pm on 29 November 2012.
May I begin by passing my best wishes and those of the Secretary of State to Stewart Hosie? We wish him a speedy recovery. That is the only matter on which there is likely to be agreement with the SNP this afternoon.
I congratulate my hon. Friend Mrs Laing on securing the debate. She is a proud Scot, as is my hon. Friend Iain Stewart. I entirely repudiate the sentiment implicit in the comments of Pete Wishart, that somehow only supporters of the nationalist cause can care about Scotland, be proud of Scotland, or make the case for Scotland. That is absolutely not the case.