Former Independent MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Further to the point made by the hon. Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady) about the shadow Health Secretary pointing out that all roads lead to Westminster, and that the spending constraints and austerity that have been chosen were foisted upon everybody, it is a ridiculous situation, surely, when Scotland’s hands are tied like no other country in Europe. Spain does not decide its...
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The hon. Gentleman is making a good point on capital spending. The Scottish Government and a small Scottish island cannot build a replacement hospital at the moment because of those capital constraints. Meanwhile, independent Ireland has so much money from its surplus that it is funding nurses and Erasmus students not just in its own territory, but in Northern Ireland, which is currently part...
What do he and the hon. Member for Edinburgh West (Christine Jardine) have against the Republic of Ireland? It has one Government, which is doing very well and has a budget surplus, unlike the UK that has the mishmash and a mess, with a Scotland underperforming in the UK and looking at an Ireland that is overperforming having left the UK. There are lessons to be learned for himself and other...
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The hon. Gentleman earlier mentioned the previous Prime Minister and the high interest rates in the sterling zone. Will he apologise for buddying up with the Tories in 2014, wearing his Union Jack jacket, saying that Scotland should stick with the Tory Government, stick with the risk of a Prime Minister doing what she did, and stick with the risk of a currency zone that has hammered...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of shared ground loops on the decarbonisation of domestic heating; and if she will take steps to improve the design of heat network (a) zoning and (b) regulation to support these heat networks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of shared ground loops on decarbonising heat for (a) properties without space for individual heat pumps, (b) tower blocks and (c) small terraces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of updating the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to include shared ground loop systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department plans to take to support clean heat installations via Wave 3 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Green Heat Network Fund in supporting shared ground loop installations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero during the debate on Consideration of Lords message on the Energy Bill [Lords] of 18 October 2023, Official Report, column 352, what her planned timetable is to consult on the barriers to community energy schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether investment to support the manufacture of wind turbine jackets will be included in the Green Industries Growth Accelerator.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many energy planning applications she has approved.
