Alan Brown: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to Question 115301 on 29 November 2017, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer last met the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk to discuss a VAT exemption for police and fire services in Scotland.
Steve Barclay: ...have strong feelings. Indeed, I have been lobbied extensively by many of my colleagues who are in the Chamber this night, including in particular my hon. Friends the Members for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) and for Ochil and South Perthshire (Luke Graham), who have been vociferous in speaking up for their constituents on this issue.
Zac Goldsmith: I could not agree more with my hon. Friend and I thank him for making that point. The Secretary of State has said: “As we leave the European Union there are opportunities for us to go further and to improve… animal welfare”. Of course, he is right. For example—this goes to the point my hon. Friend the Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) was making—as we...
David Jones: ...by preserving the restrictions that prevail in respect of EU law. It is quite clear that the proposals in clause 11 have caused immoderate anger in certain quarters. The SNP Scottish First Minister and the Labour Welsh First Minister actually joined forces to describe what is proposed as “naked power grab”, a phrase which has been repeated again and again during this debate, but the...
Alan Brown: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings he has had with the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk to discuss a VAT exemption for police and fires services in Scotland; and when those meetings took place.
John Glen: It is pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies, and I thank the hon. Member for Edinburgh South (Ian Murray) for introducing the debate. I know the subject is close to the hearts of many Members across the House, and that has been reflected in the nine moving and poignant speeches and the several interventions made this morning. We have heard of the importance of Dr Inglis’s...
Matthew Hancock: This has been a robust debate and I want to answer the points that were made very clearly. The debate was initiated by my hon. Friend the Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont), and I am delighted that he and the other new Scottish Conservative MPs have done so much over the last few months to put Scottish broadband right under the spotlight. It deserves that attention,...
Phillip Lee: I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but I will come on shortly to questions asked in speeches and interventions. If I fail to answer all the questions, of course a response will be arranged. My hon. Friend the Member for Fareham is not alone in calling for greater transparency in family proceedings. Openness can lead to greater accountability and improve public understanding of...
John Lamont: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the proposed Borderlands Growth Deal on the economies of (a) the Borderlands area, including Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
Andrew Bowie: ...speak despite the fact that I have not stood up since you walked into the room. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. When I was preparing for the debate, I looked for some inspiration and I stumbled on these words, penned by one Alex Salmond: “we renewed our joint commitment under the Edinburgh Agreement to work constructively and positively to implement the will of the...
Joanna Cherry: I congratulate the hon. Member for Dudley South (Mike Wood) on securing this debate and on his excellent and thorough opening speech. There has been great cross-party agreement today about the important role that pubs play as employers and as the hearts of our community. We have also heard heartfelt pleas for freezing the duty on beer and for assistance with business rates. The Scottish...
Andrea Leadsom: Mr Deputy Speaker, it is important not only that we hear from my hon. Friend the Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont) but that I reply to him. He is absolutely right that SNP Members like to take credit for things going well and to blame this Westminster Parliament when things do not go so well. The UK Government have provided £100 million for the phase 1 broadband...
Mark Field: Would my hon. Friend bear with me for two seconds? I just wanted to praise my hon. Friend the Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont)—the new boy in our midst. He is a Freshfields alumnus, as am I, and I think his wise words on the legal matters were well received by the House.
John Lamont: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether an estimate has been made of the number of energy customers in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency who are on (a) standard variable tariffs or (b) a default tariff.
Steve Barclay: The debate has been wide-ranging, covering virtually every aspect of the Bill. That is right and proper for a Bill of such importance. We have heard a number of impressive contributions, including two maiden speeches. The hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton (Dan Carden) made a powerful and assured maiden speech in which he rightly talked about the cultural richness of Liverpool. His reference...
Kit Malthouse: ..., congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Moray (Douglas Ross) on his fantastic exposition. I know that he is a Member of Parliament, but he is obviously also an unpaid advocate for VisitScotland. I will do my best to visit his beautiful part of the country, having had a fantastic February half-term there just this year. I also congratulate the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton (Dan...
John Lamont: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how she plans to improve access to broadband services in Berwickshire Roxburgh and Selkirk.
John Lamont: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many properties in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk are estimated not to have access to superfast broadband services.
Rachael Hamilton: I am pleased to take part in day 3 of the debate on the Government’s programme for Scotland. I want to ensure that my constituents are part of an inclusive, fair, prosperous and innovative country. A cultural strategy is being developed and will be published in 2018, following yet another public consultation. Culture is a driving force in our local communities and in our nation. Culture...
Peter Grant: I am pleased to begin the winding-up speeches in this debate. To pick up on an earlier comment from the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont), I wondered whether I would be allowed to take part in a debate on Angles and Poles. However, tracing the migration routes on a map apparently proves that when the Angles came over from northern Europe, those who turned north...
