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Richard Thomson: Is the Secretary of State aware of the evidence given to the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee by Professor Stuart Haszeldine, who said that there was no advantage to the Acorn project having been given reserve bidder status, as that merely means “a lot of meetings”, and requires companies to “run on the spot with very little or no funding”? Is the...
Richard Thomson: We know that the Secretary of State does not want to see the R rate rise above 1—none of us does—but the high-profile recent mixed messages that have come from his Government might well lead to that happening anyway. In those circumstances, is he prepared, if necessary, to reintroduce restrictions on movement and activity, and will he do whatever it takes to persuade the Chancellor to...
Richard Thomson: I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and she says it very eloquently and succinctly. We have a crisis of confidence in this country. We have a crisis of confidence in the Prime Minister, who is clearly not fit for the job with which he has been entrusted. This is being aided and abetted by the silence and complicity of far too many Conservative Members, and I cannot wait to see which...
Richard Thomson: As another Member of Parliament who is very proud to represent a part of the great city of Aberdeen, I very much appreciate the speech my hon. Friend is making. There is no route to net zero without investing in the oil and gas industry for things like carbon capture and storage. Does he share my concern that there is as yet no apparent sign of any sector deal, which might harness the skills...
Richard Thomson: The Prime Minister once famously observed that “there are no disasters, only opportunities”— and indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters. While it is hard to negotiate any deal worse than no deal, it is clearly not beyond the modest abilities of even this Government to do exactly that, so why not limit the opportunity for fresh disasters by seeking an extension and taking as long as...
...Reading ( Standing Order No. 57) Patrick Grady, on behalf of Carol Monaghan, supported by Martin Docherty-Hughes, Kenny MacAskill, Alyn Smith, Patricia Gibson, Anne McLaughlin, Angela Crawley, Richard Thomson, Alan Brown, Kirsten Oswald, Dr Philippa Whitford and Patrick Grady, presented a Bill to make provision for granting permission to work to asylum seekers who have waited six months...
Richard Thomson: I think that if someone was hosting a gathering in my back garden, I, like most people, would probably notice at some stage. I am also fairly sure I would remember whether I was there. Does the Paymaster General agree that the failure of the Prime Minister to confirm whether he knew about this gathering, or whether he was there, is the reason why his authority is draining away even faster...
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Richard Thomson: The Minister has told the House this afternoon that the affected records apply to cases where individuals were arrested and then released with no further action. However, a letter sent from the National Police Chiefs Council to senior officers stated that records potentially deleted in error include records that have previously been marked “for indefinite retention following conviction of...
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Richard Thomson: One of the ways in which we can hope to pick a path out of this crisis is with improved and faster testing. The Health and Social Care Secretary and the Prime Minister have spoken in past days about new testing technologies being piloted with NHS staff. If that technology is found to be effective, what is the right hon. Gentleman’s timeline for rolling that testing out to wider groups, and...
Richard Thomson: The Leader of the House will be aware of the National Audit Office report on government procurement during the pandemic, which, although acknowledging the exceptional circumstances that did apply, identified many problems with the processes that had been undertaken and highlighted the need to maintain public trust in the process. I accept that there are regular general debates on covid-19 in...
Edward Davey: The hon. Gentleman will know that as the Minister I have talked an awful lot to George Thomson and his colleagues in the National Federation of SubPostmasters. I am aware of his concerns about the IBA and it is his job to voice those to Ministers in his role heading that organisation. However, as I have said, the regulator, Consumer Focus, and Richard Hooper, who are not all on the same side...
...Harry Tinker, John Joseph Whiteley, w. Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip Trevelyan, Rt. Hon. C. P. Wilkinson, Ellen C. Stanford, T. W. Varley, Frank B. Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) Stephen, Campbell Wallhead, Richard C. Wright. W. Sutton, J. E. Walsh, Rt. Hon. Stephen Taylor, R. A. Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H (Derby) Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney Mr. T....
Richard Thomson: Lord Frost recently said that there could be “no role” for the European Court of Justice in arbitrating disputes around the protocol. If that genuinely now represents the view of the UK Government, in contrast to when they negotiated and signed that protocol, can the Secretary of State tell the House how he would prefer to see disputes arising from the protocol arbitrated and settled? If...
Richard Thomson: It is hardly a cheap point when it is about expensive donations. More than two years since the first request, and more than a month since a judge refused the Government leave to appeal against the first-tier tribunal ruling, the Cabinet Office is yet to reveal the results and the details of its clandestine secret polling about Scottish attitudes to independence and the Union. Could a...
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Snowden, Rt. Hon. Philip Varley, Frank B. Wilkinson, Ellen C. Stamford, T. W. Viant, S. P. Williams, C. P. (Denbigh, Wrexham) Stephen, Campbell Wallhead, Richard C. Williams, David (Swansea, East) Sullivan, J. Watson, W. M. (Dunfermline) Wilson, R. J. (Jarrow) Sutton, J. E. Watts-Morgan, Lt.-Col. D. (Rhondda) Wright, W. Thomas, Rt. Hon. James H. (Derby) Webb, Rt. Hon. Sidney Young,...