Leaving the EU: Implications for Scotland

That is quite an interesting point. I hope to maintain a respectful dialogue in this debate. I ge...

The hon. Lady makes an excellent point: we do not really know at the moment. That is true of all ...

The hon. Gentleman is correct. We know that until everything is agreed, nothing is agreed. In tha...

My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech and she makes the point, which Government Members cann...

My hon. and learned Friend makes an excellent point, which needs no gilding from myself. I wholeh...

I agree with the hon. Lady that we are asking EU citizens to do something unthinkable. Many of th...

Sir Roger, you will forgive me for tittering when a Lib Dem asks me to be straight with the peopl...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives conveniently choose to...

Order. I ask hon. Members to confine interventions to the length of a proper intervention and not...

I will simply respond to my hon. and learned Friend by saying that that is why the Lib Dems are i...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will make some progress. We in the SNP believe that the Government should negotiate to stay in ...

On timing, does the hon. Lady recognise that in this Parliament, we have spent 252 hours debating...

The hon. Gentleman may not be aware of this, so I will enlighten him: Scotland did not vote for B...

On the issue of a power grab, last week the Scottish Government and the First Minister attempted ...

It is interesting that a Tory Member is concerned about the expanding public purse in these times...

I am dealing with this intervention—one at a time! The hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and...

I have a simple question for the hon. Lady: if there has been a power grab, why did Nicola Sturge...

It is that kind of attitude that has seen my party’s membership soar by 10,000 people in a short ...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

Can I finish my point?

You’re in charge.

It doesn’t stop people shouting.

Get some manners.

They are really lacking. You do not get this in the Scottish Parliament, Sir Roger.

The hon...

Will the hon. Lady give way on that point?

I will make some progress.

Holyrood is not Westminster. In Scotland, sovereignty lies with ...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I am in the middle of a point.

The argument that it is some kind of SNP plot simply does no...

rose—

I am finishing up.

I say today that those who value the Union should beware the next refere...

Before we proceed, I understand that in the Scottish Parliament, it is—[Interruption.] Order. I u...

Thank you very much, Sir Roger. It is a pleasure, as ever, to serve under your chairmanship, and ...

Following the hon. Gentleman’s logic, the number of people who voted for independence was 60% hig...

I thank the hon. Gentleman very much for that question; I absolutely respect that point, and I co...

rose—

I will make some progress.

The Scottish people now expect politicians to carry out their wi...

As the hon. Gentleman was speaking, one thought occurred to me that I would like to ask him about...

I thank the hon. Lady for the question, but I have an absolute respect for the institutions of th...

Apparently, the majority of sea fish caught at and off the coast of Scotland is sold into the Eur...

That is a good question. As the hon. and learned Lady knows, we are not leaving Europe. We are le...

Is the hon. Gentleman aware that Norway is a member of the single market, through the European ec...

It will go to Europe, with us outside the EU. It will go to Japan, America and the rest of the wo...

Is it the policy of the Scottish Conservative party that fracking should be allowed in Scotland a...

Order. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will be creative enough to relate his reply to the matte...

I will only point out that my party, and this Parliament, will listen to science. I hope that the...

Order. I intend to call the Front-Bench speakers at 10.30 am. Do the maths—there are five Members...

That gives me five minutes, and I shall follow your instructions, Sir Roger. I thank the hon. Mem...

There is a Scottish comedic character, made famous by Rikki Fulton, by the name of the Reverend I...

The hon. Gentleman is once again trying to make this out to be some kind of SNP plot. What are hi...

I can only imagine that Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats regret deeply ever get...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I congratulate my hon. Friend the M...

Will the hon. and learned Lady give way?

I will make some progress. I just wanted to make that statement.

I want to speak about the ...

I thank the hon. and learned Lady for giving way. I understand her position, but I want to put on...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but I can tell him that people from the...

It is a pleasure to serve under your direction this morning, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. M...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I appreciate your allowing me to le...

I am pleased to begin the summing up in this debate. It has certainly been interesting. I congrat...

As my hon. Friend the Member for Ochil and South Perthshire (Luke Graham) said, we were elected l...

The hon. Gentleman makes a valid point on a United Kingdom basis, but I gently remind him that we...

The hon. Gentleman makes a fine point about respecting the will of the people. Will he now public...

I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman has noticed, but we are in the United Kingdom Parliament...

We are so used to your threats.

It is not a threat to say that the people have spoken and will ensure that their voice is heard. ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will give way just once more, on the off-chance it is worthwhile listening.

I will try to make it worth the hon. Gentleman’s while. I am still caught on the Maradona comment...

I am trying very hard to think of a way of saying, “The people of Scotland are sovereign,” in wor...

As always, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

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I am happy to give way on that point.

But to which one of us?

I give way to the hon. Member for Stirling (Stephen Kerr).

I point out to the hon. Gentleman that it was the insistence of his Front Benchers on holding 11 ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that point. It is important that we scotch that myth once ...

It is not a myth.

It is a myth. Labour proposed to extend the time allowed under the programme motion to provide am...

Order. I would be grateful if the Front-Bench spokesperson would stick to the subject in hand, wh...

On the topic of the Scottish devolution amendment—

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I am happy to give way.

The hon. Gentleman is making a point about how fundamental the issue is and how important it is f...

It is a matter of logistics. My hon. Friend the Member for Midlothian (Danielle Rowley) was an ob...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. Member for ...

Whether an agreement has been reached or not, the point is that the hostile environment that has ...

I disagree with the hon. Lady completely. I think the environment has been welcoming. The Prime M...

A couple of weeks ago, the former Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Michael Matheson, to whom I pay ...

There has been engagement—I have just referred to engagement at the ministerial forum—and I assur...

Does the Minister accept that the most genuine way in which the British Government could show tha...

I will come back to the hon. and learned Lady’s point about the withdrawal Bill and the debate ab...