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Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Tuesday, 15 March 2011, in the House of Commons.

Scotland Bill

Scotland Bill. Committee stage third day. New clause 1 - Abolition of regional Members of Scottish Parliament, discussed with New clause 2 - Regional Members of Scottish Parliament, debated and withdrawn. New clause 3 - Maritime policy, discussed with New clause 4 - Economic incentives for the Scottish maritime industry and New clause 12 - Scottish maritime boundaries, debated and negatived on division (4 votes to 480). New clause 9 - Rail passenger services, debated and negatived on division (72 votes to 293). New clause 10 - Crown Estate, debated and negatived on division (8 votes to 448). New clause 11 - Time, debated and negatived on division (6 votes to 439). New clause 19 - Regulation of food labelling and content, debated and negatived on division (136 votes to 311). Bill reported as amended. To be considered tomorrow.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
525 c169-271 
Session
2010-12
Department
Scotland Office
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Procedure
New clauses
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Scotland Bill. Explanatory notes also published (Bill 115-EN).
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Bills
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
David Mundell | 525 c265-7 (Link to this contribution) I welcome this opportunity to discuss a substantive issue in relation to the Calman commission repor...
Tom Greatrex | 525 c264-5 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her intervention, and I hope to address the point that she has r...
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Fiona O'Donnell | 525 c264 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend press the Minister to tell us what representations the Government have received ...
Tom Greatrex | 525 c264 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I hesitate to introduce an element of gravity...
Ian Davidson | 525 c264 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr Evans. Has it been established that all Members were aware of the time at wh...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c260 (Link to this contribution) That is very useful, but we do not know how long the Government will stand. How long will the Libera...
Alan Reid | 525 c260 (Link to this contribution) The Minister gave the hon. Gentleman the assurance that the Government have said that there will be ...
Ian Davidson | 525 c267 (Link to this contribution) May I seek guidance from the Minister? If we have a vote on this matter, will all Unionist Members b...
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c268 (Link to this contribution) Order. It was not a particularly brilliant joke the first time round. Can we now get back to new cla...
David Mundell | 525 c267 (Link to this contribution) That is a very good point. One thing that always interests me about those who promote the time chang...
David Mundell | 525 c268 (Link to this contribution) I apologise, Mr Evans, for getting sucked into matters that diverge from the subject under discussio...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c254 (Link to this contribution) My new clause does not call for two time zones. Having lived in Gretna, I should like to know how lo...
Russell Brown | 525 c254 (Link to this contribution) I will be brief. My hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow South West (Mr Davidson) mentioned something ...
Iain Stewart | 525 c254 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that information. Unfortunately I ceased to study physics after higher grade, so I...
Eilidh Whiteford | 525 c255 (Link to this contribution) I will take entirely personally the hon. Lady's positive comment about minority reports. I took part...
Fiona O'Donnell | 525 c255 (Link to this contribution) I will make my contribution brief as well, although I shall not speak at quite the same speed as the...
Russell Brown | 525 c254-5 (Link to this contribution) I must tell the hon. Gentleman that we have moved on: we now have trains, buses and taxis, so people...
Fiona O'Donnell | 525 c256 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely; I could not have put it more simply. My headache immediately disappears and we have clar...
Fiona O'Donnell | 525 c255 (Link to this contribution) I am still struggling to follow this argument. The SNP is asking for a power that it says it has no ...
Frank Roy | 525 c256 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that the only way to have two time zones in the United Kingdom is to vote ...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c256 (Link to this contribution) I think that the hon. Gentleman, along with other Members, is confusing the instruments we use to me...
Thomas Docherty | 525 c256 (Link to this contribution) I want to make two observations based on an example taken from either side of the Committee. Under t...
Mike Weir | 525 c256 (Link to this contribution) I am puzzled by this obsession with train times. Does the hon. Gentleman recall that for many years ...
Thomas Docherty | 525 c256 (Link to this contribution) I think that the hon. Gentleman's time is up. Alternatively, my hon. Friend the Member for Dumfries...
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c257 (Link to this contribution) Order. For the record, I do not think that it was the intention of the hon. Member for Dunfermline a...
Thomas Docherty | 525 c256-7 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman takes me back to our debate on the railways. It might be helpful to certain Membe...
Ian Davidson | 525 c257-8 (Link to this contribution) I will start with a question. If the new clause is passed and the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an I...
Ian Davidson | 525 c258 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps it would be a century, but I think that it would be just under an hour and a quarter. In tha...
David Mundell | 525 c258-9 (Link to this contribution) I am starting to be very concerned about the extent to which I agree with the hon. Member for Glasgo...
Sammy Wilson | 525 c252 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that anyone in Northern Ireland would give two hoots whether the power was surrendere...
Sammy Wilson | 525 c251 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman recognise, first, that this was not a power that was specifically sought by ...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c251 (Link to this contribution) The question of a veto goes both ways. I would not seek to veto what the good people of England migh...
Iain Stewart | 525 c252-3 (Link to this contribution) It is with a heavy heart that I rise to oppose the new clause tabled by the hon. Member for Na h-Eil...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c252 (Link to this contribution) No, you're fine. If the Government and the unionist parties truly believe that this is an economic ...
Russell Brown | 525 c252 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c252 (Link to this contribution) I say to the hon. Gentleman, tongue in cheek, that it is ““Maybe surrender”” from the DUP. The poin...
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c253 (Link to this contribution) Order. I think we have heard enough about the Barnsley by-election. Can we please come back to new c...
Iain Stewart | 525 c253 (Link to this contribution) I certainly shall, Mr Benton. The hon. Gentleman tempted me down an interesting path. Members who w...
Ian Davidson | 525 c253 (Link to this contribution) If there had been a different time, would the news of the Barnsley by-election result have arrived s...
Iain Stewart | 525 c253 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman mentions an important reason why we should resist such a measure. I recall his st...
Iain Stewart | 525 c254 (Link to this contribution) The devolution of tax powers to Normandy or Brittany is slightly outwith the scope of this Bill, so ...
Mike Weir | 525 c254 (Link to this contribution) I take it, then, that the hon. Gentleman's friend would be terrified of taking the Eurostar to Franc...
Roger Williams | 525 c254 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman think that arriving before one sets off is a contradiction of the general la...
Alan Reid | 525 c237 (Link to this contribution) A lot of what the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Mr MacNeil) has said about the Crown Estate ...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c233-7 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. In discussing new clause 10, which stands in ...
Alan Reid | 525 c238 (Link to this contribution) My viewpoint has not changed. I still want to see the benefits from any developments going to local ...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c238 (Link to this contribution) I am listening carefully to what the hon. Gentleman is saying, and I am sure that many other people ...
Alan Reid | 525 c237-8 (Link to this contribution) I wanted what I still want—the devolution of power to local communities, so that the benefits go to ...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c237 (Link to this contribution) What did the hon. Gentleman want a few years ago?
Ann McKechin | 525 c239 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Argyll and Bute (Mr Reid) has carefully explained some of the technical problems...
Alan Reid | 525 c239 (Link to this contribution) I have already said umpteen times that I want power devolved to local communities, which the hon. Ge...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c239 (Link to this contribution) To sum up the hon. Gentleman's views, then, London is best and control from London is best.
Viscount Thurso | 525 c228 (Link to this contribution) I have no doubt that the Minister is right to resist the amendment, because I am sure that it is tec...
David Mundell | 525 c227-8 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is seeking to give a different definition. I am specifying a not-for-dividend org...
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c228 (Link to this contribution) Again, I honestly do not understand the Minister's position. The new clause refers to the provision ...
David Mundell | 525 c228 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman, as always, offers wise words. I thought that he was going to refer to the debate...
Thomas Docherty | 525 c228 (Link to this contribution) This should have been a relatively short and reasonable debate. As my hon. Friend the Member for Rut...
David Mundell | 525 c228 (Link to this contribution) I have set out the reasons why the Government cannot accept the new clause. The Government believe t...
Thomas Docherty | 525 c229 (Link to this contribution) Obviously that would be part of the ScotRail franchise and would carry on in that way. The Minister...
Iain Stewart | 525 c229 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I can clarify my point. I understood that the hon. Gentleman's argument was about devolving ...
Thomas Docherty | 525 c229 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for joining us at this late stage. I must clarify for him that t...
Alan Reid | 525 c229 (Link to this contribution) I am genuinely confused by what the hon. Gentleman said in response to my hon. Friend the Member for...
Alan Reid | 525 c242 (Link to this contribution) I think that the hon. Gentleman has miscalculated. The hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar is being...
Jacob Rees-Mogg | 525 c242 (Link to this contribution) I said earlier that I was against Scottish independence, because if we had it we would not benefit f...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c242 (Link to this contribution) I had not taken the hon. Gentleman to be a fan of Scottish independence. I will clearly have to revi...
Jacob Rees-Mogg | 525 c242 (Link to this contribution) Had I been a Member of Parliament at the time, I would have opposed leasehold reform. I thought that...
Stewart Hosie | 525 c242 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making an extraordinary speech. I have received an e-mail from a colleague who...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c244 (Link to this contribution) I accept any accolades coming my way. I should also point out to the hon. Gentleman that this new c...
Jacob Rees-Mogg | 525 c244 (Link to this contribution) For the benefit of the Committee, I should say that the hon. Gentleman himself was my teacher.
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c244 (Link to this contribution) I noted that the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute (Mr Reid) said that coastal communities should bene...
Jacob Rees-Mogg | 525 c242-3 (Link to this contribution) I think that those of us who support the Union are also being principled. These tax revenues—these f...
Mike Weir | 525 c240 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman's history lesson is very interesting, but I am not sure why he sees the new claus...
Jacob Rees-Mogg | 525 c240-1 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for an extremely helpful intervention. It missed a key point. Indeed, the...
Jacob Rees-Mogg | 525 c241 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, but I listened carefully to the speech of the hon. Memb...
Alan Reid | 525 c241 (Link to this contribution) The new clause does not do that. It merely transfers the power of direction of the Crown Estate from...
Jacob Rees-Mogg | 525 c241 (Link to this contribution) This country, England, which is where we are now. Those rights of property, established in this coun...
Jacob Rees-Mogg | 525 c241 (Link to this contribution) I entirely accept that Scotland has its distinct characteristics. They are, in many ways, extraordin...
Ann McKechin | 525 c241 (Link to this contribution) I declare an interest as a member of the Law Society of Scotland. Scotland has always had a very dis...
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c251 (Link to this contribution) I genuinely do not understand how the hon. Gentleman has changed his position from the one that he t...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c251 (Link to this contribution) I would ask the hon. Gentleman whether he prefers the possibility of a time zone that the Scots do n...
Sheila Gilmore | 525 c250 (Link to this contribution) No one is more against the proposal to change the time zones than I am, because I lived through the ...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c250 (Link to this contribution) My position has not changed. The point of the new clause is to make sure that nothing is foisted on ...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c251 (Link to this contribution) I take the right hon. Gentleman's point, but the realpolitik of the situation would make that highly...
Frank Roy | 525 c251 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that if his new clause won the day, there would be a far greater possi...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c250 (Link to this contribution) My new clause would make it unlikely—or even impossible—that a time change could be foisted on the p...
Lord Beith | 525 c250-1 (Link to this contribution) My constituency would be significantly affected if there was a different time zone just down the roa...
Fiona O'Donnell | 525 c245 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c245 (Link to this contribution) No. I do not know when we last had a vote on this, but tonight's vote will enable people to make man...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c249-50 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. This is my third speech of the evening and I ...
Alan Reid | 525 c245 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right to say that the Scottish Parliament already has those powers. He has not...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c245 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has been living in Scotland long enough to know that Ministers in Scotland and th...
Jim McGovern | 525 c245 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman says that he has no wish for his contribution to be viewed as republicanism. What...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c245 (Link to this contribution) I think it works quite well in America, Ireland and France—
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c245 (Link to this contribution) I should have known that someone from the economic powerhouse that is Northern Ireland was sitting b...
Mike Weir | 525 c224 (Link to this contribution) No, thank you. The hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife talked about the Glasgow airport rail ...
Frank Roy | 525 c224 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c222 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am really sorry to interrupt the hon. Gentleman again, but I can barely hear what he is say...
Thomas Docherty | 525 c222-3 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Ms Primarolo. I see that the Chamber is suddenly becoming a bit emptier. Perhaps it is wo...
Tom Harris | 525 c223 (Link to this contribution) I am genuinely unclear about the nature of my hon. Friend's grievance with the current model. Is he ...
Thomas Docherty | 525 c223-4 (Link to this contribution) The issue at the moment is that Scottish Ministers must let the franchise according to a privatised ...
Iain Stewart | 525 c224 (Link to this contribution) I am following the hon. Gentleman's argument carefully. Does his new clause relate specifically to f...
Thomas Docherty | 525 c224 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman's question, which lets me clarify that this is purely about the...
Mike Weir | 525 c224 (Link to this contribution) Much to my surprise, I support what the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Thomas Docherty) ...
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c221 (Link to this contribution) Order. We are debating a new clause to the Bill, and hon. Members should listen to the speeches. If ...
Thomas Docherty | 525 c221 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I am obviously delighted to see that so many ...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c217 (Link to this contribution) No, I will make progress. I see that the Minister was happy that the sea area was taken from Scotla...
David Mundell | 525 c216-7 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman is aware, the issue of Antarctica was fully considered by the Scottish Parliam...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c217 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman says temporarily, but in my lifetime I have seen an awfully lot of time that he m...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c217 (Link to this contribution) I will be brief in the hope that we will get to the vote. I am perplexed as to why the hon. Member f...
Thomas Docherty | 525 c227 (Link to this contribution) I would not wish to suggest that the Minister is misleading the House—he has obviously been misinfor...
Tom Harris | 525 c227 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way once more. I agree with him that the GB-wide network sh...
David Mundell | 525 c227 (Link to this contribution) The devolution settlement is indeed about allowing the Scottish Government to take decisions in resp...
Tom Harris | 525 c227 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister explain what negative consequences have resulted in the GB-wide network from the n...
David Mundell | 525 c227 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman knows better than most that the Government were required to take over the east co...
Tom Harris | 525 c226 (Link to this contribution) I listened closely to my hon. Friend's speech, and he was very explicit in saying that the new claus...
David Mundell | 525 c226 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman had been listening, he would realise that I have said that Scotland benefits f...
Iain Stewart | 525 c226 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is being very generous. I am happy to stand corrected, but I believe that there is a cr...
David Mundell | 525 c226-7 (Link to this contribution) There are indeed services that travel from Glasgow to Dumfries and on to Newcastle. However, the Go...
David Mundell | 525 c226 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman had listened to the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife, he would have h...
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c226 (Link to this contribution) Given that that is the current situation, why on earth are the Government opposing a new clause that...
David Mundell | 525 c226 (Link to this contribution) My point, which I am sure that the hon. Gentleman does not recognise for dogmatic reasons, is that t...
David Mundell | 525 c225-6 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. As my hon. Friend will know, the coalition Government are committed to high-speed rail servi...
Mike Weir | 525 c226 (Link to this contribution) I am listening closely to the Minister, but I am slightly confused. He is talking about the developm...
David Mundell | 525 c225 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that confirmation, because the newspaper article that I read described Mrs Eadie a...
Iain Stewart | 525 c225 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend aware that Glasgow and Edinburgh councils are running a strong campaign for ...
David Mundell | 525 c225 (Link to this contribution) I was disappointed that the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Thomas Docherty) missed out S...
Thomas Docherty | 525 c225 (Link to this contribution) It might help the Minister to know that the Forth bridge is a category A listed building, so unfortu...
Mike Weir | 525 c224 (Link to this contribution) No thank you. Scotland has a good record on rail and will continue to invest in rail and build up t...
Tom Greatrex | 525 c225 (Link to this contribution) I do not intend to detain the Committee because there are other new clauses we wish to debate. The ...
David Mundell | 525 c203 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman probably shares my belief that the Labour party view will be what is in the inter...
Pete Wishart | 525 c203 (Link to this contribution) The Minister rightly says that the Conservatives have been consistent about this—the list has saved ...
David Mundell | 525 c203 (Link to this contribution) Indeed there are, but the Conservative party has been clear and absolutely consistent in its policy....
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c203 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister remind us whether there are any Conservative list MSPs standing for a first-past-t...
David Mundell | 525 c203 (Link to this contribution) As I recall, the reason given for Labour Members taking that approach was that they were encouraging...
Tom Harris | 525 c203 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for not being here for the debate before now, but I wish to clarify one matter. I hope t...
David Mundell | 525 c203 (Link to this contribution) As has been said, there has been a change from the view that Members should not stand on both the li...
Mike Weir | 525 c203 (Link to this contribution) I count six Labour MSPs now standing for the list who are currently first-past-the-post Members, whi...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c203;525 c202-3 (Link to this contribution) May I make it perfectly clear that I am opposed to the position referred to by the hon. Member for D...
David Mundell | 525 c203 (Link to this contribution) I fully take on board what the hon. Gentleman says, and I praise his consistency on this issue, but ...
Stewart Hosie | 525 c202 (Link to this contribution) Is that not the argument that was being used earlier: that losers can become winners? Why would a La...
Michael Connarty | 525 c201 (Link to this contribution) I should like Glasgow city council—which is a wonderful council—to be properly resourced, rather tha...
David Mundell | 525 c201-2 (Link to this contribution) I welcome you back to the chair, Ms Primarolo. I hope that, unlike the hon. Member for East Lothian ...
Michael Connarty | 525 c200 (Link to this contribution) My understanding is that it is an office used by the Member of the Scottish Parliament, who happens ...
Stewart Hosie | 525 c200 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes that allegation, so can he confirm that this is a parliamentary office for ...
Michael Connarty | 525 c199-200 (Link to this contribution) I am not giving way yet. If this is about the electorate—I hope it is, rather than about the manipu...
Pete Wishart | 525 c201 (Link to this contribution) Notwithstanding the fact that AMS was the Labour solution in the constitutional convention, there is...
Stewart Hosie | 525 c200 (Link to this contribution) I asked a simple question. I will repeat it. Is that office a list parliamentary office paid for wit...
Michael Connarty | 525 c199 (Link to this contribution) That is an easy question to answer. It is quite clear that most people in this Chamber, if asked to ...
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c197 (Link to this contribution) Order. We do not need reports on the Labour party conference, so I think we will get back to new cla...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c198 (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman underestimates voters and the public when he says that they have...
Michael Connarty | 525 c197-8 (Link to this contribution) Anyone who looks at the amendment paper will see that I am a signatory to new clauses 1 and 2. We ha...
Michael Connarty | 525 c198 (Link to this contribution) I would not want to accuse the hon. Gentleman of trying to distort my words; I just think he might n...
Michael Connarty | 525 c199 (Link to this contribution) The point is that when the electorate then see that person's behaviour in the list system, they are ...
Graeme Morrice | 525 c199 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who represents a constituency in the local authority area where I h...
Frank Doran | 525 c213-4 (Link to this contribution) My argument is that a problem is not solved just by moving it to Scotland. There are fundamental pro...
Frank Doran | 525 c212-3 (Link to this contribution) I shall speak mainly on new clause 3. I am rather bemused by the contribution that we have just hear...
Michael Connarty | 525 c212 (Link to this contribution) Before the hon. Gentleman disappears off the map of the maritime borders of the UK, may we return to...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c210-2 (Link to this contribution) The most appropriate place for the measures is in the Bill, which is why I have chosen to bring them...
David Mundell | 525 c214-6 (Link to this contribution) This is a debate on an important issue, and in many respects I share the sentiments expressed by the...
Pete Wishart | 525 c216 (Link to this contribution) The Minister keeps going on about things not being raised by the Calman commission, but nor was Anta...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c207-8 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the trade unions would act in the best interests of their members' employment and the co...
Russell Brown | 525 c208 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman's new clause were successful, would he envisage more than one full-time statio...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c208-9 (Link to this contribution) I would envisage far more than one full-time station in Aberdeen. This will not be the first time t...
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c207 (Link to this contribution) Has the hon. Gentleman assessed the views of the trade unions representing those who work in the coa...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c207 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I have asked people who work in the coastguard and, yes, they do want to see this happen.
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c207 (Link to this contribution) Just to be clear, I did not mean somebody in the coastguard service whom the hon. Gentleman knows. I...
Tom Harris | 525 c209 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the substance of what the hon. Gentleman is saying about the effects of the cuts to the...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c209-10 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that the hon. Gentleman agrees with me on the substantial thrust of my argument and I hope...
Fiona O'Donnell | 525 c210 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the hon. Gentleman is glad to pause for breath. He has said that he is proposing thes...
David Mundell | 525 c205 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the hon. Gentleman's analysis, but I do not think it stands up to legal scrutiny in that r...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c205 (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister just tell me why? I have read that provision at some length and I am clearly of the...
David Mundell | 525 c205 (Link to this contribution) That is a clear possible interpretation of that provision. The hon. Gentleman is better advised maki...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c206 (Link to this contribution) On the basis of what has just been said, I am almost of a mind to press the new clause to a vote. L...
David Mundell | 525 c205 (Link to this contribution) The interpretation of that provision is that people in the Western Isles, Orkney or Shetland could s...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c206-7 (Link to this contribution) Throughout our proceedings, we have heard claims from the Tories and the Liberal Democrats that this...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c206 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c206 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
Michael Connarty | 525 c204;525 c203-4 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that the Minister gave way after that terrible slur on the Labour party. We are talking ab...
David Mundell | 525 c204 (Link to this contribution) I recognise the hon. Gentleman's consistency on this issue, but I was confused by one of the contrib...
Ian Davidson | 525 c204 (Link to this contribution) A moment ago, Mr Kettle accused members of the Labour party of coming to a position based on self-in...
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c204 (Link to this contribution) Order. May I add that I would like the Minister to return to discussing the new clause?
David Mundell | 525 c204 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Ms Primarolo. I will take on board what you say and, as ever, I note the hon. Gentleman's...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c204 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Minister will concede that nothing I am proposing today would come into effect un...
David Mundell | 525 c204-5 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has proposed a very specific change to the electoral system for the Scottish Parl...
Cathy Jamieson | 525 c205 (Link to this contribution) I am listening to the Minister with interest. Is he actually offering that very review that he is ta...
David Mundell | 525 c205 (Link to this contribution) The date of the next Scottish Parliament election has changed as a result of the Fixed-term Parliame...
Ian Davidson | 525 c205 (Link to this contribution) May I just clarify a point? The Minister said that the proposal put forward by my hon. Friend the Me...
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c196 (Link to this contribution) Order. We are going to discuss the abolition of regional Members. We are not going to be dragged bac...
Ian Davidson | 525 c196 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I think it should, in exactly the same way that the Scottish Parliament decided the voting syst...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c196 (Link to this contribution) May I tempt the hon. Gentleman, who I know is a committed Europhile, to extend that logic? If the Sc...
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c196 (Link to this contribution) Order. That is a temptation, but this is about the abolition of regional Members. We are in danger o...
Ian Davidson | 525 c196 (Link to this contribution) I havenae decided what is the best system. I have outlined faults in the existing system. Do I belie...
Pete Wishart | 525 c196 (Link to this contribution) AMS was Labour's preferred system at the constitutional convention. What is interesting about the ho...
Pete Wishart | 525 c195 (Link to this contribution) On a point of clarification about the supremacy of first past the post, as the hon. Gentleman would ...
Ian Davidson | 525 c195-6 (Link to this contribution) I will not say that, because I suspect hon. Members could cite the case of Albania or somewhere simi...
Ian Davidson | 525 c195 (Link to this contribution) That is an excellent point, and I am glad that it has been made.
Ian Davidson | 525 c195 (Link to this contribution) Is it not interesting that in debates about changing the voting system we were always told that chan...
Graeme Morrice | 525 c195 (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend aware that at the general election in May, turnout under first past the post incre...
Alan Reid | 525 c195 (Link to this contribution) The numbers went down, but that has nothing to do with the change to the voting system. The election...
Ian Davidson | 525 c193 (Link to this contribution) These are difficult issues. I accept that that is a valid point, but I am unhappy about the idea tha...
Ian Davidson | 525 c193 (Link to this contribution) That is a natural result of the system—I understand that—but that is what I am unhappy about. It doe...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c193 (Link to this contribution) Is not the point of that process to retain the proportionality in the Parliament that was establishe...
Ian Davidson | 525 c192-3 (Link to this contribution) Indeed it did. I can think of several other Members of Parliament here today who were prevented from...
Alan Reid | 525 c192 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to bring back memories for the hon. Gentleman, but did not his party hierarchy stop hi...
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c193 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am not quite sure what is the relevance of Barnsley. The Committee is well aware of the Bar...
Ian Davidson | 525 c193 (Link to this contribution) Okay. The party that had been second at the general election was not second, and it did not win the ...
Ian Davidson | 525 c193-4 (Link to this contribution) I accept that decision, although I regret it because this is an important point. Its relevance is th...
Ian Davidson | 525 c195 (Link to this contribution) Well, that is one man's point of view.
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c195 (Link to this contribution) I fear that the hon. Gentleman might be confusing cause and effect. Surely turnout is more about the...
Mike Crockart | 525 c195 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman's argument were correct, surely local government elections would have had imme...
Mike Weir | 525 c194 (Link to this contribution) On that basis, will the hon. Gentleman call on Sarah Boyack in Edinburgh Central or David Stewart in...
Ian Davidson | 525 c195 (Link to this contribution) Those facts help my case, so I am quite happy to take interventions on that point.
Ian Davidson | 525 c194 (Link to this contribution) I am perfectly happy to say that I want the system to change so that no party can do that. The hon. ...
Ian Davidson | 525 c195 (Link to this contribution) Turnouts have dipped since the change to proportional representation, as I understand it. The situat...
Pete Wishart | 525 c186 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, Mr Hoyle. I hope I was not repeating myself, but I was interested in that free vote concept....
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c186-7 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that you will be pleased to hear that I intend to address the new clause, Mr Hoyle. I wan...
Pete Wishart | 525 c186 (Link to this contribution) I am no longer the Chief Whip, but I thank the hon. Gentleman for promoting me back to that distingu...
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c186 (Link to this contribution) Whether or not Labour Members have a free vote is not relevant to new clause 1. Let us get back to t...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c187 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend understand that the last time the Liberals were in power, which was in 1921, the...
Pete Wishart | 525 c185-6 (Link to this contribution) The point was well made. The voting mechanism was not designed by the SNP, but we still won, which w...
Thomas Docherty | 525 c186 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate that as the SNP's Chief Whip, the hon. Gentleman believes in absolute loyalty to a sing...
Pete Wishart | 525 c186 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that Mr Hoyle would not allow me to be tempted into discussing AV, but the mess that Labou...
Pete Wishart | 525 c185 (Link to this contribution) It seems that the hon. Gentleman feels it necessary to name others who cannot defend themselves in t...
Pete Wishart | 525 c185 (Link to this contribution) I will name one MSP with lofty ambitions. He has the ambition to be the First Minister of Scotland. ...
Fiona O'Donnell | 525 c185 (Link to this contribution) I wonder which party in Scotland the hon. Gentleman would say has the best record on constitutional ...
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c185 (Link to this contribution) Order. That is not relevant to the new clause either.
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c185 (Link to this contribution) I shall try to be as quick as possible. I did not touch on this in my speech, but does not the list ...
Pete Wishart | 525 c185 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will have had his own experiences with these issues. An hon. Member has pointed ...
Graeme Morrice | 525 c185 (Link to this contribution) Further to my intervention earlier in the debate, is the hon. Gentleman aware of the situation of on...
Mike Weir | 525 c192 (Link to this contribution) I am interested in what the hon. Gentleman is saying. Can he clarify how someone in the Labour party...
Ian Davidson | 525 c192 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is obviously struggling to see the difference because he is unaware of the extent...
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c192 (Link to this contribution) I do not quite see the strength of my hon. Friend's argument. In the Labour party, the members choos...
Ian Davidson | 525 c192 (Link to this contribution) Let me come on to that. At the moment, I am identifying particular difficulties. My hon. Friend perh...
Ian Davidson | 525 c190-1 (Link to this contribution) It is true to say that the devolution settlement achieved at the time of the referendum represented ...
Pete Wishart | 525 c191 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has listed certain instances of transgressions by SNP regional list Members. What...
Viscount Thurso | 525 c190 (Link to this contribution) I rise briefly to reach out a cooling and, I hope, reassuring hand to the fevered brow of the hon. M...
Pete Wishart | 525 c188 (Link to this contribution) There are four Members against him and three for him.
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c188-90 (Link to this contribution) I think that we are going down a road that will not take the argument much further forward. When th...
Cathy Jamieson | 525 c188 (Link to this contribution) So far the debate seems to have centred on what is best for the political parties. Does my hon. Frie...
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c188 (Link to this contribution) I agree. That is one reason why I do not support STV for the Scottish Parliament or local government...
Pete Wishart | 525 c188 (Link to this contribution) Looking around the Chamber, I see four Labour Members who are against the hon. Gentleman and three w...
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c188 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that I understand the hon. Gentleman's point—
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c187-8 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. One thing that my hon. Friend and I share on this issue is consistency. He has been consiste...
Alan Reid | 525 c181 (Link to this contribution) If the boundaries for the lists were natural ones, we would have much more accountability. For examp...
Pete Wishart | 525 c182 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that anybody in this House can doubt the tenacity of the hon. Member for Central Ayrs...
Alan Reid | 525 c181-2 (Link to this contribution) That is a fair point. I would not propose having constituencies with anywhere near as many as 100,00...
Ian Davidson | 525 c181 (Link to this contribution) I am listening with interest to what the hon. Gentleman is saying. He is arguing that if we have nat...
Pete Wishart | 525 c182 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that intervention, but it still seems an awful lot—almost an eighth, and there are...
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c182 (Link to this contribution) I think that my hon. Friend the Member for East Lothian (Fiona O'Donnell) and I are going to make th...
Fiona O'Donnell | 525 c182 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Alan Reid | 525 c180-1 (Link to this contribution) The SNP won because the election was fought on a fair set of rules—I hope that the hon. Gentleman wi...
Alan Reid | 525 c180 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman takes the words out of my mouth: it would have been disgraceful gerrymandering if...
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c180 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman accept that if we do the electoral calculations, it is clear that had the AV...
Fiona O'Donnell | 525 c180 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, once again, the constitutional cuckoo, the SNP, has benefited fr...
Alan Reid | 525 c180 (Link to this contribution) There is no way of predicting what would have happened, because we do not know how people would have...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c180 (Link to this contribution) I am listening closely to the hon. Gentleman's arguments, and it is clearly game set and match again...
Alan Reid | 525 c180 (Link to this contribution) I was certainly disappointed that the SNP did not engage, but it benefited from a system that had wi...
Pete Wishart | 525 c184 (Link to this contribution) That is their view. They want the death of PR in Scotland. A few interesting things came out of the...
Pete Wishart | 525 c184 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful, Mr Hoyle. I do not think that the signatories to the new clauses singularly loathe t...
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c184 (Link to this contribution) We are moving completely off the new clause and I think we ought to get back to it. I know that the ...
Pete Wishart | 525 c184 (Link to this contribution) I have given way to the hon. Lady already, so I will move on. The hon. Member for Central Ayrshire ...
Fiona O'Donnell | 525 c184 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Pete Wishart | 525 c182 (Link to this contribution) I think that we have heard this point; is it on the same issue?
Ian Davidson | 525 c183 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has suggested that my colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for Central Ayrshire (...
Pete Wishart | 525 c183 (Link to this contribution) I am offering a solution so that the issue can be resolved and fixed up once and for all. The Scotti...
Pete Wishart | 525 c183 (Link to this contribution) We are having a few difficulties with trains in this Committee. First there was the Caledonian sleep...
Fiona O'Donnell | 525 c183 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate the hon. Gentleman's enthusiasm for the subject. If I might help him with the maths, th...
Graeme Morrice | 525 c183 (Link to this contribution) The SNP has a preoccupation with the Labour party; why does not the hon. Gentleman simply address th...
Pete Wishart | 525 c183 (Link to this contribution) We really are having arithmetic and mathematics lectures today. I think that the momentum is with t...
Alan Reid | 525 c178 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has made a good point.
Alan Reid | 525 c178 (Link to this contribution) That was certainly an important reform of the electoral system.
Fiona O'Donnell | 525 c177 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that we have already seen improvements, such as the removal from the l...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c178 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that at least the alternative vote gives true believers in first past ...
Alan Reid | 525 c178 (Link to this contribution) I think that the law was changed. I understand that the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire chairs the...
Mike Weir | 525 c178 (Link to this contribution) What the hon. Gentleman is saying is very interesting. I seem to recall that his party registered th...
Alan Reid | 525 c178 (Link to this contribution) If the SNP wants to call itself Alex Salmond for First Minister, it is perfectly entitled to do so. ...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c178 (Link to this contribution) I am going to have to accuse the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute (Mr Reid) of cherry-picking. He has...
Alan Reid | 525 c178 (Link to this contribution) Exactly. The two candidates with the most votes are the first two past the post. That is not first p...
Alan Reid | 525 c178 (Link to this contribution) Thank you for that clarification, Mr Hoyle. In these constituencies two Members will be elected—the...
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c178 (Link to this contribution) I think that the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire (Mr Donohoe) was signalling ““first two past the p...
Alan Reid | 525 c179 (Link to this contribution) That is correct. However, two Members are elected: the first two. That is not first past the post. ...
Graeme Morrice | 525 c179 (Link to this contribution) My understanding of the system is that there are two candidates, and therefore two votes. Of course ...
Alan Reid | 525 c179 (Link to this contribution) Yes, but some people might not vote for party tickets. This system is used in English local governme...
Graeme Morrice | 525 c179 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has got this wrong. There would be two candidates—there could be two Labour candi...
Alan Reid | 525 c179 (Link to this contribution) Yes, that is possible, but there would still be two people elected, and the hon. Gentleman objected ...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c179 (Link to this contribution) Even under the first-two-past-the-post system, it is highly possible that if a party candidate is un...
Fiona O'Donnell | 525 c176 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for being so generous in giving way. I know that he would never be partisan, ...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c175-6 (Link to this contribution) I am extremely grateful to my Member of Parliament for raising that point. Of course it is a serious...
Mark Field | 525 c175 (Link to this contribution) The same point applies to the London assembly, and it is slightly more serious even than he has poin...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c175 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Minister can speak for himself and tell us why he thinks that this aspect of the ...
Thomas Docherty | 525 c175 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making a compelling and fascinating case. He might be aware that when the Minister...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c175 (Link to this contribution) That is a discussion for another day, but it is a very pertinent point—and one that a lot of people ...
Cathy Jamieson | 525 c175 (Link to this contribution) To clarify, does my hon. Friend agree that it makes no sense that everything else in the Scottish Pa...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c175 (Link to this contribution) No, I already had the awkward cases and knew all about them. Every single Member in this place—even ...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c174 (Link to this contribution) I was wondering whether the awkward cases had already been sent to the hon. Gentleman.
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c174 (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely with the hon. Gentleman, who is my MP, as he knows. I came into Parliament thinking...
Sheila Gilmore | 525 c177 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that there is a particular problem with the party list system? Many ad...
Alan Reid | 525 c177 (Link to this contribution) It was a product of the coalition agreement. I was in favour of the first part of the Bill; I did no...
Thomas Docherty | 525 c177 (Link to this contribution) I am fascinated by the hon. Gentleman's new-found passion for stopping gerrymandering. Will he remin...
Alan Reid | 525 c177 (Link to this contribution) The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill was—
Stewart Hosie | 525 c176 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that I was not in my place for the start of the hon. Gentleman's contribution, but I have...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c176 (Link to this contribution) Well, I got one out of three, so I did not do too badly. I bet that if I asked the hon. Member for N...
Alan Reid | 525 c177 (Link to this contribution) It will come as no surprise to the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire (Mr Donohoe) that I will not sup...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c176 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises a pertinent point—one that my individual constituency voted on and came to...
Alan Reid | 525 c177 (Link to this contribution) That is a fair point. I am fully in favour of proportional representation, but every electoral syste...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c173 (Link to this contribution) Of course I agree with my hon. Friend, and I shall return to that point.
Fiona O'Donnell | 525 c173 (Link to this contribution) I can tell my hon. Friend that I barely slept last night waiting to make this intervention. Will he ...
Graeme Morrice | 525 c173 (Link to this contribution) Following on from the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Cathy Jami...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c174 (Link to this contribution) On the basis of conversations with other hon. Members, there is universal agreement that something i...
Mark Field | 525 c174 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman share my concern that, fundamentally, list Members are representatives only ...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c174 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend may not have slept last night, but what does she think of the fact that I have had to...
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c174 (Link to this contribution) I disagree with much of what my hon. Friend said yesterday and today, but I concede his point on the...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c171 (Link to this contribution) Of course I give way to the hon. Gentleman.
Mike Weir | 525 c172 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman clarify whether he is talking about Westminster Parliament constituencies or...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c172 (Link to this contribution) That is common sense, if I may say so. When I made the calculation to put together my submission to ...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c172 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman wants to reduce the number of parliamentary representatives from Scotland. Will h...
Mike Weir | 525 c171 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c173 (Link to this contribution) Order. I know that this debate is very important, but can we have shorter interventions?
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c172 (Link to this contribution) The first people who could go in these circumstances are, of course, the nats. That would be very us...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c173 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the intervention, but I disagree with the idea of compulsory voting and fines. I h...
Cathy Jamieson | 525 c173 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend share my concern, which has been a consistent concern in Scotland, that at vario...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c171 (Link to this contribution) I do not think I am going to be allowed to move on swiftly.
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c171 (Link to this contribution) I think that we are wandering into maths rather than arithmetic, but the hon. Gentleman is absolutel...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c171 (Link to this contribution) Oh, there we are. The Minister is now popping up.
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c171 (Link to this contribution) Surely with the passage of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, which will reduc...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c171 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman intervenes again to give me some understanding of that point, I might be able ...
David Mundell | 525 c171 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I might help the hon. Gentleman. My calculation is that there would be 101 Members. After th...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c171 (Link to this contribution) The Minister has made my point very well in relation to making savings, which is the next point that...
Chair of Committees of the Whole House | 525 c169-70 (Link to this contribution) I remind the Committee that with this we are discussing new clause 2—
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c170 (Link to this contribution) Let me continue where we left off yesterday in discussing new clauses 1 and 2, particularly the ques...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c170 (Link to this contribution) I will give way when I have developed my argument one stage further than when I left off. An importa...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c170 (Link to this contribution) I think that if the hon. Gentleman looks at yesterday's Hansard, he will find that we finished where...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c170 (Link to this contribution) I have always thought that the Member who looks after sheep should be able to count. If he could cou...
Ian Davidson | 525 c170 (Link to this contribution) Is it the case that the school my hon. Friend attended was so good that it was approved?
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c170 (Link to this contribution) It was so good that it was known as Irvine Royal Academy. Anyway, we will move on very quickly from ...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c171 (Link to this contribution) I am sure I can give way to the hon. Gentleman as well.
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c259-60 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Milton Keynes South (Iain Stewart) pronounced my constituency name well, putting...
Ian Davidson | 525 c253 (Link to this contribution) Is it not possible that I might have heard the Barnsley by-election result before the polls had clos...
Jacob Rees-Mogg | 525 c240 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry not to be able to support the new clause moved by the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Ia...
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c250 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure why the hon. Gentleman has changed his position from the one that he took in the debat...
Thomas Docherty | 525 c222 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Ms Primarolo. Most people think that the Scottish Parliament already has the power to de...
Michael Connarty | 525 c201 (Link to this contribution) The arrangement is perfectly legal under the present system. I am saying that the system should be m...
Mike Weir | 525 c198 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making the point that several of his colleagues have made about people who los...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c213 (Link to this contribution) Given what the hon. Gentleman has said, surely he understands my argument that it would be better fo...
Ian Davidson | 525 c196 (Link to this contribution) A very bad boy was trying to tempt me down the highway, Mr Hoyle. Earlier, I heard an SNP Member sho...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c193 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman think it in any way important, then, that the proportionality expressed by t...
Mike Weir | 525 c186 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend notice a pattern? I understand that the Labour Front-Bench team is in favour of ...
Pete Wishart | 525 c182 (Link to this contribution) I will give way to the hon. Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Mark Lazarowicz) first.
Pete Wishart | 525 c184 (Link to this contribution) People are nodding their heads. I detect that this is becoming a real issue. Frankly, it scares and ...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c173 (Link to this contribution) I was two out again. I am not doing so well in that sense.
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c173 (Link to this contribution) There is no one in the House who knows the system north of the border better than my hon. Friend, be...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c251 (Link to this contribution) It may or may not be a power that people in Northern Ireland wish to exercise, but it is a power tha...
David Mundell | 525 c243-4 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the contribution of my hon. Friend the Member for North East Somerset (Jacob Rees-Mogg), b...
Frank Roy | 525 c224 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Ian Davidson | 525 c197 (Link to this contribution) None the less, my hon. Friend's point relates to whether it is possible, without inviting thunderbol...
Angus Brendan MacNeil | 525 c212 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the hon. Gentleman knows that there is more than one way to skin a cat. I am also sur...
Mark Lazarowicz | 525 c197 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way and I shall certainly not tempt him off the straight ...
Ian Davidson | 525 c191-2 (Link to this contribution) My understanding is that list Labour MSPs are perfect in every way and have done nothing incorrect o...
Brian H Donohoe | 525 c181 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman concede that the biggest problem, in a party sense, of not having coterminou...
Greg Knight | 525 c173 (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman therefore arguing in favour of a system rather like the Australians have, in w...
Alan Reid | 525 c171 (Link to this contribution) According to Hansard, just before the hon. Gentleman sat down last night, he said that there would b...
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