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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 19 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Alan Brown (SNP - Kilmarnock and Loudoun) Why do this Government think that it is okay to decimate infrastructure spend in Scotland? - Speech Link
2: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) The Fife whisky festival took place in Cupar earlier this month, and was a great success. - Speech Link
3: Gareth Davies (Con - Grantham and Stamford) Our support for the Scotch Whisky Association is long-standing, and it was a pleasure to meet its representatives - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Housing: Young People - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) He had attacked her with a whisky bottle and told her never to come near the house again. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sport: Gambling Advertising - Wed 13 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) each other, and then go downstairs to play the puggies, which is a term for fruit machines in western Scotland - Speech Link
2: Ronnie Cowan (SNP - Inverclyde) alcoholic and my local landlord came to my door at night and said, ‘Have a case of beer, have a bottle of whisky - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Christine Jardine (LD - Edinburgh West) In Scotland, we often find that while the downsides of this Government’s policy are happily passed on - Speech Link
2: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) That is why Scotland has a 30% higher failure rate than England. - Speech Link
3: Kevin Hollinrake (Con - Thirsk and Malton) Unfortunately, that support has not been passed on in Scotland and Wales, but it certainly has in England - Speech Link
4: Greg Hands (Con - Chelsea and Fulham) The prize remains large—with tariffs as high as 150% for whisky and 125% for autos—and we want to ensure - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) payment.Before I move on to other economic matters, the Chancellor mentioned freezing tax on Scotch whisky - Speech Link
2: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) They could reduce alcohol duty for whisky and other spirits to support Scotland’s thriving whisky sector - Speech Link
3: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) years ago are still paying tax in Scotland, and how the top 10 individual taxpayers in Scotland five - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the financial settlement for Scotland. - Speech Link
2: Ian Murray (Lab - Edinburgh South) Shockingly, the tax burden in Scotland is even higher. - Speech Link
3: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) It is clear that the EU’s role in this in Europe and around Scotland is very important, so if Scotland - Speech Link
4: Alister Jack (Con - Dumfries and Galloway) In Vietnam, sales of Scotch whisky have increased fourfold and are still growing. - Speech Link
5: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) He talks about tax in Scotland and England. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Farming - Mon 04 Mar 2024
Wales Office

Mentions:
1: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) Scottish salmon, Aberdeen Angus, oat-based products and Scotch whisky all represent modern success stories - Speech Link
2: Alistair Carmichael (LD - Orkney and Shetland) as a whole, but particularly to rural Scotland and island Scotland. - Speech Link
3: Richard Drax (Con - South Dorset) As has been proven in Scotland, beavers do not hang around and say, “This is my home.” - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Northern Ireland - Mon 26 Feb 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Richard Thomson (SNP - Gordon) Union by consent is how many of us in Scotland understand our position in the Union to work. - Speech Link
2: Jeffrey M Donaldson (DUP - Lagan Valley) just issues related to the availability of goods in Northern Ireland, but trade across the UK, between Scotland - Speech Link
3: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) The fledgling whisky market developed about 40 or 50 years after the Irish whiskey market in the early - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) She asked me a question that got quite a response in Scotland: “Why do you think us Tory ‘rotters’”—her - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Lady’s party has been less than forthcoming on a similar ambition for its performance in Scotland. - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) making a suggestion to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, or whether he was offering to purchase you a glass of whisky—I - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) I will ensure that the Secretary of State for Scotland has heard his concerns and worries. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Hospitality Sector: Fiscal Support - Wed 31 Jan 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) the beer and pub sector accounts for 936,000 jobs and contributes £26 billion to the UK economy; in Scotland - Speech Link
2: John Nicolson (SNP - Ochil and South Perthshire) This will not make energy cheaper for people in Scotland. Clean renewables are the future. - Speech Link
3: John Nicolson (SNP - Ochil and South Perthshire) It has told me that it sometimes now takes longer to get whisky to Paris than to Japan. - Speech Link
4: John Nicolson (SNP - Ochil and South Perthshire) That ship has sailed, and we are the only party now that is anti-Brexit and wants Scotland to rejoin - Speech Link