Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Anne McGuire Excerpts
Wednesday 7th May 2014

(10 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Last but not least, Mrs Anne McGuire.

Anne McGuire Portrait Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling) (Lab)
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Given the First Minister’s threat to blockade Scottish fishing grounds if he does not get his own way on EU membership and given that licences are held across the United Kingdom, what analysis has the Secretary of State done on the impact on employment in the Scottish fishing industry?

Alistair Carmichael Portrait Mr Carmichael
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The impact on employment would be serious in some of the most economically fragile communities in Scotland in our coastal and island communities. I have to say that the First Minister’s comment about blockading Scottish waters went beyond the ridiculous, but it makes me wonder whether that is why he seems so desperate to cosy up to Vladimir Putin.