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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Feb 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"I am sure that the Secretary of State, as a highlands and islands MP, will share the sense of anger and injustice at SSE’s 2p surcharge on electricity costs, given that it made a profit of £1.5 billion last year. Will he do everything possible at the UK level to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Jan 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"In echoing and endorsing entirely the points made by my immediate highland constituency neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Argyll and Bute (Mr Reid), may I encourage the Secretary of State to stress to the Scottish Government the need in particular to draw BT’s attention to Openreach? It is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"May I ask the Minister, on behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for Argyll and Bute (Mr Reid) and myself—this is not just a parliamentary pincer movement; it is close to the Secretary of State’s heart, and I am assured that he does have a heart, at least on …..."
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Written Question

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Wednesday 7th May 2014

Asked by: Charles Kennedy (Liberal Democrat - Ross, Skye and Lochaber)

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent assessment he has made of the economic potential of the Scottish Highlands and Islands; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Alistair Carmichael

The Scottish Highlands and Islands play an important role in the Scottish economy.

The UK Government recognises this and has demonstrated strong support for rural areas through measures such the fuel duty rebate scheme, the abolition of the fuel duty escalator, and in the Budget 2014 supporting Scotch Whisky by freezing duty on spirits.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Mar 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that there is more than a sense of irony about the fact that the devolution cause—to maintain but reform the United Kingdom—was based largely on the correct analysis that too many economic decisions were being concentrated here in London. Yet, now in Scotland, if …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"When the Secretary of State visits the highlands and addresses a Burns supper in Inverness on Friday night, I am sure he will hear a lot from those present about one of the most exciting job prospects for the highlands and for Scotland as a whole, which is the potential …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Dec 2013
Helicopter Crash (Glasgow)

"On behalf of my right hon. and hon. Friends, I thank the Secretary of State for Scotland for his well-judged comments and for the content of his statement, which we all endorse completely. He and I share a strong empathy and ongoing attachment to the city, through the university of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jan 2013
Constitutional Law

"Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. My central point, which is directly relevant to what I have been saying, is that, as has been pointed out, this order is historic, following on as it does from the 1988 Act. Why? It is historic because it transfers and devolves a fundamental, absolute …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jan 2013
Constitutional Law

"I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman —who, in Better Together terms, is my right hon. Friend—for giving way. What he says about the current governance of Scotland, against the very long referendum backdrop, is undoubtedly true. As he will probably know from the inside, and as I experienced …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jan 2013
Constitutional Law

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