Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Douglas Lumsden Excerpts
Thursday 9th July 2026

(3 months, 2 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alan Campbell Portrait Sir Alan Campbell
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I congratulate Ayrshire college on its well-deserved award. We are committed to creating a skilled workforce that is fit for the future and aligned with local needs, with our £182 million industrial strategy and engineering skills package. Should my hon. Friend wish to apply for a debate on this subject in Westminster Hall, I am sure that it would be well attended; the shadow Leader of the House, for instance, does fantastic work on these issues in his constituency.

Douglas Lumsden Portrait Douglas Lumsden (Aberdeen South) (Con)
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Crooked SNP chief Peter Murrell had his hand in the SNP piggy-bank to the tune of hundreds of thousands of pounds; he bought camper vans, crockery, and even toilet paper. We now learn that Police Scotland is also probing the Yes Scotland movement. Will the Leader of the House bring forward a debate, in Government time, on the financing of the SNP and the independence movement?

Alan Campbell Portrait Sir Alan Campbell
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As I have said before, the SNP should come clean on these matters, and authorities should hold it to account. The hon. Member talks about an investigation that is under way, and I will not comment on that. We will debate these matters in the future, but let us await the outcome of the investigations.