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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Oct 2025
Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund

"This fund was set up to act as a sweetener to our fishing communities after they were completely sold out in the Government’s EU-Brexit reset. In that negotiation, 12 years of access to our seas were given away. Scotland lands three-quarters of the tonnage of fish in the UK and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Oct 2025
Devolution in Scotland

"I sometimes find myself watching Holyrood TV, and most of what happens after the electronic voting is endless people checking whether they have voted—wanting to clarify whether the machine has worked. Given that there are 120-odd Members in Holyrood and 650-odd Members in this place, I am not entirely sure …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Oct 2025
Devolution in Scotland

"Devolution sounds like, and should be, a fantastic opportunity. It should bring decisions closer to home with policies that fit the uniqueness of local areas and communities such as mine, where accountability and impact are more closely linked. That is the theory but in practice, certainly in Scotland’s case, the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Oct 2025
Devolution in Scotland

"I want to pick up on the point about working with other parties to get a majority. The first thing that comes to mind is the SNP’s venture with the Scottish Greens after the last election in Scotland. Would the hon. Member reflect on how damaging that was, particularly for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Oct 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Government’s pride in place initiative—their equivalent of levelling up—should be great and should be felt across Scotland, but unfortunately we are feeling the opposite in north-east Scotland because of the Government’s energy policies. Our high streets need regeneration after a decade of disastrous decline in the sector, whether that …..."
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Written Question
Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax
Wednesday 22nd October 2025

Asked by: Harriet Cross (Conservative - Gordon and Buchan)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to Agricultural and Business Property Relief on levels on investment on farms in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

As agriculture is a devolved policy, this response only covers England.

In England, no assessment has been made of the potential impact of changes to Agricultural and Business Property Relief on levels of investment on farms. Data on farm investment income is available in the table 5 series of Farm Accounts in England – but these tables only show data for 2022/23 and 2023/24.

Defra are currently collecting the 2024/25 data; data on English farm investment income for 2024/25 will be published in January 2026.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 21 Oct 2025
Electricity Infrastructure: Rural Communities

"I thank my hon. Friend for his contribution. Although he is speaking about the Borders, we are seeing something similar in the north-east. We have a huge amount of energy infrastructure across our region, whether that be pylons, batteries or substations, and the communities feel like things are being done …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
21 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Harriet Cross (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 89 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 104 Noes - 317
Division Vote (Commons)
21 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Harriet Cross (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 89 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 381
Division Vote (Commons)
21 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Harriet Cross (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 85 Conservative No votes vs 1 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 77 Noes - 390