Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Kirsty Blackman Excerpts
Thursday 13th January 2022

(2 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Leo Docherty Portrait Leo Docherty
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I would be very pleased to meet the hon. Gentleman to discuss that further.

Kirsty Blackman Portrait Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North) (SNP)
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Does the Cabinet Office agree that the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, the hon. Member for Moray (Douglas Ross), is a “lightweight”?

Steve Barclay Portrait Steve Barclay
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I think he is a hugely talented colleague. I work extremely closely with him and I look forward to doing so. One of the points that has come out through departmental questions is the commitment from many across the House, although not those on the Scottish National party Benches, to the importance of the Union. That is an absolutely central commitment of the Government and the Prime Minister and the entire Cabinet are committed to defending it.