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Pete Wishart

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Wednesday 25th February 2026

(1 day, 7 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Pete Wishart Portrait Pete Wishart (Perth and Kinross-shire) (SNP)
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I am quite surprised at that last question, because one of the things that Scotland qualifying for the world cup brings is a unity to the nation. We are all looking forward to Scotland competing for the first time since 1998. We will all get selfies—it will be us with the tartan army. Does the Secretary of State think that there is any chance that we will get a photograph with the Prime Minister and Anas Sarwar?

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I respectfully point out that we qualified under a Labour Government this time, and the last time, when I was there in the Stade de France, there was a UK Labour Government.

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