Dave Doogan

Dave Doogan

Scottish National Party — Angus and Perthshire Glens

Speaking in the House of Commons on 10 June 2026

Debate

Promoting Scottish Interests Abroad

Contribution

Thank you, Mr Speaker. When the Secretary of State first took up his job in government, his first priority should have been advancing the economic interests of Scotland across the world, but we now know what he was really up to instead. His first external meeting as Scotland Secretary and as a Minister was to meet Global Counsel, Peter Mandelson’s international lobbying fund, and he conveniently forgot to declare that meeting for a year and a half. Was that meeting a function of official advice from civil servants in his Department, or is it just the case that when Peter Mandelson says “Jump”, Ministers like him say “How high?”?

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