00:00Well, what I think is necessary here is that we have a route through the whole debate to
00:06allow us to address the fact that the Scottish Parliament was elected in 2021 with a majority
00:11of MSPs supportive of a referendum on independence. What I'm going to do is intensify the pressure
00:17on the UK government to recognise that Scotland wants to have a democratic opportunity to
00:22choose independence. What's happened up until now is that the Westminster government has
00:26been allowed to essentially escape scrutiny on this question. Well, it comes down to some
00:31pretty fundamental democratic points here. Are we prepared to just ignore the fact that
00:37the Scottish Parliament has within it a majority of members who are committed to independence?
00:43Well, there has to be a rational process to consider how we proceed on oil and gas issues.
00:48So we've got to have an assessment of the evidence and any justification for any new
00:55oil and gas licences. Just now, the Prime Minister is saying that he will authorise
01:00100 new oil and gas licences. That is completely irresponsible. It's about the journey to net
01:05zero and about the economy. We've got to make the journey to net zero. We cannot be climate
01:09deniers. That's what the authorisation by the Prime Minister of 100 oil and gas licences
01:15is all about. It's about denying the climate emergency. I won't do that. We've got to be
01:19deadly serious about tackling the climate emergency. But we've also got to be careful
01:24about the orderly transition that's got to be taken forward for oil and gas. And what
01:29I want to make sure is that Scotland avoids the industrial disruption that took place
01:34under the Thatcher years, where we're still wrestling with the consequences. And the way
01:37through that is to take a considered approach to each application on a case-by-case basis
01:43to determine whether it's compatible with our journey to net zero.
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