Protecting oil and gas jobs is key for energy security

In government, this party championed North Sea oil and gas, securing 200,000 jobs, 200,000 jobs, not just in Scotland but right across this country, in every constituency, including my own, rural Dumfries and Galloway. 

The Prime Minister talks about us having Putin's boot on our throat. 

Surely pulling the plug on the North Sea oil and gas industry, as he is doing, delivers us into the hands of Putin and makes our energy security less viable.

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