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Before his election in June 2001 he was the European and International Affairs Adviser to the SNP Group in the Scottish Parliament. During his first parliamentary session, Robertson was Scotland's youngest MP and was rated Scotland's "hardest working MP" according to statistics from the House of Commons. He is the SNP's spokesman on Defence and International Relations, and is well above average amongst MPs in his contributions to Parliament. He has consistently been amongst the 30 MPs who claim the most expenses, mainly due to high travel expenses. Robertson provided Swiss Senator Dick Marty a report containing what he calls 'a detailed report of numerous suspect movements of aircraft transiting through Scotland. Robertson's main political interests are Scottish independence, international and European affairs, defence, whisky, oil, fishing, sustainable development and youth issues. In May 2007, he became SNP Leader in the House of Commons, following Alex Salmond's election as First Minister of Scotland.
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