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Defining moment of life As a cabinet minister he also piloted the Scotland Act which saw tax-varying powers transferred from Westminster to Holyrood.

By the time of the general election and with dire poll predictions, the year-old father of two says he was resigned to losing his seat in a vote that saw the SNP win all but three of the 59 Scottish constituencies. Asked about the financial track record of the coalition government, Moore points to the creation in of the Green Investment Bank, set up to address market failure in providing funding for renewable energy projects and which helped to provide essential finance for a number of offshore wind projects before being spun off to the private sector in Moore adds that the global move towards net zero CO2 emissions means that there will be a continuing role for government to finance large infrastructure projects, whether through green bonds — as recently announced by the Chancellor — or other vehicles.

Asked whether he would consider a return to politics, Moore is adamant that his days as an elected politician came to an end in During his time as a Liberal Democrat MP, Moore served as Secretary of State for Scotland , was European business adviser to the deputy prime minister Nick Clegg from , and was briefly a member of the Smith Commission on the future of Scottish devolution in Hobbies: Watching rugby, hill-walking, cinema. To contact the author of this story with feedback or news, email Mark Latham.

By Mark Latham. Following the general election, and the formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, the cabinet post of Scottish Secretary was given to the Liberal Democrats, initially Danny Alexander.

After entering office, Moore oversaw the implementation of the Scotland Act , which granted further devolution to Scotland. He was removed from the post in a Cabinet reshuffle in October In he was elected to the internal position of Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats and re-elected to the role in Moore resigned from that position on 20 September citing the pressures of an increased workload following his elevation to Secretary of State for Scotland following the general election.

Following the general election and the coalition government formed between the Conservative party and the Liberal Democrats, Moore was appointed Secretary of State for Scotland on 29 May , a move that followed the promotion of fellow Scottish MP Danny Alexander to Chief Secretary to the Treasury. In September when compiling their list of the 50 most influential Liberal Democrats Moore was named by the Daily Telegraph as the 13th most influential.

He also provided backing for the upkeep of RAF bases in Kinloss and Lossiemouth which it was estimated were worth jobs to the Moray economy after campaigners had feared that the bases may be closed as a result of the budget cuts. He joined other cabinet ministers on the committee who had also agreed their own budgets and would help deliberate over the budgets of departments prior to the spending review announcement.

The review contained disappointing news for RAF Kinloss as it was announced that government orders for Nimrod MRA4 surveillance aircraft would be cancelled.

The cancellation of the project meant that the base would need to close with the future of RAF Lossiemouth also becoming uncertain with Michael Moore saying that the decision on its future still needed to be decided.

For Scotland this meant a budget cut of 4. On 30 November Moore announced plans for the Scottish Parliament to receive new tax and borrowing powers. The proposals, outlined in the Scotland Bill were based on the recommendations of the Calman Commission which looked at how to improve devolution in Scotland.

In addition to tax and borrowing, the Scotland Bill announced measures to transfer areas such as setting the drink drive limit and national speed limits in Scotland. Moore was elected on two occasions and to serve as Member of Parliament MP for the constituency of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, and was returned on two earlier occasions and as MP for the previous constituency of Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale.