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HANSARDCost of Energy: DalmarnockI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and for all the work she has done to highlight the issues facing people on prepayment meters. That is an absolutely brutal way to go…24 Oct 2023HANSARDCost of Energy: DalmarnockFor those unfamiliar with the Dalmarnock neighbourhood in my constituency, it is located in the east end of Glasgow, between the River Clyde and Celtic Park. People there are…24 Oct 2023HANSARDGaza: Al-Ahli Arab Hospital ExplosionI have had many hundreds of emails over the past few days from constituents who are deeply distressed at the ongoing loss of human life in the middle east. I have been moved by…18 Oct 2023HANSARD Resettlement of AfghansSabir Zazai, the chief executive of the Scottish Refugee Council, has said: “For every Afghan person who arrived in the UK on a resettlement scheme in the year ending March 2023,…19 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituent Lee Haywood is on a communal heat network, and he and his neighbours saw their price per kWh double last winter. What protection can the Minister give as we come…19 Sept 2023HANSARD West Coast Main Line FranchiseAvanti manufacturing director, Andy Mellors, told the Transport Committee that Avanti would be cutting staff at Glasgow Central station by more than a third and closing its ticket…19 Sept 2023HANSARDRefugee and Asylum Seeker AccommodationOpenDemocracy recently revealed the extent of self-harm and suicide in immigration removal centres—in particular, Harmondsworth and Colnbrook, where 24 self-harm incidents…18 Sept 2023HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. At 12 noon tomorrow, we will see the publication of the long-awaited Brook House inquiry, and I wondered whether the Home Office had…18 Sept 2023HANSARDDrugs Policy: ScotlandI am glad to hear what the drugs Minister says. The Home Affairs Committee’s report on drugs highlighted good practice in Scotland, in particular with the naloxone roll-out and…18 Sept 2023HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI am glad to follow the right hon. Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox), and I agree entirely with what he said. Many people in this House have for some time been calling for the…13 Sept 2023HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI strongly very much with what the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill) said. Let us just agree with the Lords. Let us get on with this. Let us do this…13 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have a number of constituents whose asylum appeals were allowed by courts and tribunals service, but have now been thrust into limbo while the case goes back to the Home Office…12 Sept 2023HANSARD Dangerous DrugsThat is not how the market works. We have had the Misuse of Drugs Act for 50 years and it has not stopped anybody from taking heroin, cocaine or anything else. Those drugs are…12 Sept 2023HANSARD Dangerous DrugsThat is a legitimate question and a legitimate risk, but I do not see it in the Government’s impact assessment. There is also nothing about the preventive actions that the ACMD…12 Sept 2023HANSARD Dangerous DrugsIt is pretty unusual that I come to a debate entitled “Dangerous Drugs” where I have direct experience of having taken some of those dangerous drugs, because I live a very quiet…12 Sept 2023HANSARD Ahmadi Muslims: PakistanAs I was saying, this very disturbing aspect of the Pakistani constitution has consequences in the real world. In 2016, Asad Shah was murdered in the neighbouring constituency to…06 Sept 2023HANSARD Ahmadi Muslims: PakistanFirst, I pay tribute to the Ahmadiyya community in my Glasgow Central constituency. They have always been incredibly welcoming to me, my colleagues and their neighbours and…06 Sept 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration UpdateThe Minister comes here again with another statement, but the problem is not the boats; it is the backlogs. He comes here fiddling figures with legacy backlogs, but the flow…05 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. I recently conducted an energy survey in Dalmarnock, which brought heartbreaking stories of pensioners going to bed early to save money on their energy and many households…05 Sept 2023HANSARDBrexit: Economic ImpactAdam Posen, a former member of the Monetary Policy Committee, has described Brexit as a “trade war by the UK on itself”. This unnecessary trade war has had a real impact on small…05 Sept 2023