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HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillYes. I have remarked in Committee, as the Minister will well remember, on the number of occasions when he agrees with himself, but not as a Minister. It is a curious situation and…24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am glad to rise on this auspicious day to discuss this auspicious Bill. Today is auspicious not just because we have this Bill back in the House today, but because it is my…24 Jan 2023HANSARDUnaccompanied Asylum-seeking ChildrenIt is completely unacceptable that vulnerable young people who need care and support continue to vanish under the Home Office’s watch. The Children’s Commissioner for England made…24 Jan 2023HANSARDImpact of Brexit: RecruitmentIt is undeniable that EU-trained medics and social care staff face extra bureaucracy and higher costs as a direct result of Brexit, making working and staying in the UK a much…24 Jan 2023HANSARDImpact of Brexit: Recruitment9. What recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK’s departure from the EU on recruitment in the health and social care sector.24 Jan 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI made the point earlier about my name appearing in three places on the register, with three different addresses where I have lived at different points of my life. How will…24 Jan 2023HANSARDScotland Act 1998: Section 35 PowerI have been contacted by Mackenzie, an inspirational woman I met recently in my constituency. She says: “I did not choose to be trans. I did not choose to have my rights taken…17 Jan 2023HANSARDPolice Conduct and David CarrickI thank the Home Secretary for her statement and I put on record the SNP’s tribute to the victims in this case for their bravery in the face of ongoing trauma. The charges that…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the right of the Scottish Parliament to legislate and to oppose the Government’s attempts to override the democratic wishes of…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Industrial ActionTeaching staff at my daughter’s school are on strike today and staff at my son’s school are on strike tomorrow, and I fully support their right to do so. We all know the Scottish…10 Jan 2023HANSARDWindrush Lessons Learned Review: Implementation of RecommendationsWhitehall sources have been quoted in The Guardian as saying: “The Williams review is not set in stone”. It would be a betrayal of that review and of those affected if there is to…10 Jan 2023HANSARD Non-domestic Energy SupportThe Minister seems to be missing the point. Many businesses I speak to are now locked into impossibly expensive contracts. They have no choice. That is not just the cost per unit…09 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAsylum seekers, who are at the very sharpest end of the cost of living crisis, have seen only a 13p increase in asylum support payments. Will the Chancellor uprate that? It should…20 Dec 2022HANSARDAsylum BacklogMy casework in Glasgow Central speaks to the fundamentally broken asylum system, and a failing immigration system more widely, as other types of applications are regularly delayed…19 Dec 2022HANSARD Migration and Economic DevelopmentThis is a dark day indeed with this judgment, particularly when the Home Secretary comes to the House to imply that having morals is fanciful. Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council…19 Dec 2022HANSARDAsylum BacklogLocal authorities in Scotland are reticent to take more because they know that the UK Government are not funding asylum seeker provision properly, and that pressed budgets due to…19 Dec 2022HANSARDAsylum Seeker Employment and the Cost of LivingIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Davies. I thank the hon. Member for Bury South (Christian Wakeford) for securing this debate and being honest and courageous enough to…14 Dec 2022HANSARD Asylum Seekers (Removal to Safe Countries)At this time—in this moment when four people have died and 40 have been rescued in the channel—the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Jonathan Gullis) has chosen to introduce…14 Dec 2022HANSARD Cost of FoodI am glad that the Minister is monitoring food prices, but does he monitor the cost of infant formula? The all-party parliamentary group on infant feeding and inequalities has…14 Dec 2022HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelI first thank and pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (Stuart C. McDonald) who so ably fulfilled this role before me. I and my…14 Dec 2022