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HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I tabled two named day questions on 9 January, but the Home Office is yet to respond, and I hope that you can help me in seeking a…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemMy constituent Naseer Afridi is one of many highly skilled migrants who have been put into debt and bankrupted as a result of this Government’s attitude to migrants in paragraph…24 Feb 2020HANSARD Leaseholders and CladdingIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Davies. I congratulate you on your expert chairing of the debate, which has allowed many Members to have their say. I will try to…12 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandI am glad to follow the hon. Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Andrew Bowie), because he makes some interesting points. Although we disagree on how these issues might…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandI am just finishing up. If Members on the Tory Benches are telling me that they know better than the experience of my constituents at my surgeries every week, they are wrong. If…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandThe hon. Member moved his head. Perhaps he was not shaking it. He certainly did not look like he was taking on the points that I raised. The point is that not all constituencies…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandMy hon. Friend is absolutely right on that. In many ways, his constituency could not be any more different from mine, but the needs are not being catered for by the Home Office in…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandThe hon. Gentleman is correct about that. As a member of the all-party group on hospitality, I agree very much that that sector needs to have people coming in here to do those…11 Feb 2020HANSARDTransport InfrastructureThe Scottish environmental journalist Rob Edwards has warned since 1995 about the munitions dumps by the Ministry of Defence in Beaufort’s Dyke, the deepest point in the north…11 Feb 2020HANSARDEU Single Market Access: Manufacturing and the EconomyThe Chancellor puts forward a ridiculous prospect of the choices facing this country, because Brexit is the real and present danger for the economy. Just-in-time manufacturing is…11 Feb 2020HANSARDEU Single Market Access: Manufacturing and the EconomyFigures released this morning by the Office for National Statistics show that GDP was flat in quarter four, growth is at one of its slowest rates since the financial crisis, the…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Deportation Flight to JamaicaAs the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on immigration detention, I am deeply concerned by some of the implications of this flight. The Minister did not answer the…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Windrush Compensation Scheme (Expenditure) BillMy hon. Friend has laid out issues with the scheme as it stands and improvements that could be made. There are still ongoing cases with the Home Office where people such as highly…10 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Glasgow has had plans for a medically supervised drug consumption room since 2016, and the evidence worldwide points to the efficacy of such rooms, so when the UK Government…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Lobby and Media Briefings: Journalists' AccessThe Scotsman journalist Paris Gourtsoyannis tweeted that Downing Street did not tell Scottish or regional journalists about the briefing. Can the Minister tell me why she does not…04 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.04 Feb 2020HANSARDUniversal Credit: Delayed Roll-OutMy constituent, a mature student with a wife and child, claimed UC and provided all the information that was required. The DWP later announced that it had made an error and asked…04 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday the World Health Organisation evacuated 30 patients from Yemen who needed urgent medical treatment, including several children, but those are very much the lucky…04 Feb 2020HANSARD Lloyds, HBOS and the Cranston ReviewIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake) for his diligence and for his role in…04 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn a point of order, Mr Speaker.27 Jan 2020