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HANSARDPublic ServicesDoes my hon. Friend share my frustration that Glasgow’s plans for a DCR have been in place for three years now? The Home Office has not even bothered to come to Glasgow to see why…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesThe hon. Lady, as so often, misses the point. We want control over all the levers of our economy, and all the powers that we can have, because we want our country to be…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI agree with the hon. Gentleman on that. The way in which entrepreneurs and highly skilled migrants have been treated by the Home Office has been despicable. I have had people at…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI very much agree with that. A lot more needs to be done to ensure that people who have been victims do not end up being blamed for having been trafficked into the country or for…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesWe doubt whether many of the Bills in the Queen’s Speech will make it. There was an article in The Times yesterday—I do not know if the right hon. Gentleman saw it—that did not…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. There is also great unfairness with spousal and family visas, due to the minimum income threshold. I am aware of constituents who have had…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI very much agree with the hon. Gentleman on that notion. It is interesting to look at how other European countries treat people. Other countries can be colder than or as cold as…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI agree with my hon. Friend that there is a lot to be learned from that. We should be in the business of closing prisons down, not building more. We should look at the reasons…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesIt is interesting to follow the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May). I extend my sympathies to her constituent who was killed by a dangerous driver. The Queen’s Speech…16 Oct 2019HANSARDPublic ServicesI have a long speech to get through; I will see if I can get the hon. Lady in later. I recently joined the police in my constituency for the Give a Day to Policing initiative. It…16 Oct 2019HANSARD Racism in FootballI commend the England team and their manager for their dignity last night. Sadly, racism is still too much of a feature in football, both at club and at international levels. The…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Imprisonment of Catalan LeadersI have worn yellow pretty consistently in this Chamber for the past two years, not just because I like the colour—it is the colour of my party—but in solidarity with the people of…15 Oct 2019HANSARD Baby Loss Awareness WeekMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, and I commend her bravery in speaking up on this again; I know how hard that is for her. Does she agree with me that there needs to…08 Oct 2019HANSARDUS Tariffs: Scotch WhiskyAs well as having Edrington headquartered in my constituency, I have the Glasgow Clydeside distillery, which opened in 2017, and Douglas Laing & Co, whose plans for the Clutha…07 Oct 2019HANSARDCAPITAL REQUIREMENTS (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2019It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Bailey. I very much agree with what the hon. Member for Stalybridge and Hyde said; the SNP shares the official Opposition’s suspicions…07 Oct 2019HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeI thank the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq) for continuing to pursue this case on behalf of her constituent. I also want to say to Richard and Nazanin that…07 Oct 2019HANSARDLiving Standards4. What recent assessment he has made of the effect of his fiscal policies on living standards.01 Oct 2019HANSARD YemenI was glad to see that the International Committee of the Red Cross had facilitated the release of 290 detainees yesterday. They are among many people in Yemen who have been…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Deaths of Homeless PeopleEvery death of a homeless person is a preventable tragedy. Although housing is a devolved matter, in many ways the policies that are causing those deaths are reserved to…01 Oct 2019HANSARDLiving StandardsWe on the SNP Benches welcome the Chancellor’s announcement on his pretendy living wage, because we have been calling for it for four years, but his promises still fall 5p short…01 Oct 2019