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HANSARD High-income Child Benefit ChargeIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the chair, Mr Hollobone. I thank the hon. Member for South Thanet (Craig Mackinlay) for bringing this debate on an important issue that…03 Sept 2019HANSARD High-income Child Benefit ChargeWill the Minister give way?03 Sept 2019HANSARDKashmir23. What diplomatic steps he is taking to secure peace in Kashmir; and if he will make a statement.03 Sept 2019HANSARD TOEIC: Overseas StudentsI pay tribute to the right hon. Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms) for his work on the APPG on TOEIC, which has exposed so much of what has happened. Many people, including some…24 Jul 2019HANSARDCeasefire in YemenI pay tribute to the chair of the all-party group on Yemen, the right hon. Member for Leicester East (Keith Vaz), who has done so much to bring the cause of Yemen to this House,…24 Jul 2019HANSARDDrug Consumption Room (Glasgow)5. What recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the potential merits of establishing a medically supervised drug consumption room in Glasgow.24 Jul 2019HANSARDDrug Consumption Room (Glasgow)I am glad that the Home Secretary is finally going to meet the Scottish Government on this. When NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde published its proposals for a supervised drug…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Water Safety and Life-saving EquipmentI thank Mr Speaker for granting me this debate and allowing me to highlight an issue that has been prominent in my constituency and those of many other Members who have come along…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Water Safety and Life-saving EquipmentI absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman’s point, and I sympathise with those being affected by the issue in his constituency. It is a widespread occurrence, and it seems to be…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Water Safety and Life-saving EquipmentI agree with that, and I think there is a lot more to be said for co-ordination of action and for making sure that more happens and there is not a piecemeal approach to water…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Water Safety and Life-saving EquipmentI sympathise with the families of those who have lost loved ones in the York area. The circumstances that the hon. Lady describes sound absolutely awful. I agree that more needs…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Water Safety and Life-saving EquipmentYes, I agree. We need to think about all watercourses. People do not need very much water to drown in, so we must be mindful of all the risks out there. The issue of removal of…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Water Safety and Life-saving EquipmentI agree. There is always something to be said for charity fundraising and resources of that kind being raised, but, as hon. Members mentioned earlier, we cannot rely on that. More…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Water Safety and Life-saving EquipmentI have noted in my research and by speaking to campaigners with expertise, such as George Parsonage, that this is, sadly, all too common in many communities. Will the UK…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Water Safety and Life-saving EquipmentI am lobbying in all directions on this, the Minister can be assured of that. The issue seems to me to be that current provision is not providing enough of a deterrent and this is…24 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe prevention Green Paper talks about the risk of an opioid epidemic. In Scotland, we feel that that is already here, with 1,187 deaths in Scotland last year, 394 of them in…23 Jul 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingThere is a letter in the post to the Minister about this case, but I do not know whether he will be there to receive it, so I thought that I would ask about it here. My…23 Jul 2019HANSARDHomelessnessHome Office contractor Serco is intent on making 300 vulnerable asylum seekers homeless in Glasgow. Some have been able to get interim interdicts through the efforts of the Govan…22 Jul 2019HANSARDHomelessnessA lot of this is not actually a devolved matter, because it is to do with the Government’s hostile environment, which will make it incredibly difficult for these 300 individuals,…22 Jul 2019HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Have you been given any indication that any statutory instrument may be brought forward to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971? I believe that a…22 Jul 2019