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HANSARDSocial Mobility: Treasury ReformI agree that there are great examples of businesses right across Scotland—I could stand here all day talking about them. It is good that Standard Life Aberdeen is doing that and…11 Jun 2019HANSARDSocial Mobility: Treasury ReformThe Minister is quite wrong in what he says; I ask him to correct the record, or at least to show his working. For the first time, more than 30% of pupils left school last year…11 Jun 2019HANSARDSocial Mobility: Treasury ReformThe right hon. Lady is making a compelling point on longer budgets. Does she agree that short-term budgets cause huge uncertainty for the responsibilities of devolved…11 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker. My constituent, Eryaar Popalzai, came to the UK from Afghanistan at the age of 14 some five years ago, as an unaccompanied minor asylum seeker. Since his…10 Jun 2019HANSARD Grenfell: Government ResponseThank you, Mr Speaker, for hosting Grenfell United in Speaker’s House this afternoon. It gave us all a very good opportunity to listen to the testimonies of those affected by this…10 Jun 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Leader of the House’s predecessor was a keen supporter of breastfeeding, so I am sure he will be keen to congratulate all volunteers in Volunteers’ Week and all those in…06 Jun 2019HANSARDMortgage PrisonersI thank the hon. Member for Stirling (Stephen Kerr) for setting out the situation that so many people face, with no recourse in the system. One of the first cases that I took on…06 Jun 2019HANSARDGrenfell Tower FireI thank all hon. Members who have contributed to this debate. Few of us here will ever forget the awful scenes of summer 2017. I pay tribute to all the families who lost loved…06 Jun 2019HANSARDWomen's EqualityThe Women Deliver conference heard this week from Sawsan Al Refai, a Yemeni development researcher and activist, who said: “It is important for Yemeni women to be at the table,…06 Jun 2019HANSARDGrenfell Tower FireI absolutely agree, and I thank my hon. and learned Friend for what she says. The solidarity across the UK and across the world has been moving. Again, it is a fight that should…06 Jun 2019HANSARDThe Cornish PeopleThank you, Mr Speaker, for your indulgence. Protection of the Cornish language is important, but there is no right, as there is for the Welsh, to write to the UK Government in…05 Jun 2019HANSARDThe Cornish Peoplerose—05 Jun 2019HANSARDInvisible Disabilities and Accessibility ChallengesMy hon. Friend is making an excellent point about PIP assessments. Epilepsy Scotland says that 77% of those who appealed when they lost out on their PIP won on appeal. The DWP…05 Jun 2019HANSARDNnamani family, GlasgowFurther to my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens), I rise in support of Mary Nnamani and her children. I pay tribute to the parishioners of Our Lady and…05 Jun 2019HANSARDEU Parliament Elections: Denial of VotesFirst, I would like to thank David Miller and his team at Glasgow City Council for doing their very best in the circumstances this shambolic Government have thrown at them. Those…04 Jun 2019HANSARDNational Minimum Wage Naming SchemeIt is all well and fine for the Minister to say that some under-25s are paid more than they are legally entitled to receive, but that gives no reassurance to those who are not.…04 Jun 2019HANSARDDraft Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019It certainly would not start from here. The Brexiteers have started with no plan, nothing written down, no objectives, and no sense of where they want to arrive at, without even…22 May 2019HANSARDDraft Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Robertson, and a pleasure to be speaking third—I have been able to catch my breath, having come up from Westminster Hall. I share the…22 May 2019HANSARDDraft Financial Services (Miscellaneous) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019The Minister says that it will need “urgent work”. When will that “urgent work” be done?22 May 2019HANSARDSerious ViolenceMy hon. Friend has made excellent points about the statistics on hospital admissions and hospital visits. Does he agree that the Navigator part of the violence reduction unit’s…15 May 2019