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HANSARD Sikhs: Contribution to the UKI am glad to have the hon. Gentleman’s support; it is important that we stand together on these issues as much as we can. I have received representations from the gurdwaras in my…30 Apr 2019HANSARD Overseas Students: English Language TestsOne of my constituents, who had been in the UK since 2005, was detained in Dungavel for 10 days because the Home Office claimed she had overstayed and had used deception in her…30 Apr 2019HANSARD Social Media and Healthrose—30 Apr 2019HANSARD Social Media and HealthThank you, Mr Speaker. My tactic of wearing a dress so big I can hide a colleague behind it is working. Will the Secretary of State look at the harm that celebrity endorsements on…30 Apr 2019HANSARD Sikhs: Contribution to the UKIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Edward. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Feltham and Heston (Seema Malhotra) for her work in establishing National Sikh Awareness…30 Apr 2019HANSARD Saudi Arabia: Mass ExecutionsHuman rights abuses, executions, airstrikes in Yemen killing 100 in March alone, including 19 children—if the Saudis continue to fail to listen to the Minister’s pleading, why…24 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker. Street & Arrow is a social enterprise street food project and is part of Scotland’s violence reduction unit. It hires people with convictions for 12 months,…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Climate Change PolicyI asked the Minister earlier what she would do to incentivise all renewables, and I got a very narrow answer, so let me try again. Small-scale renewables such as solar panels have…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Sri LankaI should like to put on record my condolences to all those affected by this awful attack. In the practical sense of supporting the Sri Lankan diaspora in the UK, what…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Climate Action and Extinction RebellionThe Minister is keen to trumpet the fact that the UK went 90 hours and 45 minutes without coal power, but the reality is that her Government are not making nearly enough of our…23 Apr 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal: Protection of Human Rights4. What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the protection of human rights in the UK.11 Apr 2019HANSARDRetail CrimeI cannot say that my constituency is as large as that of the hon. Member for Clwyd South (Susan Elan Jones), but it is small and perfectly formed, and very beautiful too. I am…11 Apr 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal: Protection of Human RightsThe Scottish Government set out three principles for human rights protections after Brexit—non-regression from current EU rights, keeping pace with future EU rights developments,…11 Apr 2019HANSARDRetail CrimeI am glad the Minister has moved on to the impact of drugs. Many retailers in Glasgow tell me that they have people coming in to inject in their toilets or at the back of their…11 Apr 2019HANSARDDevolution of WelfareThe hon. Gentleman has been making great play of the fact that he has the border near his constituency. Why does he believe that women south of that border do not deserve to be…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Jallianwala Bagh MassacreIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Hanson. I thank the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) for securing this afternoon’s debate. He set out the background very…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Jallianwala Bagh MassacreI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. As elected Members of this Parliament, if we allow notions of empire to go unchecked and unchallenged, we fail to acknowledge the pain of…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingThe Scottish Government’s house building record has been excellent. We have a target to build 50,000 new homes during this term of the Scottish Parliament, and houses are being…09 Apr 2019HANSARDWorking-age BenefitsThat entirely misses the point. Research by the Resolution Foundation published last week confirms that the value of child benefit is at a record low, 40 years after it was…09 Apr 2019HANSARDWorking-age Benefits4. If he will end the freeze on working-age benefits.09 Apr 2019