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HANSARDBelarus: Interception of AircraftI warmly congratulate the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee on bringing this urgent issue to the House, and I warmly welcome the Foreign Secretary’s announcements about the…24 May 2021HANSARDAffordable and Safe Housing for AllIt is a pleasure to contribute to this debate on the Gracious Speech. Ensuring affordable housing for all really is a case of a tale of two Governments. It is not a competition—I…18 May 2021HANSARD Violence in Israel and PalestineI congratulate the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran) on bringing this very urgent issue to the House. The SNP condemns all violence, whoever perpetrates it…12 May 2021HANSARDEthiopia: Human RightsI think there will be considerable unanimity, frankly, and concern across the House about the situation in Tigray. It is also a test for the UK Government’s integrated diplomacy…20 Apr 2021HANSARD AfghanistanThere are no easy answers in Afghanistan and I pay tribute to the service of personnel who have worked so hard to bring peace to the country. I reiterate the SNP’s strong support…20 Apr 2021HANSARD Arms Trade: YemenIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I hope that, since my election to this place, I have demonstrated, particularly in foreign affairs, that where I agree…20 Apr 2021HANSARDUK Exports: Germany, Italy and IrelandI appreciate that those on the Government Benches prefer breathless rhetoric to harsh reality, but the statistics to which the Minister refers are really quite clear for rural…15 Apr 2021HANSARDUK Exports: Germany, Italy and IrelandWhat recent estimate her Department has made of the value of UK exports to (a) Germany, (b) Italy and (c) Ireland in 2021.15 Apr 2021HANSARD Chinese Government Sanctions on UK CitizensAs Members have said, the sanctions fit into a wider pattern of action that Beijing has been taking forward across the European continent and the US, reaching beyond politics and…13 Apr 2021HANSARD Levelling UpCan the Minister tell us how much less money will come to Scotland under this scheme than we would have received under the EU funding scheme? If he will not commit to sending this…16 Mar 2021HANSARDCommonwealth Day 2021It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. It is also a pleasure to contribute to this debate and to follow a number of interesting contributions from various…16 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Electoral ReformsI do feel for the Minister in this discussion, and in the further ones we will have about Hong Kong. I will do my best to be constructive. We are agreed across the House that Hong…10 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsAnthony Jones, a ferociously bright student at Stirling University, was looking to do a master’s degree in Amsterdam. Pre- Brexit, the course fees were £2,168. Post Brexit, the…10 Mar 2021HANSARD LGBT Conversion TherapyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray, and I can be brief. I called for this debate back in September and am glad to see it tonight. I am also glad to see so…08 Mar 2021HANSARD Counter-Daesh UpdateI, too, thank the Foreign Secretary for advance sight of his statement. I stress that the Scottish National party stands four-square alongside the military action against Daesh…04 Mar 2021HANSARDWinter Olympic and Paralympic Games: Team GB BoycottThe malfeasance of the Chinese Government in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong is well documented, and my party supports the offer that has been made to the 5 million Hong Kong…02 Mar 2021HANSARDIntegrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign PolicyThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I appreciate the opportunity to speak. This is a curious debate, in that the integrated review is a bit like the Loch Ness monster: it is oft…09 Feb 2021HANSARDYemenThe Scottish National party is in fundamental and deep disagreement with the UK Government position on Yemen. It is impossible to pretend to be the humanitarian honest broker on…08 Feb 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsThe plight of the Uyghurs is a well-trodden path within the House, and evidence of the dreadful situation just keeps mounting. I really commend the hon. Member for Wealden (Ms…04 Feb 2021HANSARDSupport for University Students: Covid-19I declare an interest, as vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary university group. Students have had a dreadful time throughout this pandemic, and they have had it from all…03 Feb 2021