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HANSARD Sunscreen Products: VATI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of VAT on sunscreen products. We should be united across this House in our efforts to beat cancer, and that means all…09 Feb 2023HANSARD Sunscreen Products: VATDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that, despite people believing they do not need to wear sunscreen in Scotland, Northern Ireland and other places across the UK, it is essential that…09 Feb 2023HANSARD Sunscreen Products: VATYou’ve got a wee bit.09 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsDoes my hon. Friend agree that Conservative Members may jeer from a sedentary position, but they have the poverty of people right across Scotland on their hands?06 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsFurther to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow East (David Linden), it would be interesting to know how many people working in that jobcentre are having to…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsI thank my hon. Friend for making that excellent point. On Friday, in my constituency, I met representatives of Pensioners for Independence, who cannot not understand why the UK…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsMy very good friend has made an excellent point. There is no limit on the Scottish child payment, whereas this Government have imposed an abhorrent two-child cap. Pensioners have…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Social Security and PensionsIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North Swindon (Justin Tomlinson). Let me begin by saying that 1.7 million people in Scotland are turning down or turning off their…06 Feb 2023HANSARDStrikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillJust one more time, for the record, will my hon. Friend confirm which party prevented employment law from being devolved to Scotland?30 Jan 2023HANSARDNeonatal Care (Leave and Pay) BillMy hon. Friend makes a very powerful point. The Bill will introduce two new rights: neonatal care leave and statutory neonatal care pay. Neonatal leave will be a day 1 right,…20 Jan 2023HANSARDNeonatal Care (Leave and Pay) BillI congratulate my hon. Friend—indeed, my very good friend and constituency neighbour—the Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (Stuart C. McDonald) on bringing…20 Jan 2023HANSARDJagtar Singh JohalI am going to ask the same question as my hon. Friend the Member for West Dunbartonshire (Martin Docherty-Hughes): will the Minister confirm on the Floor of the House that Jagtar…19 Jan 2023HANSARDJagtar Singh JohalThe hon. Member has missed the point of this debate entirely. What we are debating today is not what Jaggi has been charged with. We are debating getting him home now, and that…19 Jan 2023HANSARDScotland Act 1998: Section 35 PowerEnacting section 35 is disgraceful and unprecedented, and doing so brings the risk of this political tactic being used again. Does the Secretary of State envision section 35 being…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerDoes the hon. Gentleman not recall that the debate in the Scottish Parliament went on until those hours and votes occurred at those hours because of his stalling?17 Jan 2023HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I seek your advice on what options are open to correct the record after the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Jonathan Gullis), who is no…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Billrose—16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillWill the Secretary of State give way?16 Jan 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI thank the Secretary of State for acknowledging my presence in the Chamber after so many attempts to intervene. Will he now pass comment on the fact that life-and-limb cover…16 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsRecent figures from the Department for Work and Pensions, acquired from an answer to a written question from my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens),…05 Dec 2022