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HANSARDNo Deal: NHSOver 100 third-sector organisations are supporting my private Member’s Bill calling for an independent evaluation of the effect of Brexit in the health and social care sector.…27 Jun 2019HANSARDCo-operative and Mutual BusinessesI add my thanks to the hon. Members for Harrow West (Gareth Thomas) and for Wycombe (Mr Baker) for securing this debate. We have heard many times already from Members right across…27 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsGiven the increased likelihood that the next Prime Minister will be determined to leave the European Union at the end of October, deal or no deal, will the Secretary of State…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe dwindling ranks of the Conservative party membership will soon elect a Prime Minister with no public mandate to lead a Government without a majority to try to enforce a policy…23 May 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Performing ArtsThe chief executive of the Edinburgh fringe has expressed serious concern about the cost and complexity of artists coming to Edinburgh, and fears they will go elsewhere. Does the…23 May 2019HANSARD Billy McNeill MBEI will make a bit of progress and come back to my hon. Friend. Billy McNeill was a one-club man, and that club was Celtic, for whom he played a remarkable 822 times between 1957…20 May 2019HANSARD Billy McNeill MBEI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. I will touch on the way in which Billy McNeill brought communities together.20 May 2019HANSARD Billy McNeill MBEMy hon. Friend is absolutely correct. I will come on to the nature of the team that won the European cup in 1967 and how close-knit they were, and how they represented their…20 May 2019HANSARD Billy McNeill MBEThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely correct. I will come later to that golden era of Scottish football. Understandably and probably rightly, Celtic pick up the credit and the…20 May 2019HANSARD Billy McNeill MBEMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. For me, growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, Billy McNeill was that iconic figure. He was what little boys like me aspired to become, but sadly…20 May 2019HANSARD Billy McNeill MBEAnd the hon. Gentleman had been doing so well! However, he is right to say that, particularly in that centenary season, there was an aura. There was something that we knew. The…20 May 2019HANSARD Billy McNeill MBEI will leave Lanarkshire to decide which part is which. Billy McNeill attended Our Lady’s High School in Motherwell and gained highers in English, Maths and Spanish and could…20 May 2019HANSARD Billy McNeill MBEHow different the course of history could have been had great-uncle Charlie managed to woo Nellie! On behalf of Celtic fans everywhere, I am very glad that he did not.20 May 2019HANSARD Billy McNeill MBEThe Lanarkshire connection continues; I give way to my hon. Friend.20 May 2019HANSARD Billy McNeill MBEI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I remember Willie Garner signing for Celtic in the late 1970s. As we said earlier, the late 1960s were undoubtedly the golden era of…20 May 2019HANSARD Billy McNeill MBEI thank my hon. Friend for that excellent point. We were all surprised and delighted that Athletic Bilbao recognised Billy McNeill’s achievement in that way. It is of course…20 May 2019HANSARD Billy McNeill MBEMy hon. Friend downplays the fact that his dad was a hugely accomplished professional footballer for Greenock Morton. As I said earlier, my dad was present at Hampden in 1965 to…20 May 2019HANSARD Billy McNeill MBEYes, absolutely. It makes the hairs on your neck stand up on those big European nights under the floodlights at Celtic Park. It will hopefully inspire a whole new generation of…20 May 2019HANSARD Billy McNeill MBEI thank the hon. Gentleman for that contribution. It shows that every one of us in Scotland seems to have just one, two or three degrees of separation; it is often said that it is…20 May 2019HANSARD Billy McNeill MBEI will. It would not be an Adjournment debate if the hon. Gentleman did not intervene.20 May 2019