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HANSARDDetained British Nationals AbroadI, too, wish to thank the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for securing this debate. It is heartening to see that finally, the plight of…05 Dec 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget: Discussions with Scottish GovernmentI am sure that pensioners in the Secretary of State’s constituency are as relieved as those in Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber that the Scottish Government’s Budget will introduce…04 Dec 2024HANSARDGeorgiaI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (Stephen Gethins) on securing this urgent question. Last week the European Parliament called for a re-run…03 Dec 2024HANSARD UK Supply Chains: Uyghur Forced LabourFurther to the question from the right hon. Member for Staffordshire Moorlands (Dame Karen Bradley), the US State Department has reported that products from clothing to…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ7. We in the Scottish National party also welcome the ceasefire in Lebanon. Now that arrest warrants have been issued for his allies—Netanyahu and Gallant—the Prime Minister’s…27 Nov 2024HANSARDPoint of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. At Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office questions on 28 October, the hon. Member for West Suffolk (Nick Timothy) asked the…26 Nov 2024HANSARDRelease of Alaa Abd el-FattahThe all-party parliamentary group on arbitrary detention and hostage affairs has been hearing evidence from UK nationals who are being, or have been, detained. We were privileged…26 Nov 2024HANSARD Jailing of Hong Kong Pro-democracy ActivistsLast month, the Foreign Secretary told the House that he had made the release of Jimmy Lai his priority, yet the official Downing Street read-out of the Prime Minister’s meeting…19 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ10. I was in South Lochaber at the weekend, speaking to pensioners who still cannot understand why the Prime Minister chose to take away their winter fuel payment. One of them…13 Nov 2024HANSARDPensioner Poverty12. What steps her Department is taking to help reduce levels of pensioner poverty.11 Nov 2024HANSARDPensioner PovertyThese are extremely worrying times for millions of pensioners who simply cannot fathom why one of the first acts of this new Labour Government was to remove their winter fuel…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Ministerial Code: Policy AnnouncementsThose of us who have been in this place for some time will remember the outraged indignation of the now Government, when they were in opposition, every time the now Opposition…29 Oct 2024HANSARD Israel: UNRWA BanThe Knesset’s decision to brand UNRWA a terror group was very well signposted, so the question now is: what leverage are the Government prepared to use to prevent this decision…29 Oct 2024HANSARD China: Human Rights and SanctionsOf course we were all pleased to hear both the Foreign Secretary and the Prime Minister describe the release of Jimmy Lai as a priority. In the Foreign Secretary’s meeting with…28 Oct 2024HANSARD Middle EastAfter a weekend of relentless Israeli attacks on a besieged population in northern Gaza, the United Nations has demanded that “such blatant disregard for basic humanity and for…28 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs you can imagine, Mr Speaker, the people of Scotland are beside themselves with excitement—I would go so far as to say we are fair giddy—at the prospect of receiving a visit…24 Oct 2024HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationLast month, the Minister of State told the House that “we could not be clearer: intentionally directing attacks at civilian objects is a war crime. Those attacks threaten civilian…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Gaza and LebanonDoes bombing a hospital and having patients on IV drips burn to death in their beds constitute a war crime?15 Oct 2024HANSARD Reporting Ministerial Gifts and HospitalityIn June 2022, the now Deputy Prime Minister said: “Honesty matters, integrity matters and decency matters. We should be ambitious for high standards, and we should all be…14 Oct 2024HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to those points of order, Mr Speaker. I associate myself with so many of the comments from Members across the House. I first encountered Alex Salmond as a star-struck…14 Oct 2024