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HANSARDDigital IDI have a lot of time for the hon. Lady, but she needs to exercise just a smidge of patience; I was coming on to that. Introducing digital ID means the likelihood is that millions…08 Dec 2025HANSARDDigital IDI agree. The minimum baseline of what the Government should be doing is listening to our constituents. After all, whichever party we represent—or do not represent—that is why we…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Right to Trial by JuryAre the Government concerned that the judiciary tend to be privately educated and white, which is very different from the composition of juries and not representative of the…27 Nov 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is Family Business Week. Will the Leader of the House join me in congratulating the Natalie Couper Dance Academy? Whether it is for jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, freestyle,…27 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have residents from Tillicoultry who have not had access to their homes for two years because of RAAC—reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete. Their lives have been turned upside…24 Nov 2025HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian ObligationsIt is a pleasure to have you in the Chair, Ms Butler. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Irene Campbell) for introducing this debate, and I thank hon.…24 Nov 2025HANSARDClean Energy: Private Sector InvestmentThe breaking news that the Mossmorran chemical plant is to close is yet more industrial vandalism put upon Scotland. Like what happened with Grangemouth, hundreds of on-site…18 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranSadly, this is an all-too-familiar story: private capital closing industry, leaving workers as disposable commodities to be tossed aside, and a community devastated. It is a…18 Nov 2025HANSARDAsylum PolicyQuite a few things in this statement need to be challenged. First, there is the suggestion that Britain has always been a welcoming, generous and warm place for immigrants and…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhen will the Government lift the two-child cap?04 Nov 2025HANSARD Welfare SpendingAlthough I currently sit as an independent MP, I am still a proud member of the Labour party. Instead of preoccupying myself with the stances, opinions and views of other parties,…04 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsTwo giants of the Labour and anti-nuclear arms movement would have been 100 this year: Tony Benn and Mick McGahey. I never had the pleasure of meeting either, but I think they…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillFirst, I would like to record the respect I have for my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne) for all he has done on the Hillsborough law. His relentless…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Support for Disabled VeteransI thank the hon. Lady very much for securing the debate, and for her generosity in taking so many interventions. In Clackmannanshire, we have the Wee County Veterans and…28 Oct 2025HANSARD World Stroke DayIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. I thank the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) for securing this important debate and sharing her mum’s story. One…28 Oct 2025HANSARDNorth Sea Oil and Gas IndustryIncredibly, it is now eight months since the Prime Minister announced £200 million from the National Wealth Fund for the industrial future of Grangemouth. I have had meetings with…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseFrom his first stage performance in the Alloa town hall with the brilliant Forefront stage school to starring as Orpheus in “Hadestown” at the Lyric theatre in London, what a…23 Oct 2025HANSARDCost of LivingThis weekend, thousands of people will march in Edinburgh to say that Scotland demands better. We are right to do so, because the Poverty Alliance says that one in six adults in…22 Oct 2025HANSARDDevolution in ScotlandThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, I appreciate it. I thank the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) for securing this debate. The intense animosity…22 Oct 2025HANSARD Mandatory Digital IDThe No. 1 issue facing this country is inequality. Civil liberties will potentially be infringed by the collection of private data. Millions of older people, people living in…21 Oct 2025