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HANSARDDeveloping World: Business EnablingAll of us should be truly proud of our contributions to international development, yet the opening questions demonstrate the dangerous direction in which many in the Tory party…04 Mar 2020HANSARDYoung People: Equitable Opportunity25. The latest Scottish Government figures show 95% of young people going on to a positive destination. I am proud to say that that is a record figure, and the best in the UK.…02 Mar 2020HANSARD Climate JusticeAs ever, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Charles. I congratulate the hon. Member for Nottingham East (Nadia Whittome) on securing this hugely important…04 Feb 2020HANSARDBilateral Trade: Developing CountriesIn 2013, Australia merged its aid and trade departments, resulting in worse-performing aid programmes and a mass exodus of development experts and even leading to DFID downgrading…29 Jan 2020HANSARD“Scotland’s Right to Choose”The Secretary of State repeatedly said to the people of Scotland during the general election campaign that every vote for the Conservatives is a vote to “say no to indyref2”. That…08 Jan 2020HANSARD“Scotland’s Right to Choose”3. What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Scottish Government’s publication entitled “Scotland’s Right to Choose”.08 Jan 2020HANSARD British Children: SyriaI am left a little bit perplexed, particularly following the Minister’s last response. Can he confirm, with a yes or no answer, whether all these young British children are the…22 Oct 2019HANSARDAmazon DeforestationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I thank all who have spoken. Everyone pointed in the same direction: urgent action is needed now. I thank those who…07 Oct 2019HANSARDForced MigrationThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated that the greatest single impact of climate change could be on human migration. By 2050, it is forecast that up to 1 billion…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Hong KongAll UK citizens’ rights and means to travel subject to entry requirements should continue to be protected, and we in the Scottish National party call on the Government of China…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Arms Export Licences (Saudi Arabia)I thank the Secretary of State for her response. She made the shocking revelation that two further licences break the law and that more may yet be discovered, but I welcome her…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Arms Export Licences (Saudi Arabia)(Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade if she will make an urgent statement on the recent unlawful award of arms export licences to Saudi…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Girls’ EducationI welcome the new Secretary of State to his place; he will be the fourth in little over two years. Sustainable development goal 4 included a new agenda for global education,…05 Sept 2019HANSARDAmazon Forest FiresWhile we welcome the £10 million that the UK Government have committed to help to restore the Amazonian rain forest, it is paltry compared with the amount spent on advertising for…03 Sept 2019HANSARDAmazon Forest Fires2. What recent discussions he has had with his Brazilian counterpart on the forest fires in the Amazon rain forest.03 Sept 2019HANSARD Climate Change, the Environment and Global DevelopmentThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. This is fundamental: if we want to change public behaviour, we have to put the carrots and sticks in place. Things have happened since 2015. For…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate Change, the Environment and Global DevelopmentThe hon. Gentleman makes a valuable point. I lived in the Netherlands in the early ’90s, and deposit return schemes were the norm there. That is 25 years ago. I feel like an old…10 Jul 2019HANSARDUniversal Health CoverageIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I thank the right hon. Member for North East Bedfordshire (Alistair Burt) for securing this debate, for his great…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate Change, the Environment and Global DevelopmentThe hon. Gentleman is making a lot of very valuable points here. I wonder if he would support the UK Government setting up a national energy company with all its energy coming…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Climate Change, the Environment and Global DevelopmentFirst, I apologise for being a couple of minutes late at the start of this debate. This is such an important debate, as it covers probably the three biggest areas that will affect…10 Jul 2019