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HANSARDSupport for Businesses: Discussions with the ChancellorWe know that when big business is set to fail former Prime Minister David Cameron uses his hotline to the Chancellor. With 3 million still excluded and the £20 universal credit…23 Mar 2021HANSARDSupport for Businesses: Discussions with the ChancellorWhat recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing support to businesses affected by the covid-19 outbreak.23 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationThe key challenge the Government have is to use public money to help rebuild the economy. I want to use my time to discuss public sector pay, and in particular pay for civil…09 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs in the constituencies of many Members of the House, there are constituents in Glasgow South West who are potential victims of furlough fraud. There are obviously people who…08 Mar 2021HANSARD Social SecurityAs someone who has spoken on these statutory instruments before, I want to start, as I always have, by remembering my Unison comrade and friend Tom Begley, who sadly died as a…02 Mar 2021HANSARD Treatment of Uyghur Women: Xinjiang Detention CampsThe extent of these crimes of sexual violence can only be considered to be systematic and a further symptom of the genocide being carried out, using a whole armoury of appalling…04 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateAccording to the Duke Global Health Institute, high-income countries representing 16% of the world’s population currently have about 60% of the vaccines purchased so far. So can…02 Feb 2021HANSARD Domestic Abuse and Hidden Harms during LockdownI thank the Minister for her statement. The Prime Minister indicated to the Liaison Committee yesterday that the Government do not have any specific policies in place for…14 Jan 2021HANSARDChristmas AdjournmentLet me join others, Mr Deputy Speaker, in wishing you and all parliamentary staff a good and restful Christmas. This has been an excellent debate. I am becoming a veteran of these…17 Dec 2020HANSARDChristmas AdjournmentThe hon. Gentleman mentions Archie Gemmill. When I listened to the hon. Member for Ipswich (Tom Hunt), I was struck by the fact that there are none of those great Scottish players…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateRecent studies have shown that vaccine hesitancy is highest among the black, Asian and minority ethnic community and low-income groups, and there is a real fear that these groups…17 Dec 2020HANSARD Immigration Rules: Supported AccommodationThe Minister will be aware that Glasgow has housed and accommodated asylum seekers for almost 20 years—something of which we are very proud. Can he say a bit more about how those…16 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Reward for Government Workers and Key WorkersIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Stringer. The House of Commons Library tells me that the Glasgow South West constituency has the highest percentage of workers in…14 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Reward for Government Workers and Key WorkersWill the Minister give way?14 Dec 2020HANSARDFinancial Reward for Government Workers and Key WorkersOn a point of order, Mr Stringer. If I heard the Minister correctly, it was suggested that there were to be no job losses in the public sector, yet a number of us in the debate…14 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Winter PlanWe do not often enough thank those public sector workers who have gone the extra mile during covid, particularly those processing furlough payments in Her Majesty’s Revenue and…23 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsScottish universities receive an average of 8% of their total research funding from the European Union, with the majority coming from Horizon 2020, so can the Secretary of State…23 Nov 2020HANSARDSupporting Disadvantaged FamiliesThe Secretary of State said earlier that advances are grants. That, of course, is not the view shared by the cross-party Work and Pensions Committee, which describes advances as…09 Nov 2020HANSARD External Private Contractors: Government Use and EmploymentIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Pritchard. I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, my position as chair of the PCS parliamentary group…21 Oct 2020HANSARD External Private Contractors: Government Use and EmploymentI thank my Unison comrade for giving way. To support that particular proposition, there is a Unison briefing that shows that in schools in England, many of the private companies…21 Oct 2020