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HANSARDNational Shipbuilding StrategyApparently the Chair of the Defence Committee agrees. If the Treasury is making those calls, surely it has to take account of the fact that the workers who would build those ships…11 Jul 2019HANSARDNational Shipbuilding StrategyI absolutely agree. What Canada and Australia are doing seems light years ahead of what the current UK Government are doing. I am sure the right hon. Gentleman will agree that,…11 Jul 2019HANSARDNational Shipbuilding StrategyIt is, as always, a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Evans. It is also a pleasure to represent the Clyde shipyards and the shipyard workers of Govan in the Westminster…11 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsComing back to the fleet support ships, will the Minister tell us whether the savings from tax and national insurance of workers building these ships will be one of the criteria…08 Jul 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsIt is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Deputy Speaker. I rise to discuss the very important and serious matter of Serco and its announcement to press ahead with asylum…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsThe Minister can hold this line that the first letters were issued on 20 June, but I will place in the Library letters that were issued before that. Has she clarified with Serco…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change Evictionsrose —27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThese proceedings are being watched live by the pupils of Hillington Primary School, who invited me last Friday to see the outcome of their school project on the keys to unlocking…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising that point. I will express later in my speech the real views of local government, but he is correct that there are local authorities that were…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsI agree that it is urgent, as my hon. Friend suggests. I am sure that the Minister will address that, because there is a very real concern about it, not just from independent…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsWell you have heard the rumour now. Given the facts presented today, the Home Office must now call a halt to these eviction notices. Everything we have been told by the Home…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsI thank the Minister for giving way. This is an important point in terms of someone’s status and their appeal. My understanding from what she says is that someone who has been…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Serco and Asylum Seeker Lock-change EvictionsI thank the Minister for giving way again; she is being most generous. Will she clarify whether those who will potentially be subjected to a lock-change eviction notice over the…27 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationMy hon. Friend does an excellent job on the Home Affairs Committee. Does he agree that the hostile environment is alive and well today in Glasgow, with the Home Office contractor…26 Jun 2019HANSARD Armed Forces DayWill the Minister also thank the many veterans charities around the UK who help and support veterans to adjust to civilian life? I am thinking particularly of the Coming Home…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. Will he tell me what is tedious about an intervention raising the issue of Serco, a multinational company, being willing in the next…26 Jun 2019HANSARDDraft Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Modification) Order 2019It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Hanson. The Minister will appreciate that our exchanges today will be less adversarial than those on the Trade Union Bill Committee,…26 Jun 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseTails never fails, Mr Speaker—thank you. On a more serious note, two of my constituents were in the House on Monday as part of a Red Cross event for Refugee Week. One of them has…20 Jun 2019HANSARD Colombia Peace ProcessDoes my hon. Friend agree that there is clear research that Colombia is the most dangerous place in the world to be a trade union activist?18 Jun 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMay we have a statement or debate on the actions of the Home Office contractor Serco, which yesterday announced that it will go ahead with 300 lock-change evictions of asylum…13 Jun 2019