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HANSARD Scotland: Transport LinksIt is a pleasure to speak on your first occasion as Chair, Mrs Lewell-Buck; I hope you have enjoyed it. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk…08 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandIt is a pleasure to serve under you as Chair, Ms Vaz. I congratulate the hon. Member for Livingston (Gregor Poynton) on securing this debate on the impact of the UK Budget on…07 Jan 2025HANSARDWorkplace Pay GapsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I wish you and everybody else a happy new year, and hope that in 2025 we do again make progress in this area. I thank…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandWill the Minister give way?07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandWill the Minister give way?07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandWill the Minister give way?07 Jan 2025HANSARDTackling Violence Against Women and GirlsMerry Christmas, Mr Speaker. Violence against women and girls takes many forms—verbal, physical, emotional, financial—and at all ages, but one of the most insidious forms is…18 Dec 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO ReportOne of the very first constituents who came to me after I was elected in 2017 was Helen, whose decision on her financial future was taken just before she received the letter,…17 Dec 2024HANSARDRoyal Mail TakeoverOn Friday I will be visiting the delivery office in my constituency. Like other Members, I am concerned to reassure those who work there about what this privatisation will mean…16 Dec 2024HANSARDUnited Front Work DepartmentI thank the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for securing this urgent question on a crucial issue for all of us in this place, because we…16 Dec 2024HANSARDParental Leave Take-up15. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of take up of parental leave.12 Dec 2024HANSARDParental Leave Take-upI agree with the Minister: it is very disappointing. For many parents, current maternity pay is too low, and the leave system is not flexible enough. A recent report by the BBC…12 Dec 2024HANSARD Puberty-suppressing HormonesI, too, thank the Secretary of State for the empathetic and reassuring approach he has taken today, because this has been a very toxic and, in many ways, very damaging debate for…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillFurther to the point made by the hon. Member for Edinburgh South West (Dr Arthur), one of the complicating factors in Scotland is that we have no way of knowing for sure whether…11 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillI take exception to this idea of “the people who can best afford it.” A lot of parents who send their children to independent schools cannot really afford it—they scrimp and save.…11 Dec 2024HANSARDFireworks: Sale and UseIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I thank the hon. Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) for securing this debate, which has a specific…09 Dec 2024HANSARDFireworks: Sale and UseI agree that that is often the case, but it still leaves the problem of noise, which is central. In Scotland we have an unusual situation: the use of fireworks is devolved, but…09 Dec 2024HANSARDDetained British Nationals AbroadThe right hon. Member mentioned support from the British Government. Does he agree that that support is not always as consistent across the globe as we might like and as many…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEconomic GrowthI am sure that, like the hon. Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Andrew Bowie) and myself, the Secretary of State for Scotland is watching with bated breath for the…04 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI thank the Minister for giving way again. What about GP surgeries?03 Dec 2024