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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. My constituency, like most others, is seeing a great deal of new housing being built, which means more infrastructure, more business and more opportunities for growth. Key to…28 Oct 2024HANSARDPolicing of ProtestsAlthough we respect and would protect the right to peaceful protest, antisemitic and Islamophobic offences have been reported at many recent protests. Those have contributed to an…21 Oct 2024HANSARDBusiness of the HouseNearly half a million British pensioners across the globe had the level of their pensions frozen when they left the country. That includes 99-year-old Anne Puckeridge, a decorated…17 Oct 2024HANSARD Access to Primary HealthcareWill the Minister give way?16 Oct 2024HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe right hon. Gentleman has made great play of how our constitution should develop, but does he not accept that almost every Government, apart from the most recent one, have…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Gaza and LebanonI fully appreciate what the Minister says about the engagement of the Government in standing up for international law, but, with respect, it has been a year now, and every time we…15 Oct 2024HANSARDImpact of Energy Costs on Disabled PeopleFurther to the question that my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Bobby Dean) asked, DWP statistics show that 45% of people over the state pension age have a…09 Oct 2024HANSARDDraft Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2024I welcome the remarks of the Secretary of State and the shadow Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, and I confirm that the Liberal Democrats…09 Oct 2024HANSARDVAT: Independent SchoolsIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hartlepool (Mr Brash). I would just mention that I am the child of aspirational parents from a working-class background. There were…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Edinburgh Festivals: Cultural and Economic ContributionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I also congratulate the hon. Member for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh on securing this debate. We cannot talk about…08 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Schools: VAT and Business Rates ExemptionsI congratulate the hon. Member on securing this important debate. My city of Edinburgh has the highest proportion of independently educated children in the country, at between 20%…08 Oct 2024HANSARDAnniversary of 7 October Attacks: Middle EastThe Prime Minister spoke rightly of the fact that we can barely imagine the pain of the Israeli families and those in Gaza affected over the past year since that Hamas atrocity,…07 Oct 2024HANSARDCarbon Capture, Usage and StorageI welcome what the Secretary of State said about there being more news to come about Scotland, because the Acorn project is not a track 1 project; it is a track 2 project. The…07 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsBiodiversity net gain is critical to replacing the loss we are experiencing in our environment and is now mandatory in planning applications—but with exemptions. Those exemptions…12 Sept 2024HANSARDPlanning Policy: Traveller SitesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. Sadly, this is an issue that creates perennial problems up and down the country; we never seem able to fix it. In…11 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. There are yet more depressing figures this morning about drug-related deaths in Scotland. Will the Government discuss how drug addicts are treated in the criminal justice…10 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentI thank the Minister for giving way, but I think she fails to understand that while we accept the principle of means-testing—we accept that there are many pensioners who can…10 Sept 2024HANSARDIndustrial StrategyI congratulate the Secretary of State and welcome him to his place. I associate myself with his earlier remarks, particularly about Scotland’s Olympians and Paralympians. I was…04 Sept 2024HANSARD Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) BillDoes my hon. Friend agree that an essential part of that is addressing the problems that the railways face now? Although the Liberal Democrats are agnostic on nationalisation, as…03 Sept 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeI thank the Paymaster General for his statement, for his update and for confirmation that the establishment of the infected blood compensation scheme has been achieved in…02 Sept 2024