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HANSARD Airspace Modernisation StrategyI beg to move, That this House has considered the progress of the Airspace Modernisation Strategy. It is a pleasure to have you chair this debate, Sir Edward. I think it is fair…01 Nov 2022HANSARD Airspace Modernisation StrategyI thank the hon. Member for his point, which is absolutely correct. There is a danger that we just shuffle everything around and a different community bears the brunt, whereas…01 Nov 2022HANSARDOverseas Chinese Police Stations in UK: Legal StatusI also thank the Chair of the FAC, the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns), and welcome the Minister to his place. My constituency is home to the Chinese consulate…01 Nov 2022HANSARD Airspace Modernisation StrategyI thank the hon. Lady for her important intervention on another aspect that is reflected in communications from my constituents. As the effects of the pandemic on air travel have…01 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Further to the comments on the Home Secretary, we have learned today from reports in the media that she was the subject of an inquiry by the Cabinet Office security group and…27 Oct 2022HANSARDDisabled People: Building Adjustments4. What her timescale is for the commencement and implementation of provisions in the Equality Act 2010 on reasonable adjustments to common parts of buildings for disabled people.26 Oct 2022HANSARDDisabled People: Building AdjustmentsI welcome the Minister to her place. Access to public buildings is one of issues that my constituents most often bring to me: those who have a problem with accessibility feel that…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI have raised concerns recently with the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence about a 13-year-old girl living in my constituency and separated from her family in Afghanistan,…20 Oct 2022HANSARD Chinese Consulate: Attack on Hong Kong ProtestersI thank the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns) for securing the urgent question on this shocking incident. It was a flagrant breach of human rights on British…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up Agenda: Affordable Housing5. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government’s levelling-up agenda on the supply of affordable housing.17 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI am sure that the Chancellor would agree that certainty is key to stability for businesses. As has already been mentioned by one or two of my hon. Friends, the Scotch whisky…17 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up Agenda: Affordable HousingWill the Minister accept that the chaos we have seen in the economy, created by this Government, over the past couple of weeks has had an impact on the affordability of housing…17 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerI accept what the right hon. Lady is saying about the Prime Minister not being here—that there may be a very good reason. I also agree with her when she says frequently that, at…17 Oct 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseFirst, I thank the Leader of the House for and welcome her suggestion of a debate on the issues in Scotland; many of us who live in Scotland would relish the opportunity to…13 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsDespite the Chancellor’s confident words, the IMF is predicting that inflation will last longer in this country than in other similar economies. In my constituency of Edinburgh…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Mahsa AminiDr Martin Luther King Jr reminded us that none of us are free until we are all free, and the scenes in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini should remind us that women across…11 Oct 2022HANSARD UkraineDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that one important aspect of that is that a great many other eastern European countries and former Soviet states along the Russian border have been…22 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenIt is with a very sad sense of pride that I rise to speak on behalf of my constituents in Edinburgh West, many of whom have already visited the Palace of Holyroodhouse to lay…09 Sept 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolAs the Secretary of State is probably aware, the leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland has claimed that the Government have until now taken a rather differentiated…07 Sept 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol3. What recent discussions he has had with representatives of political parties in Northern Ireland on the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill.07 Sept 2022