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HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell). I rise to my feet on behalf of the Liberal Democrats to say that we cannot support this…16 Nov 2021HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillAlmost as good as they get!16 Nov 2021HANSARDFinance (No. 2) BillNot this time. On that point, I cannot agree, because there have been Governments in this place that have done wonderful things for Scotland, not least of which was to deliver…16 Nov 2021HANSARDMedical Cannabis: Alleviation of Health ConditionsThat is all very well, but it brings us back to the fact that there are children who are already benefiting from the drugs. Even the NHS has asked whether it would not be…04 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy inbox—and, I am sure, those of many other Members—is mounting up with complaints from constituents who have been waiting months for responses from the Driver and Vehicle…04 Nov 2021HANSARDMedical Cannabis: Alleviation of Health ConditionsIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Manchester, Withington (Jeff Smith). I thank the hon. Member for Inverclyde (Ronnie Cowan) for securing this debate on medicinal…04 Nov 2021HANSARDMedical Cannabis: Alleviation of Health ConditionsI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. He is absolutely right; I could not agree more. We all thought it was done, but more importantly, and more upsettingly, so did the…04 Nov 2021HANSARDMedical Cannabis: Alleviation of Health ConditionsI thank the hon. Member for his comments, and I do take comfort from that, but more importantly, the many hundreds of families watching to see what we do will take comfort from…04 Nov 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis under Prescription: Children with EpilepsyThe hon. Member makes a pertinent point. This is the nub of the issue: we need consultants to be encouraged and enabled to write national health service prescriptions for these…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis under Prescription: Children with EpilepsyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Bardell. The debate is a bit like groundhog day for many of us—Members will forgive the expression. We have made the…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis under Prescription: Children with EpilepsyThe picture that the hon. Member paints is one that I and many other hon. Members are familiar with, because we also have constituents going through the same ridiculous hoops to…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Medical Cannabis under Prescription: Children with EpilepsyWill the Minister give way?03 Nov 2021HANSARDEndometriosis and Polycystic Ovary SyndromeThe hon. Lady makes an excellent point. I have experience of young women being given contraceptive pills to deal with what the GP regards as period pain, only to then suffer…01 Nov 2021HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Ed Davey) for his intervention, and I will address the Government’s strange priorities. Under this Chancellor we…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point, but I do not want to get involved in nit-picking. [ Interruption. ] I did not mention either 27% or 28%. I was talking about the…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Budget ResolutionsIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick), although I cannot express the same pleasure about much of what the House has heard today. We face a…27 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThe hon. Lady is making some excellent points and, like the hon. Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies), I feel they might be better made in Committee. Does the hon. Lady agree…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillLike me, the hon. Gentleman represents one of Scotland’s major airports. I had the same representations from very many staff who live in my constituency of Edinburgh West and work…22 Oct 2021HANSARDMotor Neurone Disease Research FundingAs I am sure the Secretary of State will appreciate, there are very many of us in this House for whom this is a hugely important issue. He has already mentioned the research, but…21 Sept 2021HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy BillCan the hon. Lady explain how Scottish taxpayers, of which I am one, are paying for this levy? I am confused by the thinking. We either agree with the fairness of the levy or we…14 Sept 2021