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HANSARD Budget: ScotlandWill the Minister give way?07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandHis airlifted constituents—07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandThe hon. Gentleman mentions the litany of failures, as he sees them, in Scotland’s NHS. How then does he explain that spending per head is greater than it is the rest of the UK,…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandOn that point, will the Minister give way with only seven minutes to go?07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way, and I apologise for chuntering from a sedentary position earlier; that was not very polite of me. He says that we need to see…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandLike the hon. Lady, I am very hopeful that we will see Berwick Bank approved and into the construction phase as quickly as possible, to cement Scotland’s enviable position as the…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe cost of the 10-year equipment plan for the Defence Nuclear Organisation stood at £44 billion in 2019. In 2022, it went up by 27% to £60 billion, and in 2024 it inflated by 62%…06 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ10. Before the election, this Prime Minister said he would lower energy bills by £300. Since he took office, they have gone up by £149. He said he would protect the winter fuel…18 Dec 2024HANSARDBritish Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyThe Minister gets ahead of himself. He says the Government have moved at pace to resolve the situation; the situation is not resolved. He criticises the last Government for not…18 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI agree entirely with the hon. Member. There is no road back from that. The difficulty that I implore the Government to pay attention to is that when the damage that will be…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I refer him to Hansard from the previous Parliament. The comments I have just made are entirely consistent with the comments…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI rise to speak to defend Scotland’s NHS, including our GPs, hospices, care homes and nurseries, from this Labour Government’s national insurance tax hike, as well as to protect…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe hon. Lady is making a compelling case of logic as it applies to early years provision, and I do not think anybody in this place could argue with the logic she advances. Is it…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe hon. Gentleman talks about the expansion of early years childcare, but that will not be of much use if nurseries shut down because they cannot pay their national insurance.…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Billindicated assent .17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe hon. Member is very kind to give way. Twice in the past couple of minutes, he has used the word “ultimately”—“Ultimately we will have to do this, and ultimately we will have…17 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillThe hon. Lady is making a tremendously informed speech and demonstrating a level of understanding of primary care and the care sector that we could only dream of from the…17 Dec 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineDoes the hon. Member agree that, as a tactical manoeuvre by the state of Israel, the destruction that has been wrought on Gaza and its people is catastrophically…16 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillThe changes to the EPL, particularly those set out in clauses 15 and 17, will have a hugely damaging effect on jobs and the Scottish economy. This is also an inauspicious day for…10 Dec 2024HANSARD Finance BillWe in the SNP and the Scottish Government believe in progressive taxation. I think that is evident from the changes we have made to income tax since those matters were devolved.…10 Dec 2024