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HANSARDGovernment's Management of the EconomyTory economic incompetence is a rich seam to mine, and it is a challenge to do justice to the millions of marginalised workers and families up and down these islands who pay the…23 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe UK Government’s proposed Turing scheme is at every level a pale imitation of Erasmus, not least the funding of £105 million compared with the educational and fraternal…28 Jan 2021HANSARD Health Measures at UK BordersMy hon. and learned Friend the Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry) wrote to the Home Secretary last April raising concerns about passengers entering the UK via…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseRight now, for people involved in catching, rearing, processing, wholesaling or shipping fish from the UK to the EU, these last three weeks have been an unmitigated disaster. I…21 Jan 2021HANSARDUK Musicians: EU Visa ArrangementsThe Minister acknowledged that this situation is deeply unsatisfactory, and so too have the many MPs who have signed my early-day motion highlighting this crisis for touring…19 Jan 2021HANSARD Global BritainI note that in her introduction the Secretary of State declined to mention fish exports in her list of “jam tomorrow”—and a good job, too. The fishing community has cried betrayal…11 Jan 2021HANSARD Uyghur Slave Labour: XinjiangGiven the growing concern over the impact of disinformation emanating from Confucius Institutes, including efforts to deny that which is patently happening in Xinjiang, will the…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Immigration Rules: Supported AccommodationThis afternoon the Minister has sought to assure Members that the changes to this regime will protect applicants from destitution, but the Joseph Rowntree Foundation estimates…16 Dec 2020HANSARD Future of the Coach IndustryI am very grateful to the Minister for giving way; she is being very generous. I am conscious—indeed, concerned—that she seems to be getting to the end of her summing-up, and I am…10 Dec 2020HANSARD Future of the Coach IndustryMany thanks to the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) for securing the debate on what is clearly an important matter across these islands. I have spoken in defence of the…10 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020Nevertheless, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. The Minister will not be surprised to learn that there are no salvos of discord to come from the…09 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Access to Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I am grateful, as all our constituents will be, that this issue has been brought to the fore in the way that the hon.…02 Dec 2020HANSARDAgricultureThere are three instruments before us today. I will not touch on the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment) Order 2020, which affects England and Wales, but I…02 Dec 2020HANSARDExiting the European Union (Plant Health)Both these SIs continue the legislative decoupling of Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK, replacing mentions of “the UK” and “the Union” with “Great Britain”. We have…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Patrick Finucane: Supreme Court JudgmentThe Secretary of State rightly acknowledges that this was an appalling crime, but then continues that it was in a difficult and dark period in this nation’s history—a…30 Nov 2020HANSARD Official Development AssistanceThe fact that the aid budget is set as a percentage of GNI means that it is necessarily self-regulating. Budget allocations on such a basis remain consistent with the prevailing…26 Nov 2020HANSARD Sport Sector: Financial SupportScottish football clubs, such as Forfar Athletic, Brechin City, Montrose and Arbroath in my constituency, are almost three times more reliant on ticket sales, with gate receipts…19 Nov 2020HANSARD Continuity Trade Agreements: Parliamentary ScrutinyEven the Scottish Tory leader’s senior adviser, the former Tory MP for Angus, has said that this Government need a “wake-up call” as we see decisions taken by the UK Government…17 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMany constituents have contacted me concerned that Scotland’s high teaching standards will be diluted as a result of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill, with the potential…05 Nov 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillI shall keep my remarks brief, out of courtesy for those further down the call list, but also because there is little left to say about the Bill and the Government’s ambitions…04 Nov 2020