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HANSARDStrength of the Union3. What assessment he has made of the strength of the Union.09 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling Up Communities: Fiscal StepsAn important part of levelling-up communities is to invest in the community transport network. Last week, I visited Shettleston-based Community Transport Glasgow alongside…20 Dec 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Dover (Mrs Elphicke), particularly with some of the late Christmas cracker jokes she was deploying in the Chamber there. As we…19 Dec 2022HANSARD Convention on Biodiversity COP15: OutcomesI am grateful to the Secretary of State for advance sight of her statement. Whether it is local schools such as St Paul’s Primary School in Shettleston having a focus on…19 Dec 2022HANSARDSeafarers’ Wages Bill [Lords]As a Scottish nationalist MP, there is not a lot of love lost between me and the Labour party. It certainly comes as a surprise to me to hear that the right hon. and learned…19 Dec 2022HANSARD Cost of FoodI congratulate the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Ian Byrne) on securing this debate. As other Members have said, we have to look at price controls. The price of vegetable…14 Dec 2022HANSARD Cost of FoodThe Minister talks about monitoring food prices. How often does he monitor the increase in food banks?14 Dec 2022HANSARD Benefit SanctionsPlus one.13 Dec 2022HANSARD Benefit SanctionsIt is, as ever, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens) on securing the debate,…13 Dec 2022HANSARDState PensionI wonder whether the Minister might put on record the point that she just confirmed. In the debate on Scottish independence, Unionist campaigners often talk about how the UK…12 Dec 2022HANSARDState PensionAs ever, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert, and to reply to a debate on behalf of the Scottish National party. I congratulate the hon. Member for…12 Dec 2022HANSARDState PensionI appreciate that the Minister will not necessarily have the figures to hand, but would she be willing to write to me with information on how much the Government are spending on,…12 Dec 2022HANSARDState PensionOn a point of order, Sir Robert. I do not intend this to be an unnecessarily long point of order, but I am aware that the hon. Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova) has just…12 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsIs my hon. Friend aware, as the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Dr Mullan) perhaps is not, that the Seaborne Freight ferries contract cost £13 million? Is it not the case that…06 Dec 2022HANSARDInternational day for the elimination of violence against womenI present this petition with the support of my hon. Friend the Member for Midlothian (Owen Thompson), who is a trustee of White Ribbon Scotland, as well as my hon. Friend the…28 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Security Support for ChildrenIn my time working for Glasgow Credit Union before I was a politician, one of the things we regularly had to do when determining whether someone was eligible to borrow loans was…23 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Security Support for ChildrenMore fundamental to that, though, would be if the UK Government could even start measuring child poverty, which is part of the issue. Yes, it would be great if they had a strategy…23 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Security Support for ChildrenI know, having visited the hon. Gentleman in his constituency office in Newtownards last Easter, just how hard the staff in his office work. Does he agree with me that, even…23 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Security Support for ChildrenI declare an interest as a massive fan of my hon. Friend’s constituency—if not the Shotts part, then certainly the Airdrie part. I commend her for securing the debate, and I want…23 Nov 2022HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Further to that point of order, Mr Bone. Following the remarks of the hon. Member for Erith and Thamesmead, I thank all hon. Members for their contributions, and you as Chair, Mr…22 Nov 2022