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HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. It is not just individual mortgage payers who are impacted by increasing borrowing costs; that is a particular problem for housing associations such as Parkhead Housing…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsBefore the hon. Lady moves on to the section of her speech about the Government abdicating responsibility, does she share my astonishment that the right hon. Members for South…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsMay I bring the Minister back to this planet and back to reality for a little minute? Does she not understand that after the mini-Budget there was a run on pensions and the Bank…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsThe hon. Gentleman spoke about the impact of covid and Ukraine, and I do not deny that they have had an impact on the economy, but does he not also think that the Government’s…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsWould my hon. Friend also point out to the hon. Member for Devizes (Danny Kruger) that the Government cannot have their cake and eat it? They sometimes talk in this Chamber about…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsJust to reassure my hon. Friend, I can confirm, as a keen and close watcher of Scottish politics, that in the Scottish Parliament Ministers do not resign on average every four…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsWhat a shame.15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsIt is a great honour to follow the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Anthony Browne). I very much enjoyed his history lesson about when Gordon Brown came into power in 1997,…15 Nov 2022HANSARDManagement of the Economy and Ministerial Severance PaymentsThat is very helpful, and over the course of that drink I will explain to the hon. Gentleman that the behaviour of his colleagues in the Scottish Conservative party during…15 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockThe Secretary of State talks about prejudging, pre-empting and following due process, but he knows that, if the Department was intending to suspend the triple lock, his officials…08 Nov 2022HANSARDEarly General ElectionIn the course of campaigning in the Parkhead area of my constituency yesterday, a number of my constituents were asking why the Government have changed Prime Minister twice in…08 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockDoes my hon. Friend think that banks have a role to play? Given that the vast majority of pensioners receive their pension payments from the Department for Work and Pensions into…08 Nov 2022HANSARDState Pension Triple LockGoing back to what the Secretary of State said earlier, one would think that before covid and the war in Ukraine everything was hunky-dory and there were no problems at all. The…08 Nov 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker, you will be aware that Royal Mail workers had intended to undertake strike action. I have the largest delivery office in Scotland in my…02 Nov 2022HANSARDBlack Maternal Health Awareness Week 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Streatham (Bell Ribeiro-Addy) on securing the debate and on opening it so…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyThe poverty rates in Glasgow are far too high, but that is because of the Tory Government who are controlling the economy: 85% of welfare spending is controlled by this place. The…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyWill the shadow Secretary of State give way?02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish Economyrose —02 Nov 2022