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HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister is aware of the tragic case of Mercy Baguma, who three weeks ago was found dead in her Glasgow flat with her starving one-year-old son, Adriel, lying next to…09 Sept 2020HANSARD Awarding of Qualifications: Role of MinistersI am grateful for the right hon. Gentleman’s intervention. What happened in Scotland is perfectly on the record, but we have been back since the middle of August. Children are…09 Sept 2020HANSARD Awarding of Qualifications: Role of MinistersLet me be clear from the outset that I want to approach today’s debate with humility above anything else. Put simply, the grading of this year’s pupil qualifications is a plague…09 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe credit checking company TransUnion has had difficulty issuing home testing kits to people because they are not on the public electoral register. We know that, for good reason,…08 Sept 2020HANSARD Birmingham Attacks and Extinction Rebellion ProtestsIf we take at face value—I am being quite optimistic here—that the Minister does have a commitment to tackling climate change and this is not about making political points about…07 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn Scotland, there is provision for the youngest children in the year group, including those born prematurely, to defer their school start. Some of them will fall into the wrong…07 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday, I met Beam Suntory and the Scotch Whisky Association to hear about the crippling impact that tariffs are having on the Scotch Malt Whisky Society. The Secretary of…03 Sept 2020HANSARDCovid-19I would like to start by paying tribute to public health officials and community partners in the east end of Glasgow, who have been managing some of the local clusters. It really…01 Sept 2020HANSARDShared Prosperity FundI am grateful, but endless meetings do not give answers to communities and local governments who need that information and clarity. Another issue is the stronger towns fund. There…20 Jul 2020HANSARDShared Prosperity FundFive months before the transition periods ends, there is still lots of talk from the Government about future funding arrangements but no details. Last month, the Minister told me…20 Jul 2020HANSARD Restoration and RenewalI am happy to give way to the right hon. Gentleman who would have been the Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee.16 Jul 2020HANSARD Restoration and RenewalI take issue with the right hon. Gentleman’s quoting “the mother of Parliaments”, which is often misquoted in this place. He has put his point on the record; I know he is perhaps…16 Jul 2020HANSARD Restoration and RenewalIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds). I agree with many of his remarks about the Division Lobbies. The Scottish National party’s…16 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipThe Minister talks about the need for the SNP and the Scottish Government to compromise. She is in the Cabinet Office and will be aware of the document “Scotland’s place in…15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipMy right hon. Friend speaks about the polling, which shows that we are only going in one direction as support for independence has gone up. Does he agree with my analysis that the…15 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillPart of the point that the hon. Gentleman is missing is that it is not just Members of Parliament who have that oversight; it is also their noble lordships in the other place. Is…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillThe hon. Gentleman knows that I have a lot of time for him, but he will recognise that the rule in the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 was introduced under the Government of…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillThis is an argument I considered perhaps in response to the hon. Member for Dartford (Gareth Johnson). What the hon. Gentleman is missing here, of course, is the fact that we have…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI would make two points on that. First, the primary purpose of this Bill is, I suspect, to reverse the mess made by the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011,…14 Jul 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillI echo the comments made by my colleagues on the Front Bench about our thanks to those who presided over the Committee and to all the Members who took part. I regret that new…14 Jul 2020