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HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q I want to follow on from the last question. On the issue of equality within the United Kingdom, it was the view of the Conservative party for quite some time that the number of…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q You are very honest about the fact that, in your words, “Wales will take a hit” as a result of the legislation—I think that is on the record. Are you also willing to place on…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q Of course, your research will show that my seat is spread over two local authorities as well. I am the only MP in Glasgow whose constituency is not coterminous with the city of…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Okay, can I finish off with one question going back to the equality of the United Kingdom? You said yourself that Scotland stands to lose two or three seats. How would you, as a…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q Mr Adams, you are director of data and targeting. I think we all know that a lot of what you do is probably running numbers through spreadsheets. Have you run a number through…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)That is very helpful; thank you.18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q In the evidence we have heard so far, colleagues from the Labour party and the Conservative party have broadly agreed that we could be looking at losing two or three seats in…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Okay, thank you.18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q I think I put on record on Second Reading that my preference was for either a minimum of 59 seats in Scotland, or zero with independence. Certainly the latter would be my…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q Debate has sprung up today on the idea of building constituencies not on wards, but on polling districts. That issue is of interest to other members of the Committee too. Could…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q If I could presume on Mr Paisley’s indulgence ever so slightly, I have a final question. You touched on the much-discussed proposal for a Highland North constituency, which…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Thank you, Mr Martin.18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q Do you think it is particularly courageous on the part of the Government and the Conservative party, having gone from having six Conservative Welsh MPs in the 2017-19 Parliament…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Professor, for appearing before the Committee. Before the election, which obviously conjured up a very good result for the Conservative party, the Government were…18 Jun 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. I have one final question. You are fairly clearly on record as saying that you think that the level of representation that exists at the moment in respect of Welsh…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Asylum Seeker Services in GlasgowI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for securing this debate. Through him, I say to the Minister that we need to look again at this idea of how we disperse asylum seekers throughout…17 Jun 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Asylum Seeker Services in GlasgowI am sorry but the Minister is talking absolute crap—17 Jun 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Asylum Seeker Services in GlasgowI withdraw the word “crap”, but the Minister is talking absolute nonsense. He talks about how welcoming the UK is. They are the same UK Government that had “Go Home” vans going…17 Jun 2020HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (Accession)One of the reasons why the UK Government and in particular Tory Brexiteers were salivating over the idea of Brexit was about reducing red tape and cutting lots of regulation, so…17 Jun 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Asylum Seeker Services in Glasgowindicated dissent.17 Jun 2020