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HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sMy hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. Like me, he knows that there are probably no millionaires living in Carntyne or Sandyhills, and that the Minister is entirely out of…08 May 2019HANSARDChildren’s Future Food InquiryIt is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I congratulate the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) on securing and opening the debate. She…08 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeI am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way to a Member from the yellow party. He has spoken at length about his environmental credentials and what the Government are…01 May 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ12. Frustratingly, this is now the third Prime Minister’s questions in which I have raised the plight of fellow parents of premature and sick babies. Last time, the Prime…01 May 2019HANSARDYouth EntrepreneurshipThe Scottish Government’s 2018-19 Budget means that 90% of firms in Scotland pay lower rates than they would if they were based elsewhere in the UK. Given that 55% of individuals…30 Apr 2019HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill (Thirtieth sitting)It is, as always, a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Owen. You reminded us that this is the 30th sitting of the Committee. It is a sad indictment that there…24 Apr 2019HANSARDGovernment Departments: Real Living Wage5. If he will make it his policy to (a) introduce the real living wage in all Government Departments and (b) seek accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation.24 Apr 2019HANSARDGovernment Departments: Real Living WageOf course, the national living wage is not a real living wage, and it does not apply to under-25s, so that is a load of mince, frankly. Why would the Government want to perpetuate…24 Apr 2019HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill (Thirtieth sitting)Can the Minister update the House on the progress of that document? Is it 25%, 50% or 75% done? Surely the Minister will have some idea from the civil servants what kind of…24 Apr 2019HANSARD Sri LankaI will not be the only person in this House who finds 11 o’clock on a Sunday morning to be the most peaceful time for practising their faith, but until recently it has felt like…23 Apr 2019HANSARDProportional Representation: House of CommonsIs not one of the issues that because UKIP got something like 4 million votes but did not get many Members elected to this House, tensions boiled up? We saw that, with a Member of…23 Apr 2019HANSARDRetail CrimeIt is, as always, a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Wilson. We also thank Mr Robertson, who chaired the first part of the debate. As others have done, I start…11 Apr 2019HANSARDContinuous At-Sea DeterrentIt is impressive that the Labour Front Bench has found its voice given that the shadow Secretary of State’s speech lasted five minutes and that she took no interventions. Do not…10 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingI was delighted to hear the speech by my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss). She spoke about the damage that right to buy caused in Scotland, so I will…09 Apr 2019HANSARD HousingAbsolutely. I am conscious of the constraints on time, so I will just conclude by saying that Glasgow is a city bursting with ideas about how we can progress housing and meet the…09 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. Housing associations in Parkhead, Tollcross and Shettleston have high levels of tenement stock, and the cost of maintaining it is prohibitive. Will the Chancellor agree to…09 Apr 2019HANSARD Section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019The right hon. Gentleman talks about what the people wanted, but were the people told in 2016 that they would be leaving the EU on 29 March 2019?09 Apr 2019HANSARD Infant First Aid Training for ParentsThe hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) is telling me that I will get endless amounts of time, but I will not indulge the House and will try to be relatively brief. It is, as…03 Apr 2019HANSARDVotes at 16Is the problem not the inconsistency of that argument? In respect of the 2016 referendum, Brexiteers, who are, by and large, in favour of keeping the franchise as it is, often…03 Apr 2019HANSARDVotes at 16It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Howarth, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Oldham West and Royton (Jim McMahon) on securing this debate and on piloting…03 Apr 2019