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HANSARDCost of LivingDoes my hon. Friend agree that the problem with 13 years of austerity is that austerity may make the Treasury balance sheet look good in the first year but it starves local…16 May 2023HANSARDCost of LivingWill the hon. Lady give way?16 May 2023HANSARDCost of LivingIn my constituency, the fleet catches nephrops—lobster and langoustine. Some 85% of the catch used to be in a Paris market the next day. In January 2021, fishermen got nothing…16 May 2023HANSARDCost of LivingThe two welfare Acts in 2012 and 2016 really changed social security across the UK. Does my hon. Friend agree that one big failure was not to do cumulative impact assessments?…16 May 2023HANSARDCost of LivingThrough the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020, this Government basically drove a coach and horses through devolution, and the Labour Benches were notably empty during that…16 May 2023HANSARDCost of LivingThe hon. Lady keeps referring to the NHS and education. Public funding is required to support those. It is common in this place to talk about failing on health and on education.…16 May 2023HANSARD UkraineThe current situation in Bakhmut is dire, with Russian forces pounding the town with rockets, mortars, attack drones and phosphorous incendiary bombs, which are banned under the…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseA constituent of mine discovered in November that His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs had handed over £972 to the company Mortgagesmiths, which took almost half of it in commission…27 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS Dental ServicesAs in the NHS, workforce is the biggest single issue. The Nuffield Trust has identified that, post-Brexit, dentists are among the key staff we are losing. On top of that, while…25 Apr 2023HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry UpdateAs I said in the debate in 2017, I remember, as a young surgeon, when this scandal began to break in the early ’80s. That is 40 years ago. My entire medical career has passed…19 Apr 2023HANSARDDevolution SettlementIt is funny how differences in the different nations worked fine before Brexit. One has to wonder why the UK market does not seem able to cope right now. Is the Secretary of State…29 Mar 2023HANSARDDevolution SettlementI, too, welcome you to the Chair for Scottish questions, Madam Deputy Speaker, and join Labour’s shadow Secretary of State in celebrating Scotland’s win. It is just a pity that…29 Mar 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce ExpansionMay I start by expressing my thanks to all health and care staff across the UK? I pay tribute to them for the work they do year in, year out—especially during the pandemic, when…28 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce ExpansionI should like to make some progress. The hon. Gentleman had a very long time at the Dispatch Box and I think there should be more than just the three of us. It is important to…28 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce ExpansionI think I have spent the last eight years demonstrating the different approaches that Scotland takes. The Minister talked about community pharmacies, which have been providing…28 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS Workforce ExpansionThat is not true—and 99% of our trainee posts last year have already been filled. Perhaps the hon. Gentleman should look at the statistics. We have more GPs per head of population…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillBecause of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2022, goods made in the rest of the UK cannot be kept out of Scotland, even if they do not meet future Scottish standards on…22 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs alone has identified more than 1,700 pieces of retained EU law, with the majority in devolved areas such as agriculture,…22 Feb 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerI am not sure whether the hon. Gentleman is aware, but over the last two and a half years there has been this thing called the covid pandemic, which kept several Governments…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 Powerrose—17 Jan 2023