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HANSARDSeasonal WorkI am really looking forward to a tourist tax coming to Edinburgh next year. Like local authorities in England, we benefit greatly from tourism—it is fantastic for the city—but it…10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerWill the Minister give way?10 Dec 2025HANSARD Conduct of the Chancellor of the ExchequerI always try to be helpful, and I thank the Minister for giving way. There was a lot of speculation about the Budget, but a lot of that came from the Opposition Benches. Every…10 Dec 2025HANSARDGrooming Gangs: Independent InquiryI thank the Secretary of State for her statement and the Minister for Safeguarding for the work that she has done in this area over many, many years. It should shame us that so…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Railways BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—what a wonderful surprise. I am a huge fan of rail. Every week I travel to this place via rail, and on my usual train, I am able to get to London…09 Dec 2025HANSARDOfficial Secrets Act and EspionageI thank the Minister for his responses. Throughout this affair, he has remained calm and consistent in answering points that—let’s be honest—have at times been smears from the…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Pension Schemes BillI thank the Minister for introducing the debate. I want to speak in support of Government new clauses 31 to 33, and in the context of new clause 22. Before I do so, let me say…03 Dec 2025HANSARD Pension Schemes BillThis is a very slight aside, but is it not interesting that, when it comes to claiming benefits, there are so many silos and barriers to organisations, councils, Government…03 Dec 2025HANSARDVenezuela: US MilitaryOne of my guilty secrets is that I like to listen to CNN in the evening, so I know that people in the United States are divided on this issue. The Minister started by talking…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairExactly. It is very curious. All the staff in my office diligently followed Mr Speaker’s advice on cyber-security and the threat of foreign intervention in our IT, and it is right…03 Dec 2025HANSARDOBR: Resignation of ChairI find it rather curious that Conservative Members have a lot to say about Hugh Dalton’s Budget in 1947, but so little to say about Liz Truss’s Budget in 2022.03 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsWill the hon. Member give way?02 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI think there is support for this issue across the House. I do not know any MP who does not think that the WASPI women should not be compensated, because their fight is a just…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsAt the SNP conference, I think the First Minister said that he was keen to replace the energy profits levy, but he was not quite sure what he was going to replace it with. Does he…01 Dec 2025HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt would be interesting to talk through the implications of such a drastic cut to welfare in one single Budget, and what that would mean for people in the hon. Gentleman’s…01 Dec 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsI thank my hon. Friend for her forensic analysis of our Budget. Will she take an intervention from the Leader of the Opposition, so that she can apologise for that awful policy…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsOf course, if the hon. Gentleman takes the time to read our manifesto, which we were elected on in Scotland, he will see that that promise was to be met at the end of this…26 Nov 2025HANSARD Budget ResolutionsWill the hon. Gentleman give way?26 Nov 2025HANSARDInternational Men’s DayThis debate is a chance to speak honestly about the pressures, expectations and challenges that too many men carry alone and in silence. My hon. Friend the Member for Cannock…20 Nov 2025HANSARD ExxonMobil: MossmorranI grew up just four or five miles from the plant, and I have to say that it is an area still recovering from Thatcher’s economic vandalism. I thank the Minister for his statement…18 Nov 2025