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HANSARDWomen’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) for introducing this debate on behalf of the Petitions…17 Mar 2025HANSARDRare Cancers BillI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh South West (Dr Arthur) for introducing the Bill. It may be the most repeated phrase in the Chamber, but politics is about choices…14 Mar 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseZoe is a bright and exceptionally politically engaged young woman in Falkirk. She has had to seek private diagnosis for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS,…13 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOver 100 jobs have been lost in Falkirk since September due the previous Government’s failure to keep their commitments to the bus manufacturing sector. We need a plan for bus…13 Mar 2025HANSARDEnglish Football: Financial Sustainability and GovernanceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Earley and Woodley (Yuan Yang) on securing the debate. Of course, this…06 Mar 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseResidents of the Upper Braes villages in Falkirk have been campaigning for five years following the failure of not-fit-for-purpose heating systems that has led to poorly heated…06 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Procurement: Support for SMEsThe targets in the national procurement policy statement for Government Departments to buy from British SMEs are to be strongly welcomed. The benefit will be long term, with broad…06 Mar 2025HANSARDPublic Procurement: Support for SMEs11. What steps he is taking to support small and medium-sized enterprises in public procurement.06 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployer NICs: BusinessesThe impact of net changes in the Budget is £5.2 billion more for Scotland. That is record funding to invest in our NHS, protect the successes of devolution and fix our local…05 Mar 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Grangemouth refinery closure has loomed over central Scotland since Petroineos’s announcement in November 2023. Two weeks ago, Scottish Labour colleagues and I met the…26 Feb 2025HANSARD High Street BusinessesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I have never kept it a secret that I am a proud Falkirk boy, I live in our town centre, I do most of my shopping on…26 Feb 2025HANSARD High Street BusinessesAbsolutely. This is a point that many hospitality businesses have made. It was a narrower scope for business rates relief that was passed in yesterday’s Scottish Budget Bill than…26 Feb 2025HANSARDAgriculture Sector: GrowthThe increasing demand for biofuel feedstocks offers a huge opportunity for agriculture, particularly in feedstocks for sustainable aviation fuel. With the welcome SAF mandate and…06 Feb 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseDates-n-Mates is a fantastic charity that operates across Scotland, including in Falkirk. It provides hundreds of events every year that offer friendship and opportunities for…06 Feb 2025HANSARDSupport for High Street BusinessesFalkirk High Street is the beating heart of our district, with recent additions including Barracuda chippy, El Toro Gaucho steakhouse, Greek Theory restaurant and Rock Bottom beer…30 Jan 2025HANSARDFarming IndustryInheritance tax is a necessary tax. That view is tacitly shared by Conservative Members given that they did not lift a finger to abolish it when they were in power. Do Ministers…22 Jan 2025HANSARDFamily Visas: Income RequirementDoes my hon. Friend agree that it is even rarer for young people who come to this country to earn £38,700, which means that most of them are excluded under the proposed threshold?20 Jan 2025HANSARDFamily Visas: Income RequirementIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard, for my first contribution to a Westminster Hall debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North…20 Jan 2025HANSARD Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillFirst, I wish to apologise to my hon. Friend the Member for Dunfermline and Dollar (Graeme Downie) for nicking his point in an intervention earlier. In mitigation, I am sure he…17 Jan 2025HANSARD Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillMy hon. Friend is making a good point about turnout. Does she agree that although there may be multiple reasons why someone might not choose to come out and vote, ease in…17 Jan 2025