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HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Second sitting)Q We have heard quite a lot about what we can do to enable second-generation fuel from municipal solid waste, large volumes of which are currently going, and have been for a…15 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (First sitting)Q What effect has anticipation of the RCM and the corresponding timetable, which I imagine your companies are now working to, had on your ability to make a final investment…15 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (First sitting)No.15 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Mr Pritchard. Both Airlines UK and RTFA touch on this in their written submissions, but using municipal solid waste will give a substantially higher greenhouse gas…15 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsEarlier this year, the Government published their national procurement policy statement. Given that economic growth is this Government’s No. 1 mission, will the Minister update…10 Jul 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseYesterday, three organisations were proscribed. Two were neo-Nazi and ethnonationalist groups, and the other was Palestine Action—an organisation with unacceptable and often…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Financial RedressFirst, I thank the many women across Falkirk who have taken the time to campaign on this issue, and to discuss the injustice done to women affected by state pension age changes…03 Jul 2025HANSARDTransport Infrastructure FundingI declare an interest as co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on British buses. Our £15.6 billion commitment to regional transport through the spending review should be…01 Jul 2025HANSARDTransport Infrastructure Funding22. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of planned increases in funding for transport infrastructure on economic growth.01 Jul 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Family Housing13. What steps he is taking to improve housing for armed forces families.30 Jun 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Family HousingThis Saturday, hundreds will join to mark Falkirk Armed Forces Day in Callendar Park, belatedly. Many of those who are currently serving and veterans in Scotland rely on the…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseSadeq Nikzad has been convicted of a horrifying sexual assault in Falkirk in October 2023. Shamefully, Mr Nikzad continues to maintain that he has done nothing wrong; during…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus ManufacturingI declare an interest as co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group for British buses. As the Minister has outlined, this Labour Government will double real-terms transport…26 Jun 2025HANSARDBus Manufacturing16. What steps she is taking to support the bus manufacturing sector.26 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseSam is a trans man who has been out for eight years. He recently told me about his long-term avoidance of public bathrooms, and due to his lowly place on the gender recognition…19 Jun 2025HANSARD Duchenne Muscular DystrophyI thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate. It is important to acknowledge quality of life with this drug, but we also have to acknowledge that many people with Duchenne are…12 Jun 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel BillI welcome this tremendous legislation, which comes not a minute too soon after the previous Government self-admittedly sat on their hands. The Bill will enable the essential move…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseAs hon. Friends in the Scottish parliamentary Labour party are sick of being reminded, it has been another distinctly fantastic season for football in Falkirk. Will the Leader of…22 May 2025HANSARDClean Energy Transition: Spending ReviewI welcome the £200 million commitment to Grangemouth and clean energy through the national wealth fund, and I also welcome the Department’s confirmation to me recently that that…20 May 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseA constituent who worked in the banking sector all her life is now being told that, because of an abatement clause in her contract, she may receive 20% less of her pension than…15 May 2025