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HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Could you give guidance on whether re-running the Brexit debate from 10 years ago is in any way linked to a single clause of this Bill…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillOn that point, will the hon. Gentleman give way?25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech, and he makes a pertinent point that there are parts of the United Kingdom outside Scotland that also suffer with demographic…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillI, too, have read the very short sentence in the Bill, which does not talk just about immigration. It states: “including asylum and the status and capacity of persons in the…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillThe Secretary of State is being exceedingly generous with his time. SNP Members keep saying, “Don’t talk about the Scottish Government”, but the Bill’s aim is to devolve power…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillThe very best!25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillWhat the hon. Gentleman is talking about as a potential solution to the demographic problems he faces seems to be much narrower than the total of what the Bill would achieve,…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillMy hon. Friend is exposing the problem that we were trying to raise this morning and this afternoon, although hopefully not this evening too. Where changes have been made to the…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) Billrose—25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillI remember fondly my time on the Public Accounts Committee under my hon. Friend’s chairmanship. A lot of the time, we were looking at duplication in Government agencies that…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillThere is a discussion to be had in this place about how to retain graduates in the UK, so that they can contribute to our economy, but we have a national economy and a national…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillI sat on the Opposition Benches, behind SNP Members, during those long, tumultuous days of the Brexit debate, and I remember watching SNP Member after SNP Member game the system…25 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsToo many Government Departments and public bodies have foreign-made tableware purchased with British taxpayers’ money. May I invite the ministerial team to make a commitment to…24 Apr 2025HANSARD Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]Will the Minister give way?24 Apr 2025HANSARD Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords]We have Third Reading—it’s fine.24 Apr 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseStoke-on-Trent has witnessed a proliferation of houses in multiple occupation in the city in recent years, with family homes being converted with little notice given to local…24 Apr 2025HANSARD British SteelWe cannot make British steel without British ceramics. High temperature-resistant refractory ceramics are needed to line the blast furnaces to keep them alight, but the Minister…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Coalfields Regeneration TrustTo follow the point made by the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon), it is about not just the contribution that those communities made to our energy needs, but the pride that…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]Will the hon. Lady give way on regulatory alignment?01 Apr 2025HANSARD Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]Will the hon. Lady give way on a point about competition?01 Apr 2025