Contributions
938 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARD Holocaust Memorial BillHear, hear!22 May 2024HANSARD E-scooters: Deaths and Serious InjuriesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. I congratulate the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr Sheerman)—I am not sure whether it is hon. or right hon., but after 45…22 May 2024HANSARDZero-emission BusesThere was me, about to say that I agreed with pretty much everything that my DUP colleagues said, and then the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) made his final comment. I…21 May 2024HANSARDZero-emission BusesWill the Minister give way on the WTO?21 May 2024HANSARDZero-emission BusesThe Minister talked about Government support. In fairness, it was before he was Minister, but he may remember a Transport Committee report that said that Scotland had ordered just…21 May 2024HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age: Ombudsman ReportOne of my constituents, who I have worked with since 2017, was one of the ombudsman’s six test cases. In fact, I am unable to make a speech today because I am meeting the…16 May 2024HANSARDBus ManufacturingDeary me, Mr Speaker. We have confidence in the bus manufacturers, and it is a pity that the Government do not—that is the problem. Unlike SULEBS and ScotZEB—the Scottish…16 May 2024HANSARDFire and RehireIt is two years since the reprehensible actions of P&O, and Peter Hebblethwaite’s calamitous appearance in Parliament comes four years after Willie Walsh and Álex Cruz, the then…16 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseA few weeks ago, I brought up the case of my constituent who was savagely attacked by a former partner while on holiday in Spain, and saved only by the intervention of five men…16 May 2024HANSARD Terms and Conditions of EmploymentI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. We discussed this issue upstairs in Committee. Can he confirm whether the motion, which puts the code into practice, would stop…14 May 2024HANSARD Terms and Conditions of EmploymentI am grateful to the Minister for giving way again. He talked about the extra 25% putting off businesses and employers from going down that route. If it will save businesses a…14 May 2024HANSARD Passport e-Gates Network OutageI think travellers last night were given an authentic introduction to life in Brexit Britain under this UK Government, where absolutely nothing works whatsoever. That is the…08 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaThe Minister said that we have not seen a credible plan to protect civilians. That has been the case since the shameful atrocities of 7 October. Seven months on and 35,000 deaths…07 May 2024HANSARD Automated Vehicles Bill [Lords]I thank the Clerks, the Chairs, the members of the Public Bill Committee and all those who submitted evidence to it. As the hon. Member for Sefton Central (Bill Esterson) said,…01 May 2024HANSARDSpring Budget 202412. What recent assessment he has made of the impact of the spring Budget 2024 on Scotland.01 May 2024HANSARDSpring Budget 2024What utter nonsense. The hypocrisy of this Tory party, which is busy gaslighting the Scottish public by complaining about cuts to capital spending while the Tory Government are…01 May 2024HANSARD Automated Vehicles Bill [Lords]I rise in support of new clauses 1 and 3, which are based on measures that we tabled in Committee. I will also speak to amendments 6 and 7 that stand in my name and those of…01 May 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)My hon. Friend talks about going to prison. My constituent lost her liberty, her good name, her house, her marriage, her family—her whole existence—because of this situation. She…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Future of Rail ManufacturingIt is a pleasure to serve under you, Sir Gary. I congratulate my good friend and colleague from the Transport Committee, the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris), on…23 Apr 2024HANSARD Future of Rail ManufacturingI would not disagree with the hon. Member on that. To continue on ROSCOs, nobody has ever satisfactorily explained why we continue to have a system whereby rolling stock…23 Apr 2024