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HANSARDRail StrikesThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I think the rather febrile atmosphere on the Conservative Benches rather gives the lie to the Conservative approach to workers’ rights in this…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesI had a feeling that my colleague on the Transport Committee would intervene at this point.15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesIt will come as no surprise to anyone that I completely disagree. We are unlikely to have strikes in Scotland, other than the Network Rail issues, which are entirely reserved to…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesIt was ironic. Electrification and decarbonisation are a key part of the drive towards a net zero society and a more balanced and sustainable economy, but that modernisation has…15 Jun 2022HANSARDRail StrikesI could not agree more. I knew my hon. Friend would manage to shoehorn yesterday’s statements on independence into this debate on rail strikes, and I wholeheartedly agree. I was…15 Jun 2022HANSARDEconomy UpdateThis statement may have put out the fires, or some of the fires, on the Back Benches behind the Chancellor, but it does not provide the comprehensive support and plan that these…26 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseIt is less than a fortnight until the 10th anniversary of the UK’s signing the Istanbul convention on violence against women and girls. It has been a long-drawn-out process, but I…26 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate St Johnstone on their emphatic premiership play-off win last week and wish Scotland good luck next week against Ukraine, for if we win we will move on to Wales the…26 May 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportThe Prime Minister’s utterances on partygate at that Dispatch Box have proven to be the fantasy that we all knew they were. Allegra Stratton resigned for merely joking about a…25 May 2022HANSARD TransportThat may well be the case, but the bus operators to whom I speak would not welcome any decline in the subsidy—far from it. I am lucky in that Renfrewshire has more electric buses…19 May 2022HANSARD TransportI do not recognise the picture that my colleague paints. The fact is that with its integrated approach to track and train in Scotland, ScotRail provides the rest of the UK with an…19 May 2022HANSARD TransportI had a feeling that my colleague on the Select Committee might pipe up at this point, and I am happy to give way to him.19 May 2022HANSARDUnion Connectivity ReviewAccording to a written answer I received yesterday, the now publicly owned ScotRail pays the highest track access charges of any train operator; they are more than double the next…19 May 2022HANSARD TransportWill the Minister give way?19 May 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI am sure the House will want to wish St Johnstone well in the first leg of their relegation play-off final tomorrow. My constituent Paul Broadley was backpacking in Australia…19 May 2022HANSARD TransportIt is a pleasure to follow the Chair of the Select Committee on which I serve. I agreed with almost everything he said up until the last line of his speech. Today’s debate is…19 May 2022HANSARDP&O Ferries: Staff RostersI am back again, Mr Speaker, and I completely agree with the shadow Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley (Louise Haigh). The Government have unveiled plans to…19 May 2022HANSARDCost of Living5. What recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on tackling rises in the cost of living.18 May 2022HANSARDCost of LivingWhile energy costs are skyrocketing under this Government, the Scottish Government are helping to decarbonise the heating of 1 million homes and saving families money while…18 May 2022HANSARDHM Passport Office BacklogsLast week my constituents Paul and Jacqueline Weir received the distressing news that their Finnish daughter-in-law had passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in their son Daryl’s…27 Apr 2022