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HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillIt is a pleasure to follow the lecture—sorry, the contribution—of the hon. Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare), whom I congratulate on his election to Chair of the Northern…08 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI hear what the hon. Lady says, and she is obviously and understandably passionate about the issue, but it is for the parties in Northern Ireland to get back to work and justify…08 Jul 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation) BillI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. I have sympathy with what she says about the MLAs’ salary situation, because it is imperative that they get to the table and get the…08 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseAlong with my colleagues, I welcome the announcement regarding UK Government funding for Birmingham 2022 and seek assurances that the Barnett formula will be applied with 100%…04 Jul 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75s4. If he will support the maintenance of free TV licences for the over-75s.04 Jul 2019HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sThe BBC is not a benefits agency. Both Tory leadership contenders have condemned the proposal to remove free TV licences from the over-75s, and stated that that must be reversed.…04 Jul 2019HANSARDSale of New Petrol and Diesel Cars and VansI congratulate the sponsors of today’s debate on securing time to discuss this important issue. I start in a similar vein to the hon. Member for Hove (Peter Kyle) by declaring, or…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Tier 5 Religious Worker VisasI am grateful that my hon. Friend raises that point; it is not the first time that he has assisted with issues relating to Linwood, particularly in connection with Malawi. Not…04 Jul 2019HANSARDLeaving the EUFurther to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow East (David Linden), the Institute for Government has noted that if Parliament was prorogued to facilitate no…04 Jul 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Talks on Restoring DevolutionAs the right hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) is likely to have promised the Secretary of State’s position to about six or seven people, this may well be…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Genetic HaemochromatosisThank you, Mr Sharma; it is a pleasure to see you in the Chair. I will start, as is customary, by congratulating the hon. Member for Rugby (Mark Pawsey), who chairs the all-party…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Dangerous DrugsThe SNP also supports the order before us for many reasons, many of which are contained in the fantastic report from the Health and Social Care Committee, “Drugs policy: medicinal…03 Jul 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Scotland22. Mark Carney has warned that Brexit has already cost households up to £900, with the Fraser of Allander Institute suggesting that it could cost Scotland 100,000 jobs by 2030.…02 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseFollowing what the Shadow Leader of the House said about Wales, may I say that Scotland and Northern Ireland are also due full Barnett consequentials from the Birmingham games…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Armed Forces DayOn that point, Scotland’s Bravest Manufacturing Company was officially opened last week by the First Minister. It is based at the Erskine Hospital site, which I am sure you are…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationThis has been an excellent debate so far, and I am sure the Prime Minister will come to regret—at least I hope she will—that her defining legacy, quite apart from the Brexit chaos…26 Jun 2019HANSARDNnamani family, GlasgowI rise to present a petition on behalf of the residents of Paisley and Renfrewshire North, who join in solidarity with the Church of Our Lady and St George in Penilee in Glasgow…26 Jun 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am assisting a veteran’s widow who is living on the breadline in Bosnia, on an armed forces pension. She loses a significant proportion of her pension due to a steep service…13 Jun 2019HANSARDDomestic Abuse and HomelessnessThe hon. Gentleman underlines some stark statistics, and obviously each number represents a person. Although it was not in Northern Ireland, last week at the White Ribbon UK…12 Jun 2019HANSARDDiscrimination in SportI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention, because I have spoken about Justin Fashanu’s contribution before. The abuse that he received was shameful and it shames me.…12 Jun 2019