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HANSARD Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of AccessI agree with my hon. Friend; she makes a very important point. If we look at a map of the areas with a lack of access to healthy food and a map of the poorest areas in Britain, we…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of AccessI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. It is a problem across the country that frozen food and processed food are cheaper than fresh food. But the problem in Castlemilk is…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of AccessThe hon. Member makes an interesting point, which I am sure the Minister will address. It is not just Anna helping the community, but many others. In particular, I would like to…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of AccessI agree with my hon. Friend’s point. The Government have done a good bit of work in looking at ways to support community food markets that provide affordable fresh food to…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of AccessI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. Institutions and Governments have failed Castlemilk for far too long. The Labour Government can help change that, and I am determined…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of AccessThere are many community groups in Castlemilk that are helping, including faith groups, and I will come to that later in my speech. There is no supermarket, but there is an…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of AccessI beg to move, That this House has considered inequality of access to fresh and nutritious food. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Mundell, and I thank the…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Fresh and Nutritious Food: Inequality of AccessMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. I am pleased to hear about those organisations in West Lothian. There are many similar ones in Castlemilk, and I will talk about that in a bit.…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillOn a sunny spring afternoon, Linda Howard watched her husband and son walk down the path from her house. Even now, decades later, she can recall the details of that morning with…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. The £10 billion contract with Norway will help to guarantee shipbuilding on the Clyde for many decades to come. Will the Minister join me in congratulating the workers at the…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseLocal community councillors in Cathcart have long campaigned for step-free access to Cathcart train station. I welcome the investment in the spending review, but I would like to…04 Sept 2025HANSARDGovernment Resilience Action PlanThe national risk register identifies cyber-attacks on critical national infrastructure as being of moderate likelihood but potentially catastrophic in impact. The National Audit…08 Jul 2025HANSARD Warm Home DiscountThousands more of my constituents in Glasgow will have money off their energy bills this winter as a result of this Labour Government’s decision. I welcome the Minister’s…19 Jun 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewI was pleased to join the Secretary of State this morning in Glasgow, where he met some of the workers building the Type 26 frigate. As my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow West…02 Jun 2025HANSARD Diego Garcia Military BaseThe US supports this deal. NATO supports this deal. India supports this deal. Does the Secretary of State share my surprise that Opposition Members seem so intent on ignoring our…22 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitWe have deals with India and with the United States, and now this Government are repairing our relationship with Europe—something that I and thousands of my constituents welcome.…20 May 2025HANSARDCounter Terrorism Policing: ArrestsMay I thank the Minister for his statement and join him in paying tribute to the security services that keep us all safe? As he knows, the UK is under constant cyber-attack from…06 May 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe football pitch at Merrylee primary school in my constituency is used by hundreds of kids every day, but it is in a terrible condition. It needs to be redone, but the local…27 Mar 2025HANSARDUS Cyber-operations against RussiaWith GCHQ, the UK’s cyber-operations are genuinely world-leading. What assurance can the Minister give the House that we will continue to support Ukraine with our cyber-security?24 Mar 2025HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentDid the hon. Lady hear the question? Yes or no?19 Mar 2025