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HANSARDNHS Funding: Barnett FormulaFollowing the spring statement, it was confirmed that the block grant for Scotland this year was a record £50 billion. That was no thanks to the SNP and Reform, which both voted…04 Jun 2025HANSARDNHS Funding: Barnett FormulaAs the father of an 18-week-old daughter, I am absolutely horrified by those proposals and I know that they will be causing anxiety for families across Lanarkshire. That is why it…04 Jun 2025HANSARDTown Centre RegenerationAs a former publican, I know that these are hard times for businesses on the high street. We are investing £200 million in our plans for neighbourhoods in Scotland, with £20…04 Jun 2025HANSARDTown Centre RegenerationI have brought glasses to see if I can find an ounce of credibility in the SNP’s candidate in Hamilton for voting against that £8 million. The SNP candidate is a councillor from…04 Jun 2025HANSARDTown Centre RegenerationWhat a wonderful representative my hon. Friend is for her constituency. I could not agree more. The SNP candidate is yet to explain to voters in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse…04 Jun 2025HANSARDTown Centre RegenerationThis Government are putting money into Scottish towns to regenerate them. As we keep saying from this Dispatch Box, oil and gas will be with us for decades to come. The industry…04 Jun 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillI am tempted to say that Scotland is not a region but a country, but I will not go down that rather juvenile route. The clear point is that the No. 1 priority and mission of this…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillIndeed, we are; perhaps the hon. Member for Perth and Kinross-shire (Pete Wishart) should try doing his bit a bit more. [ Interruption. ] There is no need to confess now, Pete.…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillI am happy to give way. Can the hon. Gentleman intervene less angrily than he has in the past?25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillI do not think we can determine birth rate issues through the welfare system. The hon. Gentleman is essentially saying that people are choosing not to have larger families because…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillI very much welcome the intervention. I think it should be a national shame that 10,000 children in Scotland go to bed every night in a place that they cannot call their own home.…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillThe hon. Gentleman should be pleased, because there are only two of them to go down any of the Lobbies; 40% of the Scottish Conservatives are here, and that makes two of them—I…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillImmigration is wrapped up in a lot of policy areas that are devolved to the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government themselves, in Parliament, declared a housing emergency.…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillI have said already that net migration has to come down. That is the view of the Prime Minister and this Government, because it is too high. The reason it has to come down—this…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillWe should not rerun the Brexit debate in this House, but it is worth acknowledging that the Bill is written in a different way from what the hon. Member for Arbroath and Broughty…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillI was in the north-east of Scotland yesterday, in Buckie, turning on one of the largest offshore wind farms. Ocean Winds employs 45 to 70 local people from a 40-mile radius from…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillCan I just say to my hon. Friend, as someone who has a 12-week-old daughter and a four-and-a-half-year-old daughter, that we are very much—25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillThis UK Labour Government are determined to reset our relationship with the European Union, have a much closer trading relationship and do what is in the UK national interest. The…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillI stand corrected, Madam Deputy Speaker. It was an even longer contribution, at 50 minutes, and the hon. Member was still not honest about what the Bill does. The Bill before us…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillI agree with my hon. Friend. Look at the money that was wasted for the national care service—again, just another headline in the newspapers that the SNP required in the run-up to…25 Apr 2025