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HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerI will give way to the hon. Lady while the hon. Member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (Steven Bonnar) chunters nonsense in the background.17 Jan 2023HANSARDScotland Act 1998: Section 35 PowerI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. This is an incredibly serious moment: it is the first time section 35 has been invoked. Donald Dewar, the father…17 Jan 2023HANSARDScotland Act 1998: Section 35 PowerIt doesn’t address any of them.17 Jan 2023HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Earlier, you rightly agreed to a Standing Order No. 24 application for an emergency debate, which the House has agreed to hold today. I fear,…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerI will tell the hon. Lady exactly where we stand: we want this legislation to work. At the moment, the legislation is dead because—17 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerThe hon. Lady might say that from a sedentary position, but the hon. Member for Aberdeen South (Stephen Flynn) quoted Donald Dewar at great length. Donald Dewar will be turning in…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerLet me finish my point. The Government have come forward with 13 pages that they think show that the Bill adversely affects UK-wide legislation. I think the statement of reasons…17 Jan 2023HANSARD Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill: Section 35 PowerI have not even gone through the first bit of my speech, but I will give way to the hon. Gentleman if he will apologise for saying that we were “weasels”. I hope that he has gone…17 Jan 2023HANSARDInflation and Cost of Living IncreasesLast week, analysis of average wages in Scotland showed that they are almost £800 lower in real terms than when this Government came to power 13 years ago. In my constituency,…11 Jan 2023HANSARDInflation and Cost of Living IncreasesI am sure when workers in Scotland cannot afford to pay their bills this winter they will be delighted to hear that! Workers in Scotland see their wages lower today in real terms…11 Jan 2023HANSARDScotland’s FutureI was delighted to take an intervention from the right hon. Gentleman, because I expected him to stand up and apologise for what his Government have done in giving the SNP all the…14 Dec 2022HANSARDScotland’s FutureThe hon. Gentleman needs to realise that when a Division Bell goes in this Chamber, Members have a choice, and the choice the SNP made was not to back the customs union in a vote…14 Dec 2022HANSARDScotland’s FutureIt is extraordinary that that is the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. There is no Scottish council where Labour is in coalition with the Conservatives, and SNP Members know that.…14 Dec 2022HANSARDScotland’s FutureI congratulate the hon. Member for Edinburgh East (Tommy Sheppard), as the Minister did, on bringing this motion to the Chamber and on his introductory speech, although I am not…14 Dec 2022HANSARDDraft Social Security (Class 2 National Insurance Contributions Increase of Threshold) Regulations 2022I take your judgment on that, Mrs Cummins. More specifically, I ask the Minister to refer to the explanatory memorandum to the regulations, in particular, paragraph 12.3 on the…29 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court DecisionI begin by thanking the Supreme Court for examining this case in detail, for reaching a unanimous decision and for doing so in a speedy manner. I also thank the Scottish Lord…23 Nov 2022HANSARDDevolved FinancesThe Secretary of State, or should I say Lord Jack-elect, was blindingly loyal to the former former Prime Minister, the former former Chancellor, the former Prime Minister and the…16 Nov 2022HANSARDDevolved FinancesIt is the reckless plans of both Governments that pose a danger to Scotland, but the point is—and this is what the Secretary of State denies—that it is about not just the last 12…16 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyI agree. I will be happy to correct the record if I am wrong, but I think the highest poverty rates among children in Scotland are in the First Minister’s constituency, Glasgow…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyI agree with the right hon. Gentleman up to a point, but I wish he would not refer to the UK Government’s largesse or Westminster’s largesse. It is this Conservative Government’s…02 Nov 2022