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HANSARDDraft United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Glue Traps) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Glue Traps) Regulations 2025. It is a…07 Jan 2026HANSARDDraft United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Glue Traps) Regulations 2025I thank the hon. Member for Epping Forest for his contribution, and acknowledge the work of the previous Government. I know from my experience in the animal welfare sector that…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Winchester (Dr Chambers) for securing this debate. I pay tribute to his work on…04 Nov 2025HANSARD Violence against Women and Girls: Pornography ProstitutionI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate. Pornography is nothing new, but access to the kind of content she has described is something that previous…02 Sept 2025HANSARDFor Women Scotland: Supreme Court JudgmentThe Supreme Court judgment provided very welcome legal clarity on the matter of biological sex, but the Scottish Government have met clarity with chaos. Does the Secretary of…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Post-industrial TownsI am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Bassetlaw (Jo White) for initiating this important debate. My constituency contains both rural communities and towns with a proud…18 Jun 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ12. My constituents are struggling to gain access to the healthcare that they desperately need, and one in six Scots is on a waiting list. Meanwhile, in England, the waiting…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillAs per my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, I am a member of GMB. My union membership has given me reassurance for many years that I have backing if I need…11 Mar 2025HANSARD High Street RetailersThank you, Mr Turner; it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. My constituency is a mix of countryside towns and villages, so many of our shops are small businesses at…05 Feb 2025HANSARD Public Services: Rural AreasDoes my hon. Friend agree that the record settlement given to Scotland by this Government should be spent by the Scottish Government on vital infrastructure such as schools and…22 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I have the privilege of speaking in this Chamber today because, six months ago, the country voted for change—the…06 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionI am going to make some more progress. I know the frustration that people feel after years of chaos and neglect by their Government—in the case of Scotland, by two Governments, as…06 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionI am going to finish soon, so I will make progress. When people have been let down so badly and for so long, they do not forget. They do not forget quickly—I understand that—but…06 Jan 2025HANSARDTown Centre Regeneration4. What steps he is taking to support the regeneration of Scottish town centres.04 Dec 2024HANSARDTown Centre RegenerationHamilton is a brilliant place in which to live and work, but the boarded-up shops in Quarry Street tell a story of their own. What can this Government do to support businesses…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employment Rights BillIt is an honour to speak for the first time as the MP for Hamilton and Clyde Valley. I am delighted to have the opportunity to declare that I am a proud member of GMB, which does…21 Oct 2024