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HANSARD Health InequalitiesSome years ago, when I was a councillor, I had a harrowing case involving a young female constituent who was clobbered by the bedroom tax. She has multiple sclerosis and she was…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Health InequalitiesI really must praise the two excellent speeches by the hon. Members for City of Durham (Mary Kelly Foy) and for Coventry North West (Taiwo Owatemi). I rather fancy that those two…04 Mar 2020HANSARD Health InequalitiesI packed in smoking 15 years ago. I cannot understand why the NHS does not use people like me to go out there and help other people pack it in.04 Mar 2020HANSARDHuawei and 5GThe Minister has repeatedly said that the security of our country is paramount. Surely if we queer our pitch with Australia and New Zealand, that militates against looking after…04 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsLocal crofters in Melness support the proposal to establish a vertical space launch facility in Sutherland, and they have written to the Prime Minister to tell him that. Does the…03 Mar 2020HANSARDNursing Workforce Shortage: EnglandThe hon. Member makes an extremely interesting point. At the last election, constituents and voters said to me on the doors that they would prefer that nurses were employed by the…03 Mar 2020HANSARDNursing Workforce Shortage: EnglandThe hon. Gentleman mentions staffing shortages. My vast and remote constituency, which has a large and ageing population and is the most remote mainland constituency in the UK,…03 Mar 2020HANSARDEuropean Union: Future RelationshipI have often referred in this place to the concerns of the highland tourism industry, in particular hotels, about the continuing employment of EU nationals, many of whom are…27 Feb 2020HANSARDEnergy Efficiency Measures: Net Zero BuildingsIt is an honour to speak under your chairmanship today, Mr Pritchard. I listened to the right hon. Member for Ludlow (Philip Dunne) with the greatest of interest, not least…26 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryThe hon. Gentleman read my body language extremely accurately. Contingent on what he has rightly said about how the industry is changing, thinking about the UK’s future in…25 Feb 2020HANSARDUK Oil and Gas IndustryThe hon. Member is making a knowledgeable and impassioned speech about a subject equally dear to my own heart. I would not have settled in Easter Ross and brought up three…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House anticipates my question. I thank him for enabling a constructive meeting with the Economic Secretary to the Treasury about bank closures, and my…13 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have lost count of the number of times I have raised the faltering roll-out of broadband in my vast and remote constituency. The UK Government give money to the Scottish…13 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandI do not rise in connection with the right hon. Gentleman’s reference to my party. To take a broader view of this issue, while his points are well made about the economy and pay…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandI am listening with great interest to a well thought out speech. Members will recall that some months ago I unwittingly invited the former Prime Minister to accompany me to a…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I am sure all Members of this House will share my sorrow in noting the recent death of Lord Maclennan of Rogart—or Bob, as all of us who knew him…29 Jan 2020HANSARDBenefits: Administrative ErrorsSome 45% of disabled claimants in my constituency have, as was mentioned in a previous question, lost out when they have moved from DLA to PIP. I ask the Government: has a target…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way, and I have been listening with great interest to the excellent contributions of new Members. There is some evidence that NHS provision…27 Jan 2020HANSARDClaim of Right for ScotlandI think I am right in saying that I am the only Member of this place today whose name is actually on the claim of right. That is something I am very proud of indeed. The claim of…27 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe shadow Minister has referred to poor communications. As I have mentioned many times in this place, they are very bad indeed in my constituency. Broadband is at best…22 Jan 2020