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HANSARDEmployment Rights: ScotlandOne of the criticisms of the employment legislation that is being brought in is that it delivers us into the hands of the trade union barons. Does the Secretary of State agree…30 Oct 2024HANSARD Roadworks: Journey TimesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Sir Roger, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Broxbourne (Lewis Cocking) on securing this very important…30 Oct 2024HANSARDPub and Hospitality SectorThe point about closures is significant. In Scotland, the Government have imposed minimum unit pricing, which was introduced at 50p per unit of alcohol and has recently risen to…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Employment Rights BillNo, I have waited 40 years for this. Much of the 2016 Act will be tossed into picket line braziers, and as ever it is the public who will suffer. The plan to make union funding of…21 Oct 2024HANSARD Employment Rights BillWe have heard some electrifying and remarkable maiden speeches today. I rise to speak as a former member of a trade union. I do not miss the subs going out of my pay packet; it…21 Oct 2024HANSARD Renewable Energy Projects: Community BenefitsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. I congratulate the hon. Member for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (Mr MacDonald) on securing this a vital debate. “Wha…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Renewable Energy Projects: Community BenefitsI resist the invitation to back a land grab, but the hon. Gentleman makes a valid point. We have a chance now to bake in greater benefits for our communities, and they should be…15 Oct 2024HANSARDScotland’s EconomyI have learned a lot today about this great new relationship, and I wish the hon. Gentleman all the best with that, but the universities sector is a very difficult area. In…15 Oct 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military SupportIn the shell crisis of 1915, the Government of the day and industry came together to support our troops on the western front. We are hearing much about new contracts being placed…14 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillI have seen the reality of such measures in Scotland, because these matters are devolved. They have driven up costs for renters, reduced choice, and made it exceptionally…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Rural DepopulationOur advice was that things like Scottish visa projects have a fundamental problem, in that if someone arrives in Scotland with a bit of paper that says they can be there, there is…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Rural DepopulationI thank the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Torcuil Crichton) for securing a debate on this very important subject. We were previously on opposite sides of the great…11 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentWe have heard descriptions today of pensioners as millionaires. We have heard that this is a principled decision to cut money from them. I am astonished at that description. Like…10 Sept 2024HANSARDEnergy IndustryI welcome the Secretary of State to his place and thank him for his generous words about the work of Sir Alister Jack, who was previously in that role. Does the right hon.…04 Sept 2024HANSARDForeign Affairs and DefenceI congratulate the hon. Member for Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West (Martin McCluskey) on his excellent maiden speech, which is difficult to follow. I gently say that it is marred…18 Jul 2024