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HANSARDGrooming Gangs: National Inquiry12. What recent progress she has made on establishing a national inquiry into grooming gangs.15 Sept 2025HANSARDGrooming Gangs: National InquiryIt beggars belief that the inquiry inches along at such a dreadfully slow pace. With the Scottish Government ruling out an inquiry there, will the Home Secretary please commit to…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Employment Rights BillSadly, we are not here to relitigate this entire Bill, which is so wide in scope and impact, and yet so skimpy in detail, having been cobbled together for a headline under…15 Sept 2025HANSARDQatar: Israeli StrikeAs a seasoned diplomat, does the Minister recognise that there is a danger that we are holding Israel to a different standard? When the Americans reached out into Pakistan to…10 Sept 2025HANSARDAgricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief: Impact on FarmingThe Chancellor elicited much public sympathy with her recent tearful appearance on these Benches, but over the summer I have had Dumfries and Galloway farmers in tears at the loss…09 Sept 2025HANSARDAgricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief: Impact on Farming6. If she will meet with representatives of the farming industry to discuss the potential impact of changes to agricultural property relief and business property relief on that…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Sector: SkillsCharles Stewart Parnell came to this place and used British institutions against the British state. Now, in Scotland, we have First Minister John Swinney, who is a kind of…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI am delighted that the face of procurement is changing and that, hopefully, we will see a telescoping of the time between the flash of inspiration and the bang of kinetic…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Hospitality SectorIt was a great moment when my daughter pulled a pint for me as part of her duties as a barmaid in her first job as she worked her way through university. Although that job put…03 Sept 2025HANSARDSpeciality Steel UK: InsolvencyIt is good news that Liberty Steel Dalzell in Scotland is not involved in this immediate crisis, but it is not shroud-waving to suggest that the difficulties in the wider industry…02 Sept 2025HANSARDWelfare Fraud7. What steps she is taking to help tackle fraud in the welfare system.01 Sept 2025HANSARDWelfare FraudI think we can all agree that fraud strikes at the heart of the system, kicking away its underpinnings. I hope that the Government will undertake a zero-tolerance approach, unlike…01 Sept 2025HANSARD Middle EastMany happy returns, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Druze in Syria are suffering nothing short of atrocities, and that situation continues. What practical help can the UK give as the…01 Sept 2025HANSARD UkraineI should declare an interest in that my eldest son today started work at Rosyth royal dockyard, a key part of British military infrastructure for more than 100 years. Over the…01 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. The citizenAID first aid charity provides excellent education in emergency situations to children and young people. I have written to the Scottish education department to…21 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have heard this morning that the review of the UK Internal Market Act 2020 somehow tramples on Holyrood, but in fact, the Government say: “Devolved Governments will have…17 Jul 2025HANSARD UkraineThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I can confirm that it was not my phone. My ringtone is “633 Squadron”, which is very distinctive. It is tremendous that the planning for the…17 Jul 2025HANSARD RAF E-7 Wedgetail ProgrammeI thank the hon. Gentleman, my near-constituency neighbour, for that intervention. There is something of a hostile environment for defence companies in Scotland, because the SNP…16 Jul 2025HANSARD RAF E-7 Wedgetail ProgrammeI am happy to give way to my near-neighbour.16 Jul 2025HANSARD RAF E-7 Wedgetail ProgrammeI thank the hon. Member for that point. He is absolutely correct and he also referred to the fact that he, too, has Thales in his constituency, or close to it. That is the thing…16 Jul 2025