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HANSARDCost of Living: FamiliesInflation might be lower than projected, but prices are still rising. Fuel prices at the pumps might be lower than the Tories promised, but they are still higher than they were,…10 Mar 2026HANSARDImmigration PolicyThe Minister is unhappy that we are conflating two different announcements, but the issue is that the Home Secretary has not actually made an announcement about this matter—she…09 Mar 2026HANSARDUnemployment: Scotland15. What assessment he has made of recent trends in levels of unemployment in Scotland.09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: Economic UpdateFamilies are already struggling with the ongoing cost of living crisis, and the Chancellor has failed to bring down energy bills in the way that was promised in the manifesto. As…09 Mar 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillOnly one clause in this legislation applied to Scotland in advance of it returning from the Lords. Lords amendment 38 contains a reserved power that would apply across the whole…09 Mar 2026HANSARDUnemployment: ScotlandOne in three—or more than one in three—people in my constituency are employed directly or indirectly or in induced jobs in the offshore energies industries. Given the continuation…09 Mar 2026HANSARD Social Cohesion Action PlanDoes the Secretary of State believe that echoing Enoch Powell’s “rivers of blood” speech strengthens community cohesion?09 Mar 2026HANSARDSpring ForecastIt is not just an uncertain period for North sea workers; it is a crisis, and it has been a crisis for years. Investment has completely disappeared, jobs are being haemorrhaged…03 Mar 2026HANSARD Post Office Green PaperIn rural areas, the loss of post offices is an issue, but it is also an issue in cities, particularly when the local transport network does not necessarily link people with the…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Grenfell Tower Annual ReportNothing can ever undo the harm caused at Grenfell. I was in Parliament on that day, swearing in, when we saw everything that had unfolded. Nobody in my city of Aberdeen can ever…25 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionIf this is the Conservative’s stance, why when consideration of the Online Safety Bill lasted for so long—it was even referred back into Committee, which no Bill had been in 20…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionI asked the hon. Lady’s Government to ban suicide forums that encourage young people to harm themselves. I asked her Government to ban eating disorder forums that encourage eating…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionThe Minister has just said that the Government have already sought permissive powers. I understand that they are going to move an amendment in lieu to the Children’s Wellbeing and…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionI am glad that the hon. Member has been very clear that her position is that she supports the Lords amendment that seeks to ban social media for children. Is she aware that it…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionAustralia just bans children from holding accounts; it does not ban them from using any of the platforms. They can still use YouTube; they just cannot have an account.24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionThis makes me more frustrated than just about anything else in this place: the levels of ignorance, stupidity and hypocrisy from so many people in here, specifically about…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionI am confused about what the Liberal Democrats’ proposals are. The proposals laid out by the hon. Lady are not those introduced in the House of Lords. In the House of Lords, only…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionA local organisation in my constituency, CyberSafe Scotland, surveyed children about what they were being fed on TikTok. There is a road in my constituency called North Anderson…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionWill the hon. Member give way?24 Feb 2026HANSARD Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillIs the hon. Lady aware of what percentage of people currently subject to the two-child cap are in work? Is she aware that 22% of people on universal credit earn more money than…23 Feb 2026