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HANSARD Kinship Care for BabiesThank you very much for chairing this debate, Ms Fovargue. I give massive thanks to the right hon. Member for South Northamptonshire (Dame Andrea Leadsom), who I know has worked…22 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActThank you, Sir Christopher—I thank Sir George, too—for chairing this debate. I also thank the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn). He commented that he…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGender Recognition ActIn Scotland, we have committed to bringing gender identity healthcare into line with national waiting time standards, which we have put in place. I know it is slightly outside his…21 Feb 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders Bill: LGBTQ+ PeopleThank you, Mr Sharma, for the excellent job you are doing chairing the debate. I extend genuine thanks to the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Olivia Blake). I am not just going…02 Feb 2022HANSARDThrowline StationsThank you, Ms Ghani, for chairing this sitting this afternoon. I also thank the hon. Member for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher) and the Petitions Committee for ensuring that this issue…24 Jan 2022HANSARDTaylor Review of Modern Working PracticesThank you for chairing the debate today, Mrs Cummins. We hugely appreciate it. I would like to congratulate the hon. Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) on bringing this debate. This…19 Jan 2022HANSARD BBC FundingI am no fan of the regressive licence fee, but the Secretary of State saying on Twitter that this will be “the last” licence fee announcement is discourteous to this House, to all…17 Jan 2022HANSARDUnderpayment of Benefits: CompensationThe Government and this Department have a track record of having to be dragged to the ombudsman or dragged to court to make the most basic human decisions. In Scotland, we put…13 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsDoes the Cabinet Office agree that the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, the hon. Member for Moray (Douglas Ross), is a “lightweight”?13 Jan 2022HANSARDSubsidy Control BillSome parts of the Bill give the devolved Administrations a say, but many others do not. The key part concerns the issue of interested parties, which I will explain in some detail…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely correct. We are asking for the agricultural references to be removed from the Bill because we do not think that this gives us, or any of the…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillActually, what the legislation does is to give the business a responsibility to keep the letter. It does not give the business much more responsibility, in my mind, although I…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillOnce again, yes, it has to keep a full record, but it does not have to show Aberdeen City Council that record. There is no requirement on the company to be transparent about that…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillThank you for calling me to speak in this important debate, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a delight to be present in this incubation Chamber, where viruses from all around these…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI want to start with a few thanks. I thank staff member Dr Jonathan Kiehlmann and my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen South (Stephen Flynn) for their assistance on the Bill. I…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillSpecifically on the issue of uploading subsidies to databases and challenging such subsidies, the only way in which a subsidy will be overturned anyway is if the subsidy was given…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillI completely agree that there is not a level of parity here. There should be because the Government recognise that the Scottish Parliament has responsibility for some things—the…13 Dec 2021HANSARDSubsidy Control BillWe discussed this at length, with a lot of banter, in Committee. But I have a concern that the provision does not say “directly” or “indirectly”. It does not make that as clear as…13 Dec 2021HANSARD Climate Goals: Wellbeing EconomyI am delighted to be called to speak first after the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas), who I thank for securing this debate on the most important issue. I…30 Nov 2021