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HANSARDSupport for Women PensionersThere is a third Member in a dreadful fankle. We said at the election that we would wait for the ombudsman’s report, we would examine it and we would take a view. We have a taken…22 Jan 2025HANSARDSupport for Women PensionersOne in six Scots is on a waiting list today, and we face a housing emergency and a very stubborn attainment gap. Nobody could look around Scotland and say that it is going in the…22 Jan 2025HANSARDSupport for Women PensionersI could not agree more. Scotland’s NHS is in crisis; one in six Scots are on a waiting list. The UK Government have provided a record investment to fix Scotland’s public services.…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Scotland: Transport LinksVery much so, and the integrated transport strategy, which I will come to shortly, is indeed designed to ensure that we are delivering growth, delivering on our climate ambitions…08 Jan 2025HANSARD Scotland: Transport LinksAs I said, I would be delighted to meet the hon. Gentleman and colleagues from the Department for Transport to follow up on that. Furthermore, I am pleased to say that the…08 Jan 2025HANSARD Scotland: Transport LinksIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Lewell-Buck, and I welcome you to your place. I congratulate the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John…08 Jan 2025HANSARD Scotland: Transport LinksI am delighted to do so, and the shadow Secretary of State, the hon. Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Andrew Bowie), asked me about that too. We are delivering on the…08 Jan 2025HANSARD Scotland: Transport LinksMy understanding is that those ferries are operated commercially, but I would be delighted to meet the hon. Gentleman and colleagues from the Department for Transport.08 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandI will make some progress. And just as our Budget choices reflect our values, the ways in which the Opposition parties choose to oppose them represent their values, whether that…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandI will make some progress. This Budget asks businesses and the wealthiest to pay their share while making taxes fairer. Those are Labour choices and they are inspired by Labour…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandWe have made responsible tax choices entirely in line with our manifesto. That is why the rates of employers’ national insurance will increase by just 1.2 percentage points. The…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandI will in just one minute. The Chancellor has made it clear that, while protecting working people with measures to reduce the cost of living, difficult decisions would be…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandI will make some progress. The Budget ensured the largest real-terms Budget settlement for the Scottish Government in the whole history of devolution, with an additional £1.5…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Vaz. I begin by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Livingston (Gregor Poynton) on securing this debate on the…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandAt the election, Scotland was offered a choice—the politics of protest or the politics of progress. It chose the latter, and the result is a Budget that protects working people in…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandAs the hon. Member will be aware, each year almost three quarters of estates eligible for APR in the UK are expected to be entirely unaffected by these fair and proportionate…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandI will make some progress. The hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) and my hon. Friend the Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Torcuil Crichton) shared…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandI will make some progress. I have been listening very intently to the speeches and chuntering from some hon. Members; I have not been taking any notes on economic credibility. The…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandI will make some progress. We have also confirmed that all 12 regions of Scotland will be covered by a growth deal. Our investments include nearly £890 million of direct…07 Jan 2025HANSARD Budget: ScotlandI will make some progress. Those are all the choices of a Government resolutely focused on the future. In conclusion, the Budget does exactly what Scottish Labour was elected to…07 Jan 2025