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HANSARDPost Office NetworkI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. I totally agree with her. I learnt about the circular flow of income and cash many years ago. If we cannot withdraw money from the post…10 Mar 2020HANSARDPost Office NetworkI beg to move, That this House has considered the post office network. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I was tempted to add to the motion this morning…10 Mar 2020HANSARD British Steel IndustryThank you, Sir Charles; I am just about to wind up. The SNP Government have fought for threatened jobs wherever and whenever there has been a chance to save them. Unlike…10 Mar 2020HANSARDPost Office NetworkI thank everyone who has taken part in this debate, whether through interventions or speeches. I do not want the Minister to take this personally, because I could have said it…10 Mar 2020HANSARDPost Office NetworkI absolutely agree. When the Crown post office in Motherwell closed, one of the biggest lobbying efforts I had was from small business owners who could nip into Motherwell town…10 Mar 2020HANSARD British Steel IndustryI do not generally intervene on Ministers when they are responding, but in 2015, when the steel industry was at crisis point yet again, the Scottish Government saved the Dalzell…10 Mar 2020HANSARDPost Office and Horizon SoftwareI see them as being as much victims of the Horizon scandal as any person who was taken to court, and they should be financially compensated. This is a national scandal, and the…05 Mar 2020HANSARDPost Office and Horizon SoftwareIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Telford (Lucy Allan) on securing this important debate. I want to make it…05 Mar 2020HANSARDTaxationWill the Secretary of State acknowledge that for the third consecutive year more than half of Scottish income tax payers will pay less tax than taxpayers in the UK? Will he…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Social MobilityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Sir David Evennett). Is it not good that another…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Social MobilityI was indeed. Will the Minister tell us whether her Government will follow the Scottish Government and commit to a socioeconomic duty in England and Wales, and whether they will…12 Feb 2020HANSARDEmployment: People with Disabilities1. What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on increasing the level of employment for people with disabilities.23 Jan 2020HANSARDEmployment: People with DisabilitiesInclusion Scotland recommends that the Access to Work fund should be increased and the cap lifted, and Leonard Cheshire recommends a cut in application waiting times so as not to…23 Jan 2020HANSARDHealth and Social CareThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Westminster Government would do well to look at and emulate many of the forward-looking, fair, equitable and progressive policies that…16 Jan 2020HANSARDHealth and Social CareIt will come as no surprise to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, that I intend to dwell on health and social care issues as they relate to my constituents in my own country of Scotland.…16 Jan 2020HANSARD Child Poverty in ScotlandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I congratulate my parliamentary neighbour, the hon. Member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (Hugh Gaffney), on…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Child Poverty in ScotlandDoes the hon. Gentleman realise that the Scottish Government have built more houses since they came to power in 2007 than the Labour-Liberal Democrat Administration did in the…30 Oct 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Withdrawal AgreementHas an economic assessment been prepared to illustrate how much of a competitive advantage Northern Ireland will gain from effectively remaining in the EU’s customs union and…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Child Poverty in ScotlandI understand the improvements in employment, but child poverty is not improved if people cannot make a decent living even when they are employed. Does the Minister agree?30 Oct 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Withdrawal Agreement6. What economic assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Government’s proposed withdrawal agreement on Northern Ireland.30 Oct 2019