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HANSARDRailway Ticket OfficesNo. None of this is of any use to people who are visually impaired or deaf, older people, people with no access to anything but cash, or people in wheelchairs, who at present…13 Sept 2023HANSARDRailway Ticket OfficesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Davies. As the SNP disabilities spokesperson, this topic is very important to me. For disabled people, particularly those who…13 Sept 2023HANSARDDevolution of Drugs PolicyThe Minister did not answer the question, so I will try again. Scotland needs a caring, compassionate, human rights-informed drugs policy with public health and the reduction of…13 Sept 2023HANSARDDevolution of Drugs Policy12. What discussions he has held with Cabinet colleagues and the Scottish Government on the devolution of drugs policy to Scotland.13 Sept 2023HANSARDPANS and PANDASIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Dowd. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting, and the hon. Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain) for…12 Sept 2023HANSARD EU ProgrammesThe SNP welcomes this move, which will provide much-needed certainty and kickstart new research opportunities for key strength areas of the Scottish economy, including life…07 Sept 2023HANSARDFinancial Education in SchoolsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Angela. I am delighted to be here this morning. I declare an interest as a vice-chair, since 2015, of the all-party…06 Sept 2023HANSARDWork Capability Assessment ConsultationI am almost tempted to say another week, another consultation. Disabled charities come to me regularly with real doubts and worries about the way disabled people are being…05 Sept 2023HANSARDDisability Benefits: AssessmentsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I thank the Petitions Committee, its able representative the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentNo, I will not. [Laughter.] I thank my staff for putting up with me and my demands on them, but most of all I thank them for the work they do for folk in Motherwell and Wishaw. We…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseOn 18 May, the Leader of the House told me that she would again take up the matter of redundancy modification orders with the Department and chase up officials for me and perhaps…20 Jul 2023HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentI thank all Members for their contributions, many of which I agreed with, surprisingly. I want first to pay my own tribute to Sir David Amess. He was so kind to me. True to his…20 Jul 2023HANSARDArtificial Intelligence5. Whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to regulate the use of artificial intelligence.19 Jul 2023HANSARDArtificial IntelligenceResearchers at Robust Intelligence recently discovered that AI could be trained to bypass its in-built restrictions and privacy protections within hours of use. Despite growing…19 Jul 2023HANSARDPost Office Horizon IT Scandal: CompensationI do not know where to start—there is so much—but here I go. The SNP welcomes Sir Wyn Williams’s interim report on compensation. His recommendations would go a huge way to…18 Jul 2023HANSARDPost Office Ltd: Management CultureI beg to move, That this House has considered the management culture at Post Office Ltd. It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir George. Many right hon. and…13 Jul 2023HANSARDPost Office Ltd: Management CultureI could not agree more with the right hon. Gentleman. I will come on to that point. Openness, honesty and integrity are guiding principles of public life, but it seems that for…13 Jul 2023HANSARDPost Office Ltd: Management CultureI recognise what the Minister has done, and I acknowledge that more and more people are going digital, but post offices serve their communities. In communities with high levels of…13 Jul 2023HANSARDPost Office Ltd: Management CultureI thank all right hon. and hon. Members who are here. This was the most difficult debate to prepare for in my time in this place, because I had so much information and so many…13 Jul 2023HANSARD Charity Lottery Fundraising CapsIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I sincerely congratulate the right hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton), not only on securing this…05 Jul 2023