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HANSARD Social SecurityThese days we often talk about social media in denigrating terms, but we would sometimes do well to remind ourselves why it is a useful tool. I was reminded of this the other day…02 Mar 2021HANSARDIntegrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign PolicyJust last night, we heard from ITV News that there is a new component: the defence White Paper—something that had not been raised with us on the Defence Committee and none of the…09 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Border MeasuresWhat assessment she has made of the effectiveness of covid-19 health measures at the UK border.08 Feb 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillJust as when I first took part in Armed Forces Bill debates, in 2016, I am afraid there is a feeling of a missed opportunity. While we will be back here tomorrow to talk about the…08 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Border MeasuresI am sure I am not the only person on these islands who has been left to wonder why the party that has spent so much of the past five years talking about taking back control of…08 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Minister will be aware of the negotiations for facility management contracts that are under way at Her Majesty’s naval base, Clyde, involving a significant number of my…01 Feb 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Sentencing of Pro-democracy ActivistsI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stirling (Alyn Smith) for gaining this urgent question. HSBC stands accused, yet again, of colluding in the implementation of the national…07 Dec 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Outbreak: DWP ResponseIt is good to follow the hon. Member for Devizes (Danny Kruger), although of course in the 1600s this Parliament did not exist, so those laws would not have applied in Scotland,…26 Nov 2020HANSARD Lockdown: Economic SupportWhile welcoming the news that the support will return to 80%, many people here in West Dunbartonshire and across Scotland regret the fact that this decision has been made at the…03 Nov 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Fifth sitting)I take on board what the Minister says, but we may disagree on an overall element of the Bill. It is the Overseas Operations Bill, and the persons we are speaking of are involved…14 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Sixth sitting)I want to speak to amendment 3, the probing amendment tabled by the right hon. Member for North Durham, and to reflect on several issues that he has raised about trust and…14 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Sixth sitting)The right hon. Gentleman gets to a point that many of us find disconcerting, especially when reflecting on the second part of the Bill. The chain of command needs to take…14 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Sixth sitting)rose—14 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Sixth sitting)If the Bill were not legislation relating to the armed forces, it would have been given prior oversight by either the Attorney General for England and Wales, the Attorney General…14 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Sixth sitting)Go on, give way.14 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Sixth sitting)I am very grateful to the Minister for giving way. When we consider his summing up, critically with reference to new clause 7(2)(a), does he not recognise that some of the…14 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Sixth sitting)Regarding proposed new subsection (a) on new evidence, in evidence to the Committee last Thursday, in response to the hon. Member for Wrexham, the judge advocate gave as an…14 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Sixth sitting)Again, the hon. Member asked Judge Blackett question last week in relation to Marine A. Judge Blackett responded that “a number of the issues here were raised by Marine A…14 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Sixth sitting)In response to a question the right hon. Gentleman raised last week, Judge Blackett said, in relation to the Magistrates’ Court Act 1980, that “a great raft of those allegations…14 Oct 2020HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (Fifth sitting)In response to a question asked by the hon. Member for Blaydon last week, General Sir Nick Parker stated: “Nobody would want anything in the process that somehow allows people who…14 Oct 2020