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HANSARDEngagementsQ4. Last month the Scottish Government Health Minister was forced to apologise for waiting times in my area of Fife, where some patients wait more than two years for treatment. My…30 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ7. Like many in my constituency of Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy, my family knows what it means to raise and support a disabled child. Charities such as The Yard in Kirkcaldy do an…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Employment Rights BillI draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and to my proud membership of Community and Unison. My hon. Friend and I are both proud to represent…21 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere are numerous examples of the damage that out of control social media and mobile phone usage is doing to our young people, including in my area of Fife. The Courier newspaper…16 Oct 2024HANSARD City and Town Centres: RegenerationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Vickers. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Derby North (Catherine Atkinson) on securing this important debate. After…16 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.16 Oct 2024HANSARD Gaza and LebanonToday, we are joined in the Gallery by my friends from the excellent health and human rights NGO Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, and we pay tribute to their brave work.…15 Oct 2024HANSARDGaza and Humanitarian AidIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. I thank the hon. Member for Birmingham Perry Barr (Ayoub Khan) for securing this important debate. It is impossible to do…10 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. After 14 years of Tory economic chaos and 17 years of Scottish National party public service failure, as many as one in four children in my constituency now live in poverty.…07 Oct 2024HANSARDAnniversary of 7 October Attacks: Middle EastAs the Prime Minister has said, the horrific Hamas attacks a year ago inflicted unbearable pain and loss on Israeli civilians, and we continue to condemn those attacks in the…07 Oct 2024HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundI, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rochester and Strood on securing this debate and thank her for doing so. This is such an important moment. We heard from my hon.…12 Sept 2024HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundIt also helps employability and, crucially, access to work. Does the Minister agree that such cross-UK funding is hugely important for areas like mine, where inequality is an…12 Sept 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceI congratulate all the hon. Members who have made their maiden speeches in today’s debate, and in particular my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes North (Chris Curtis) who…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Building Safety and ResilienceMy hon. Friend will have noticed that in my first speech, I mentioned that in Fife, we have a housing emergency. I draw his attention to the fact that in March, the SNP Scottish…11 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateIsraeli military F-16 aircraft have dropped thousands of bombs on civilians in Gaza in the last 11 months. UN weapons inspectors confirmed that this includes bombing the premises…02 Sept 2024HANSARDElections: Foreign Interference14. What steps her Department is taking to prevent foreign interference in elections.29 Jul 2024HANSARDElections: Foreign InterferenceDuring the recent general election, some of my constituents in Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy were understandably frustrated by delays in the postal voting system. I understand that…29 Jul 2024HANSARD Israel and GazaI welcome the Foreign Secretary’s announcement on UNRWA, whose work I know well. It saves lives in the face of unbearable horror, and we must be careful about believing any…19 Jul 2024