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HANSARDSmartphones and Social Media: ChildrenI congratulate the hon. Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Miriam Cates) on her outstanding speech and her commitment to this hugely important issue, which should concern…14 May 2024HANSARDState Pension Age Changes: Compensation6. What recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing compensation to women born in the 1950s affected by changes to the state pension age.13 May 2024HANSARDState Pension Age Changes: CompensationA report in today’s Scottish Daily Express notes that seven in 10 members of the public support financial compensation for women born in the 1950s. If the Government will not act…13 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. It is an unavoidable fact that the United Kingdom has one of the lowest pensions in the developed world, and pensioner poverty is a very real issue. I meet constituents who…13 May 2024HANSARDScottish Products: Overseas Promotion7. What recent discussions she has had with the Scottish Government on the promotion of Scottish products in overseas markets.02 May 2024HANSARDScottish Products: Overseas PromotionThe value of Scotland’s oil exports to the EU reached £9.4 billion in 2023, with total oil exports up 14.7%, so the value of oil as an export commodity cannot be overstated. Those…02 May 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseYesterday’s judgment from the president of the family division of the High Court concerning the practices of online, Singapore-registered GenderGP set out the following facts.…02 May 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. The Cass review has established that social transitioning is not a neutral act, and that it introduces significant risk of harm. Does the Secretary of State agree with me that…29 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsI thank the hon. Gentleman for that clarifying point. People I have spoken to who were involved in those clinical trials have raised serious and significant concerns about the way…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsThe hon. Gentleman has just illustrated very clearly the fundamental difference between some of the points that have been made about prophylaxis and anaphylaxis. When people are…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsI will begin by picking up on a few of the points that have been raised this afternoon. First, there is a parallel with a very important report that we received last week, and to…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsI thank the hon. Gentleman, who makes a really important point. The answer to that is that it is impossible, and that is the fundamental point. We cannot measure late effects if…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsI am sorry, but I did not quite catch the hon. Gentleman’s question.18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsThat was not actually the point I was making. I was making the point that any clinical trial, whether something is ruled in or ruled out, is subject to GCP guidelines, and it is…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsWell, the hon. Gentleman can shake his head, but that is my experience. I worked at University College London Hospitals and the Royal Marsden, and those are the principles that we…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsI thank the hon. Lady for her question. I think we all understand the situation that we were in. I am not using a retrospectoscope to say that things should not have been done in…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsWill the hon. Gentleman let me finish the point I am making? I am sorry, but I have now forgotten the point I was going to make to the hon. Lady. I do not think anybody entered…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsI will give way one more time.18 Apr 2024HANSARD Covid-19: Response and Excess DeathsI thank the hon. Gentleman for that point of information and for acknowledging an important scientist in this debate. It is a great honour to have worked in the same institutions…18 Apr 2024HANSARD Finance (No. 2) BillThe amendment in my name sought to address the failure of the Bill to bring in tax measures to ensure the continuation of oil and gas activity in Scotland, including at…17 Apr 2024