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HANSARDEngagementsQ2. The Prime Minister will know from my recent correspondence that a Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituent, Ruth Zuccarello, is the sister of Jim Fitton, who is currently…15 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. The war in Ukraine, the Freeport LNG explosion and Nord Stream 1 pipeline issues caused a spike in wholesale gas prices overnight at 30%, announced at £2 a therm. Scotland is…15 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. In response to yesterday’s urgent question on GDP, the Minister cited a drop in covid test uptake to explain the drop in GDP. Coronavirus test device approvals have been…14 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyAbsolutely not. I am not making that parallel at all; I am talking about information and consent. During my clinical practice and academic research, I conducted primary research…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyIt is now a pleasure to serve to under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I was making a point about the provision of information to assist in decision making in complex situations.…13 Jun 2022HANSARDTransgender Conversion TherapyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I congratulate the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) on the sensitivity of his opening…13 Jun 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseLast Saturday, my constituent Andrew McLeod was trying to board his 7.20 flight to Alicante. He passed through security and passport control, but even though his passport was…26 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeI apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker. I mean “the people the Government are supposed to serve”. What is clear, and what I do not think has been mentioned by anyone today—although it…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeI want to address the Queen’s Speech in regard to the position on justice. Justice is a light-and-shade issue; it is not all black and white. I am not surprised by the lacklustre…11 May 2022HANSARDJim Fitton: Detention in IraqI pay tribute to and thank the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) for her work on this case. I express my support and solidarity with Jim Fitton’s family. Nothing is more…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I think he has made his point clearly. I do not want to go back over what I have said; I think I am using up enough time. There…11 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeDrug deaths are not an isolated issue that exists in a bubble. The opportunities to correct them require the full economic levers of an independent country. While the problem…11 May 2022HANSARDUK Diagnostics Industry and Covid-19 RecoveryI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. He makes some really important points. The first point I make—and I have previously paid tribute to the chair of the Vaccine…10 May 2022HANSARDUK Diagnostics Industry and Covid-19 RecoveryI want to start by illustrating how important diagnostics and testing are, and nothing does that more clearly than the decision to discharge elderly people to care homes without…10 May 2022HANSARDUK Diagnostics Industry and Covid-19 RecoveryI may be professionally slanted on this, but one observation I made was that we had lots of very “academic” academics involved in the decision making at Cobra. There are some…10 May 2022HANSARDUK Diagnostics Industry and Covid-19 RecoveryHow can such a basic statistic be commercially sensitive? No one is asking for information about the companies. I am certainly not asking for information about how contracts were…10 May 2022HANSARDChildhood Cancer OutcomesI thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. I agree: there has been an enormous amount of work across a range of disease profiles, and I want very swiftly to name some of the key…26 Apr 2022HANSARDChildhood Cancer OutcomesI pay tribute to the hon. Member for Gosport (Dame Caroline Dinenage) for securing this enormously important debate, and to the right hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mark Tami)…26 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI want to start my remarks by paying tribute to the powerful contributions by the hon. Members for Hazel Grove (Mr Wragg) and for Rhondda (Chris Bryant). One thing that has come…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Foster CarersIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Jarrow (Kate Osborne) for securing this enormously important debate, which is…21 Apr 2022