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HANSARDScottish Affairs Committee in 2024-25 and Industrial TransitionMy hon. Friend has given a good explanation of some of the Committee’s work. Does she agree that one of the most impressive things that we have seen this year has been the…05 Feb 2026HANSARDFemale Genital Mutilation2. What steps she is taking to increase prosecution rates for female genital mutilation.05 Feb 2026HANSARD Armed Conflict: ChildrenIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Hyndburn (Sarah Smith) for securing the debate. I know how interested she is…04 Feb 2026HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainWill the Minister give way?02 Feb 2026HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainI am grateful to the Minister for taking an intervention. Given that we reckon that some 30% of posts in the NHS and care sector are taken up by people who have come from…02 Feb 2026HANSARDIndefinite Leave to RemainIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I thank my constituent Favour Deedam and her colleagues in Unison’s migrant worker network for sharing their…02 Feb 2026HANSARD Women’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO ReportMy right hon. Friend is a very serious individual and his statement was very serious. It helpfully enumerated that the majority of pensioners on lower incomes are women and that…29 Jan 2026HANSARDEngagementsAt a time when the Government are promoting a duty of candour to ensure that all public servants, including Ministers, have a legal duty to act with transparency and frankness,…28 Jan 2026HANSARDSale of FireworksIt is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine. I thank the hon. Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) for the way in which he laid out the debate,…19 Jan 2026HANSARDSale of FireworksI thank my hon. Friend. I was just saying that as well as its complexity, which I understand, another reason for not introducing licensing in the way that the Scottish Government…19 Jan 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseA constituent of mine requires to renew his driving licence annually because of his age. He applied for a renewal in September 2025 and has now been told that his hospital…15 Jan 2026HANSARDCost of LivingThe Secretary of State is aware that the Scottish Affairs Committee recently conducted an inquiry into the Thistle safer drug consumption room in Glasgow. I hope that this…14 Jan 2026HANSARDStorm GorettiMy constituency is rather a long way away from Cornwall and the Scilly Isles, but I do live in a part of the country that is not immune to major storms. The Scottish Affairs…13 Jan 2026HANSARD IranI thank my right hon. Friend for her strong words. Like many hon. Members, I have been contacted by constituents who are very concerned about not being able to contact friends and…13 Jan 2026HANSARDGlasgow Safer Drug Consumption FacilityI thank my hon. Friend the Minister for that response. It is clear that, across this room, we all share the goal of tackling the harms caused by problem drug use. However, in the…08 Jan 2026HANSARDGlasgow Safer Drug Consumption FacilityI do not know whether the hon. Member is aware that naloxone is widely used in Scotland by paramedics and the police. As a councillor on Glasgow city council, I had the…08 Jan 2026HANSARDGlasgow Safer Drug Consumption FacilityOne of the things that is advantageous about the Thistle is that it does not exist in a vacuum. It can refer people on to other services such as housing— many of the people being…08 Jan 2026HANSARDGlasgow Safer Drug Consumption FacilityI beg to move, That this House has considered the Third Report of the Scottish Affairs Committee, Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption…08 Jan 2026HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House join me in welcoming today’s announcement by the Secretary of State for Scotland of £140 million of local growth funding for Scotland, including £60.9…08 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement, and I thank him and the Prime Minister for their leadership on this issue. He rightly referred in his statement to the actions of…07 Jan 2026