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HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThe right hon. Gentleman will understand that it is for me to decide what my intervention will be. I was going to say that I am very pleased to hear him sticking up for people who…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for taking a further intervention. As a signatory to his amendment, I wonder whether his discussions with the Minister have included someone with a…09 Jul 2025HANSARD Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Billrose—09 Jul 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy right hon. Friend will be aware of the importance of post offices to communities up and down the country, particularly those where there are no banks and where other facilities…03 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI am grateful to my colleagues on the Front Bench for listening to what Back Benchers have been saying for months, and for making so many changes. However, I did not see any…30 Jun 2025HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsI thank the Prime Minister for his statement and his leadership—something that I am sure is welcomed by our allies around the world, if not by the Opposition. My right hon. and…26 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseMy constituent applied to have his case against his pension provider considered by the ombudsman, and he contacted me because of the delay in receiving a determination. I, in…26 Jun 2025HANSARDHaemochromatosis ScreeningMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point about the need to test in the Western Isles, and his solution of using the community payback from wind farms is an excellent idea. Would he…25 Jun 2025HANSARD War MemorialsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart. I, too, thank my hon. Friend the Member for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (Melanie Ward) for securing this important…24 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillWill the hon. Member give way?20 Jun 2025HANSARD Iran-Israel ConflictI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement and for making so clear what the UK Government’s actions are. However, it is very clear that the suffering in Palestine will…16 Jun 2025HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Casey ReportI thank my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary for her statement. One of the questions running through Baroness Casey’s audit is “Why?”—not just why that type of offending has…16 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI rise to speak to my amendment 13, which concerns the appointment of the voluntary assisted dying commissioner. In Committee, it was decided that the Prime Minister would appoint…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am genuinely looking for clarification. As a former Cabinet Minister in the Scottish Government, I jealously guard the devolution settlement. I wonder how the extension of some…13 Jun 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy hon. Friend makes a valid point. The point of my amendment, as I will come on to, is that we need to ensure as much scrutiny as possible in this regard. From what I have…13 Jun 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsDoes the hon. Member agree with me that it is also invidious that young people in Scotland who want to apply for the Young Scot card, which allows them free travel, have to…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Child Poverty and No Recourse to Public FundsI thank my hon. Friend for taking my intervention, and it is always a pleasure to serve under your chairpersonship, Dr Huq. Earlier this year, I held a consultation event on the…11 Jun 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesMany of us have urged this course of action on the Government for some time now, and the imposition of sanctions on these two individuals and others in the Israeli Government is…10 Jun 2025HANSARDDementia CareI thank the hon. Member for taking so many interventions; it is very welcome. As she will be aware, health is devolved to the Scottish Government, and we Scots have a slightly…03 Jun 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewI was pleased to read in the SDR about the importance of building on the 2024 joint declaration on the Norwegian-UK strategic partnership, which recognises the autonomy of both…02 Jun 2025