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HANSARD St Patrick’s Day: UK Bank HolidayI thank the hon. Member for giving way, and I thank you for your guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker—my apologies. The legend of St Patrick is a very famous one. We Scots like to think…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Shipyards: Economic GrowthI look forward to serving under your leadership this afternoon, Ms Jardine. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Glenrothes and Mid Fife (Richard Baker) for securing this debate…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Shipyards: Economic GrowthI am grateful for that good-humoured response. Does he accept that the problems with Harland and Wolff did not just arise after a Labour Government were elected? Given that the…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Shipyards: Economic GrowthWould the hon. Member take another intervention on that point?18 Mar 2025HANSARDWomen’s Changed State Pension Age: CompensationIt is, as always, a pleasure to work under your chairmanship Sir Edward. I am pleased that the Petitions Committee has brought this debate to the House, especially given that as…17 Mar 2025HANSARDArm’s-Length Bodies (Review) BillI am very much aware that the hon. Member has been a Member of this Chamber for much longer than I and many of my colleagues have, given that many of us were elected for the first…14 Mar 2025HANSARDRare Cancers BillI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh South West (Dr Arthur) for bringing forward this Bill. If, as we always say, politics is the language of priorities, then my hon.…14 Mar 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseIn a series of hard-hitting articles in The Herald and the Evening Times recently, the current condition of my home city of Glasgow was reviewed, and issues as diverse as potholes…06 Mar 2025HANSARDGazaHave the Government carried out an assessment of the impact of the withdrawal of USAID from the region? In light of any assessment that may have been carried out, are the…04 Mar 2025HANSARDChurch of Scotland (Lord High Commissioner) BillThe fact that in 2025 we can say that no Roman Catholic has ever held the post of Lord High Commissioner seems slightly absurd. There are, of course, other positions in this…04 Mar 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseThe visit to Scotland by the Prime Minister within 48 hours of the general election was widely welcomed. That priority for Scotland stands in stark contrast with the actions of…27 Feb 2025HANSARDChurch Organs: Legislative ProtectionSt Margaret’s, Church of Scotland, in Knightswood in my constituency is closing, much to the detriment of its congregation and the wider area. The church is home to a significant…27 Feb 2025HANSARDChurch Organs: Legislative Protection8. Whether the Church has made an assessment of the potential merits of specific legislative protections for significant church organs.27 Feb 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI thank my hon. Friend for taking my intervention, and for securing today’s debate, which is indeed on a very important subject. I recently attended a talk by Professor Mamode,…12 Feb 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseYesterday’s meeting of the Scottish Affairs Committee took some interesting and informative evidence from representatives of the space industry in the UK. The launch of the first…06 Feb 2025HANSARD Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East (Andy McDonald) for securing this important urgent question. Over the last 16 months or so, we have seen…06 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ11. The announcement of a third runway at Heathrow is obviously a massive boost to growth in the economy. Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that it is important that…05 Feb 2025HANSARDStrengthening the UnionMay I thank my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for helping to secure £14 million of levelling up funds for the area of Drumchapel in my constituency of Glasgow West? Does…22 Jan 2025HANSARD Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillI give way.17 Jan 2025HANSARD Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh North and Leith (Tracy Gilbert) for bringing forward this important piece of Member’s legislation. Having taken a Members’ Bill…17 Jan 2025