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HANSARDAvantiScotRail, the Caledonian Sleeper, LNER and now TransPennine Express have all been nationalised. Increasingly, that is clearly the model that will deliver the reliable train…08 Jun 2023HANSARDIranIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I warmly congratulate the hon. Member for Bassetlaw (Brendan Clarke-Smith) on securing the debate. It is always…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Asylum-seeking Children: Hotel Accommodationrose —07 Jun 2023HANSARD Asylum-seeking Children: Hotel AccommodationWill the Minister give way?07 Jun 2023HANSARD Asylum-seeking Children: Hotel AccommodationThe Minister says he met staff and officials. Did he meet any of the children? Did he look any of them in the eye and tell them that they should not be here and were not welcome?07 Jun 2023HANSARDAfghan Women and GirlsYes. My hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right; indeed, I think that point has been made by all the speakers here in Westminster Hall this morning. However, in the…06 Jun 2023HANSARDAfghan Women and GirlsI must apologise to the Chamber; the confusion is entirely mine. You had the correct information, Mrs Latham, as did my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow Central (Alison…06 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal MigrationThe Home Secretary keeps talking about achieving value for money for the taxpayer. Has she made a calculation of what the net gain to the Treasury would be if asylum seekers were…05 Jun 2023HANSARDDeposit Return Scheme: UK Internal Market ActI am reminded of the old adage that had the Scottish National party invented the lightbulb, the Secretary of State would call it a dangerous anti-candle conspiracy. The reality is…05 Jun 2023HANSARDDeposit Return Scheme: UK Internal Market Act1. Whether he has had discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Scottish Government on an opt-out under the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 for the Scottish…05 Jun 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Billrose—24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI think I can help the Minister out here, because from everything he has just described, it appears that what the Government are trying to achieve is that, instead of its being…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Billrose —24 May 2023HANSARDStudent VisasNet migration figures also include the number people who leave this country. The Minister’s hard Brexit has made it more difficult for students and others to travel overseas, and…24 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIt is great to see that so many Ministers have taken an interest in this Bill during its passage. The Government and this place were already supposed to have the power to do…24 May 2023HANSARDDraft Medical Devices (Amendment) (Great Britain) Regulations 2023I will echo a lot of what we have heard from the hon. Member for Bristol South on the Labour Front Bench; there were some very fair points, well made. These innocuous-looking…22 May 2023HANSARDG7 SummitIf it is the Prime Minister’s firm resolve that it should never again be necessary to use nuclear weapons, why is he spending billions of pounds on renewing Trident?22 May 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration Bill: Access to JusticeAccess to justice is a basic human right, and judicial review is a particularly vital safeguard against unlawful state decision making, so why are the Government blocking the…16 May 2023HANSARDCost of LivingSupermarket shelves empty of food and basic goods, unaffordable energy prices and inflation and interest rates going through the roof—these were the nightmare, apocalyptic…16 May 2023HANSARDCost of LivingThey are notably empty this afternoon, too. My hon. Friend is correct. That will continue to be the case as far as Scotland is concerned, because I have every confidence in the…16 May 2023