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HANSARD Scottish Affairs CommitteeIf the hon. Member looks very carefully, he will see that there are no Scottish National party Members nominated to either the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee…02 Mar 2020HANSARD Scottish Affairs CommitteePerhaps they have. Looking back at the history of the Committee’s membership, it is not completely unusual for the Conservative party in particular to have to populate its spaces…02 Mar 2020HANSARD Scottish Affairs CommitteeYes, it is important that the Committee has that opportunity. The composition of the Committee being proposed tonight is completely out of balance with political reality in…02 Mar 2020HANSARDPoints-based Immigration SystemWill these rules undo the injustice of the tier 5 rules that are currently stopping supply priests from Africa getting short-term visas in the summer months, thereby denying…24 Feb 2020HANSARDRefugee family reunionGlasgow University’s Student Action for Refugees recently hosted the Museum Without A Home exhibition, displaying everyday objects in solidarity with migrants and refugees around…11 Feb 2020HANSARDMigration and ScotlandPerhaps the right hon. Gentleman can explain something to me—and I hope the Minister will pay attention—because we will all experience these kinds of cases in our surgeries. I…11 Feb 2020HANSARDCompostable Waste from ParliamentI congratulate my hon. Friend—he should be right hon.—on his appointment. Can he confirm that, or find out whether, the signs used in the Division Lobbies to indicate an…06 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right; and we raised those points five years ago, when the EVEL process was being introduced.04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillThere we go. We have now had as many Welsh and Scottish Members contributing from the Floor as Members from elsewhere in the United Kingdom. These points were raised back in the…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillI thank my hon. Friend for that. The contributions she is making demonstrate precisely why Members from Scotland should have been allowed to participate fully in this stage of the…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right on that. The Scottish National party has always pledged—we have done this throughout our time in government—that any Barnett consequentials that…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillYes; my hon. Friend is absolutely right, and we would be very happy to support new clause 5 if the procedures of the House allowed us to. It is absolutely crucial to what the Bill…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillYes; I absolutely agree. My hon. Friend is right: I barely noticed the difference as this place magically transformed itself into the Legislative Grand Committee (England).…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillFinally, here we are, in the English Parliament after all these years. Isn’t it great? The Mace is down, the signs are up, and the dream of David Cameron has finally been…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillThe third final point.04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillIt really does not feel like that at the moment, does it? Hear no EVEL, see no EVEL, speak no EVEL should be the mantra, because my hon. Friend is right; this might not be the…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillOn a point of order, Dame Eleanor. We are back in the English Parliament again and the absurdity of this procedure is now being laid bare. [ Interruption. ] I am delighted that…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is great to be back in the United Kingdom Parliament—just like magic! I congratulate you on your skilful chairing of the English…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillOn a point of order, Dame Eleanor. I think that we should mark this moment. This is the busiest that the English Parliament has been since 1707. I have never seen so many people…04 Feb 2020HANSARD NHS Funding BillOn a point of order, Dame Eleanor. I notice that it is now 5.10 pm and that the Minister is about to get to his feet. If the knife falls at 5.30 pm, while the Minister is still…04 Feb 2020