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HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]I do not get to say this very often, but I accept the Minister’s reassurances. I think our point has been made and I look forward to seeing whether the Government Whips Office…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]I am just trying to beat the record of my hon. Friend the Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart) for being the Member from Scotland who has spoken most frequently in…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Kew Gardens (Leases) (No. 3) Bill [Lords]I just want to reinforce what we said earlier: we have points to make on procedures in this place, but the work that Kew does is immensely valuable. We hold it in the greatest of…24 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend the Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart)—in fact, I think he should be my right hon. Friend—is racing back in breathless anticipation of the Lords…18 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Is it true that the Secretary of State called the Road Haulage Association and advised it not to criticise his botched Brexit preparations in public? Is this the Government’s…18 Jul 2019HANSARDBullying and Harassment of MPs’ Parliamentary StaffThe hon. Gentleman is touching on an important issue—these little grey areas where relationships can become very close, because of the intense environment, and we ask for things…17 Jul 2019HANSARDBullying and Harassment of MPs’ Parliamentary StaffIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for South Northamptonshire (Andrea Leadsom), the former Leader of the House, and I acknowledge the significant amount of work she…17 Jul 2019HANSARD Nazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeI, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Hampstead and Kilburn on securing the urgent question and you on granting it, Mr Speaker. She and the family will know that they have the…17 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagements11. On 26 June, this House agreed a Scottish National party resolution regretting that the Prime Minister’s legacy will be the hostile environment. Yesterday, the all-party groups…17 Jul 2019HANSARDClimate ChangeThe right hon. Gentleman is perhaps the most diligent and committed Secretary of State for International Development that I and my hon. Friend the Member for Dundee West (Chris…17 Jul 2019HANSARDIndependent Complaints and Grievance SchemeAs I said in the previous debate, the SNP is very happy to support this motion and welcomes the changes to the independent complaints and grievance procedure, to open it up to…17 Jul 2019HANSARDBullying and Harassment of MPs’ Parliamentary StaffAbsolutely. That is not to say that everything there is perfect—I do not pretend for a minute that everything is perfect—but when the Scottish Parliament was set up 20 years ago,…17 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. Matthew’s Foods, which has served the Asian community in Glasgow North for nearly 20 years, is being threatened with electrical disconnection because it is disputing a…16 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillWe should not let these sittings of the English Parliament go completely unremarked. In particular, it is good to see the Secretary of State for Transport in his place because, of…15 Jul 2019HANSARD20 Years of DevolutionI congratulate my hon. Friend on making a very powerful speech. In fact, is the situation not even more profound than that? As the First Minister of Scotland has said, the Union…11 Jul 2019HANSARD20 Years of DevolutionMy hon. Friend is making an important speech marking 20 years of devolution and where we go next. Right at the start, he spoke about Winnie Ewing reconvening the Scottish…11 Jul 2019HANSARDDevolution4. What assessment he has made of the merits of devolution over the last 20 years.10 Jul 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ12. During the right hon. Lady’s premiership, we have marked 100 years since the armistice of the great war, 100 years of women’s suffrage, 70 years of the NHS, the treaty of…10 Jul 2019HANSARDDevolutionIt is nice to hear the Minister say it like he means it. The Scottish Government are launching an innovative, engaging and participatory programme of citizens’ assemblies to look…10 Jul 2019HANSARDShort Sentences5. What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of sentences of less than three months in reducing reoffending.09 Jul 2019