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HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillIs the Minister prepared to look at how the proposals in the Bill and the amendments align with relevant legislation passed in the Scottish Government? A number of framework Bills…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillThere is a huge risk. It is clear that the Government’s starting point is very often to avoid giving people the social security and welfare support that they might need to live a…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillThe Minister said that this Bill would not have been possible without Brexit. I think the expression he was looking for is that this Bill would not have been necessary if it had…29 Nov 2023HANSARD Data Protection and Digital Information BillIt is difficult to know where to start. The Minister described this as a Brexit opportunities Bill. Of course, Brexit was supposed to be about this place taking back control. It…29 Nov 2023HANSARDCommunity Energy SchemesDoes the Minister recognise the frustration and disappointment at the length of time and legislative barriers that remain for campaigning community groups who want community…28 Nov 2023HANSARDCommunity Energy Schemes5. What steps her Department is taking to support the development of community energy schemes.28 Nov 2023HANSARD UkraineA few of us who are members of the all-party parliamentary group on the Holy See visited the Ukrainian Catholic cathedral in Mayfair this morning and visited the fantastic welcome…28 Nov 2023HANSARD Net Migration FiguresCan the Minister explain to the musicians in Glasgow North who can no longer afford to travel to Europe, the academics in Glasgow North who have lost so many opportunities to…28 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Code of Practice on Reasonable Steps to be taken by a Trade Union (Minimum Service Levels)Is my hon. Friend concerned about the increasingly authoritarian approach of this Government? People are now required to turn up to polling stations with photo ID, and now they…27 Nov 2023HANSARDDraft Code of Practice on Reasonable Steps to be taken by a Trade Union (Minimum Service Levels)Like my hon. Friend, I am a member of Unison in Glasgow. All the concerns that he has raised about how the code applies to the NHS, and particularly how it applies to nurses, have…27 Nov 2023HANSARDAsylum Seeker AccommodationSurely if asylum seekers had the right to work they would be able to pay for their own accommodation at little or no cost to the taxpayer.27 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseI have heard from a number of constituents in Glasgow North who are concerned that weapons either manufactured in the UK or sold by UK companies are being used in this conflict.…27 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperThere is a welcome change of tone in the White Paper—the language about partnership, for example, will not be unfamiliar to those of us who have worked with the Scotland-Malawi…21 Nov 2023HANSARD Debt in AfricaIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I congratulate the hon. Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi) on securing what I think has been a very thoughtful and…21 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationWhen and how will the Home Secretary know that his treaties and legislative changes are giving the Court the certainty that it demands? Will he proactively go to the Court for a…15 Nov 2023HANSARDFood InflationEven if the inflation rate is falling, food prices are still going up considerably. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation reckons that they have gone up at least twice as fast as the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDFood Inflation20. What recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of food inflation.14 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe Minister continues to say that he wants the Government of Israel to respect international human rights law, but last week he said that the Government could not make a…14 Nov 2023HANSARD Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationThe Minister said in response to my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens) that he wants the Government of Israel to comply with international human rights…08 Nov 2023HANSARDDebate on the AddressWell—God save the King! Those are not words that might be expected from someone brought up to have a healthy scepticism of the role of the hereditary principle in a modern…07 Nov 2023