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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWhat is wrong with that? Maybe the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell) will tell me, but first I give way to the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire South…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWhat I can say categorically to the hon. Gentleman is that there is nobody who has given one single penny to the Scottish National party— [ Interruption. ] Again, I appeal to…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillWe do not put people in the House of Lords. If people want to give us a million pounds, they can—please, if anyone is watching on TV, we could do with a million pounds. Sorry to…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI do not know where the naive assumption or belief on the Labour Benches that there will be further Lords reform comes from. There will not be any more. I was here during the ’90s…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillYes, of course we are delighted that we have the Scottish Parliament. I congratulate and thank the Labour Government for delivering that, and they were right, but they have never…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI, too, congratulate the Paymaster General and his ministerial team on getting the Bill through Parliament at such pace and so early in the parliamentary calendar, as he has said…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillIf that comes up for a vote this evening, we would support it. That is one way forward. It certainly would deal with some of the more egregious power that the Prime Minister has.…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI will hold the hon. Gentleman to his word and hope that he is successful in ensuring that it is heard by his Front Benchers. I will also say to him—and I do not mean this with…12 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that. I will never again chastise him for quoting Proust in the House of Commons. I am sorry that I did that to him last time around.…12 Nov 2024HANSARDSmall Boat CrossingsSometimes, when listening to the exchanges between Labour Front Benchers and the Conservatives, we can forget that we are dealing with real people who are fleeing the most…06 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)We thank the Minister for that, but will he reassure the Scottish Government right now that their £500 million of national insurance contributions for public sector employees will…05 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)It is a long time since I have had the pleasure of speaking in a Budget debate. Usually there is a bit more competition for the opportunity to speak, but given the much-diminished…05 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)Look at what they have done in Wales.05 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)I welcome the right hon. Gentleman to his place. I was waiting for the Health Secretary to turn to devolution issues, but he never quite did. We have a particular issue in…05 Nov 2024HANSARDEconomic Growth: ScotlandThe Secretary of State boasted of a £150-million investment fund, only to contradict himself, bizarrely, and say that no such figure existed. Is this Scottish Schrödinger’s…30 Oct 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeI am to grateful to the Minister for his response. I look forward to his summing up, as I know that he will sincerely try to address these matters, but I say to him that all I am…23 Oct 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeI will give way to the Minister if he will explain to me exactly why that is happening.23 Oct 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Compensation SchemeIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Eltham and Chislehurst (Clive Efford). In me, he has another willing volunteer to assist him in the group, as he knows. He is…23 Oct 2024HANSARDScottish Visa SchemeI thank the Minister for her tiresome and repetitive response. She will know that Scotland has a whole range of demographic and population difficulties that need to be urgently…21 Oct 2024HANSARDScottish Visa Scheme1. What discussions she has had with the Scottish Government on the potential merits of devolving the power to introduce a Scottish visa scheme.21 Oct 2024