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HANSARD20 Years of DevolutionI think that I am actually repeating what the hon. Gentleman said: the review will show us what the UK Government do in Scotland. [Interruption.] The hon. Gentleman can tell us…11 Jul 2019HANSARD20 Years of DevolutionIt is almost as though my hon. Friend has read my mind, because he anticipates that that is exactly what I was going to come on to, in closing this short introduction to the…11 Jul 2019HANSARD20 Years of DevolutionYou guys?11 Jul 2019HANSARD20 Years of DevolutionI thank everybody for contributing to the debate. We know it will be a good debate when it is contrived between the Scottish Affairs Committee and the Welsh Affairs Committee. It…11 Jul 2019HANSARD20 Years of DevolutionI beg to move, That this House has considered 20 years of devolution. It is with great pleasure that I open this debate on 20 years of devolution on behalf of the Select Committee…11 Jul 2019HANSARD20 Years of DevolutionThere is nothing in what the hon. Gentleman has said with which I could possibly disagree. We have seen examples of coalition government in the Scottish Parliament, and, indeed,…11 Jul 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for announcing the next episode in the not-so-thrilling franchise, “Business for next week”. Thank goodness there are only two weeks left to endure…11 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I also thank the Leader of the House for the very short business statement? It seems like business is being organised on the hoof again. That was a feature of this…08 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for announcing another exciting instalment of business for next week. I join him and the shadow Leader of the House in paying tribute to Kamal…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Dangerous DrugsThat is the point. It is all about this statutory instrument because it will help people like the family the right hon. Gentleman mentioned. It will supply the evidence and…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Dangerous DrugsIt is really good to hear the Government accepting solid evidence when it comes to drugs issues, because they do not have a very good record in that respect. In Scotland, we have…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Dangerous DrugsIt is a real pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for North Norfolk (Norman Lamb), who is a fellow Select Committee Chair: he chairs the Science and Technology Committee and…03 Jul 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I, too, congratulate you on your 10 years in the Chair, Mr Speaker? You will recall that I was one of your sponsors, and a very good decision I made at that time. May I also…27 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationWe all know that the MAC does entirely what the Government want it to do. Is it not absurd that we educate international students to a high standard and then boot them out,…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationI want to take the opportunity of the Minister being here to intervene, because the Scottish Affairs Committee has been looking at the very issue of seasonal workers. We have…26 Jun 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the Leader of the House for announcing the purgatory for next week. As for his recess plans, they sound like some kind of holiday from hell, and I think I will resist the…20 Jun 2019HANSARDIntergovernmental RelationsThank you, Mr Speaker. The Scottish Affairs Committee has just released our report on intergovernmental relations. It is an evidenced-based, wide-ranging report on a number of…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillI was there during the London Olympics and remember only too well the wrangling that went on because of the Barnett consequentials issue. My hon. Friend is absolutely right to…19 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationThe tie example was a bad one, even though that change took a long time, as I said. The right hon. Gentleman is a proud exponent of the non-tie arrangements and decorum of this…18 Jun 2019HANSARDCox Report: ImplementationI congratulate the right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Mrs Miller) on securing this important debate. I also thank other parliamentary colleagues for contributing to what has been…18 Jun 2019