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HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillMay I wholeheartedly congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (Stephen Gethins) on introducing this vital and critical Bill this morning? I also…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillI have been here longer than the Secretary of State.25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillJust before the shadow Secretary of State gets into his usual anti-Scottish Government stuff, he has told us what he does not like about this Bill moved by my hon. Friend the…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillI hope that the Secretary of State will get to the territory of how we address some of the issues we face. One of issues I pointed out is our poor birth rate in Scotland, with…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillThis is helpful, and I think my hon. Friend the Member for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry was hoping for such positive contributions. I am very much aware of the work that the…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. I know that most Labour Members are new to the procedures and workings of this House, but the Secretary of State is not, so he will…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillAbsolutely. I was going to come to that, but it is good to look at that now. There are reasons for that, although I am not entirely clear about them; the Committee did not get to…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillI wondered how long it would take to get to this point. That is utter bunkum and rubbish. The suggestion started by the Conservatives—but it seems to have been readily picked up…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillThat is such a profound question. I do not know how Labour has got itself into this situation. I suspect it is some sort of fear of Reform, whose Members are not here today, and…25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillAnd Perthshire.25 Apr 2025HANSARD Intellectual Property: Artificial IntelligenceWill the Minister give way?23 Apr 2025HANSARD Intellectual Property: Artificial IntelligenceIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship this afternoon, Ms McVey. I congratulate the hon. Member for Bury North (Mr Frith) not only on this debate, but on his birthday—I…23 Apr 2025HANSARDSupporting MusiciansFor the first time since 2003, no UK artist has made it into the world top 10 album or singles charts. That is partly down to effectively closing the EU to touring artists, where…03 Apr 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseToday, the consultation on the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020—introduced by Boris Johnson to constrain devolution at the height of the Brexit chaos—closes. That Act is…03 Apr 2025HANSARDAsylum Policy: Refugee Convention11. Whether she has received legal advice on the compatibility of recent changes to her Department’s guidance entitled “Good character: caseworker guidance”, updated on 10…31 Mar 2025HANSARDAsylum Policy: Refugee ConventionOne of the most shocking and egregious things this Government have done is impose a blanket ban on British citizenship for all individuals who have entered the UK irregularly,…31 Mar 2025HANSARDAsylum Hotels and Illegal Channel CrossingsDuring Committee proceedings on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, I said to the Minister that it would only be a matter of time before the Government concocted…25 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipI do not think that anyone in this Chamber, or the petitioners, expects the Labour party to lead us back into the EU tomorrow. What we want to hear from this Labour Government is…24 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipThe hon. Gentleman is doing a valiant job of introducing the debate. Does he agree that a Government who are not even prepared to countenance a youth mobility scheme to try to…24 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: UK MembershipIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I have listened very carefully to all the speeches today. Some were fine; some were perhaps not so fine. And I have to…24 Mar 2025