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HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Not at all—I thought it was a good answer. Flora Page: It is about incentives, isn’t it? The incentives have to be aligned for folk to do the right thing. Ron Warmington: Yes, we…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q Daniel, are you familiar with the proposals from Hillsborough Law Now? Daniel De Simone : I have read their submissions.27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)So you are aware of the proposals regarding command responsibility? Daniel De Simone: Yes.27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Do you agree with them? Daniel De Simone: I am not really here to speak on behalf of the BBC about command response or anything else but, as you heard from what I said about MI5,…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q Would you accept that there might be circumstances in which the head of a particular intelligence organisation might need a safe place to be able to reveal sensitive…27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)Q With all that said, do you think the reach of the Official Secrets Act might go a little too far in some circumstances? Daniel De Simone: In what way?27 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Second sitting)It is hard to describe a particular example, but in a way that might prevent a whistleblower from taking necessary action. Daniel De Simone: I think so, yes. Journalists have been…27 Nov 2025HANSARDCost of Living12. What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of her policies on the cost of living in Scotland.26 Nov 2025HANSARDCost of LivingIt is just over 500 days since this Government came to power, and the policies of the Chancellor and the Government have been a disaster for the north-east of Scotland with cost…26 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn 2024-25, the NHS trust in the Secretary of State’s constituency collected £2.4 million from patient and visitor parking and a further £1 million from staff parking. Given that…25 Nov 2025HANSARD Migration: Settlement PathwayFirst, I apologise to the Home Secretary for missing part of her statement, but I have read it. Will she confirm whether any assessment has been carried out on the economic impact…20 Nov 2025HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I seek your advice. Responses to a number of my written questions from Ministers in the Department for Environment, Food and…18 Nov 2025HANSARDBudget: Press BriefingsThe chaos and confusion at the heart of this Government are deeply damaging to Scotland, to its economy and to its public services. The constant leaks, briefings and U-turns…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Parkinson’s DiseaseI thank the hon. Member for giving way, particularly because I had a magnificent speech I was not able to make. She is speaking about health-related issues, but I want to draw…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.17 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Muscatelli report, commissioned by the Labour party in Scotland, recommended that the Scottish Government push for a bespoke immigration approach that tackles the unique…17 Nov 2025HANSARD Nolan PrinciplesI thank the Member for his intervention, and I will address his point later in my speech. The Committee on Standards in Public Life noted that “standards regulators in government…12 Nov 2025HANSARD Nolan PrinciplesIf the intervention is brief.12 Nov 2025HANSARD Nolan PrinciplesI thank the Minister for allowing me to make a short intervention. I appreciate the number of times he has referenced the points I made in my speech. Can he advise us in this…12 Nov 2025HANSARD Nolan PrinciplesIt always strikes me as very strange that Labour MPs from Scotland who are keen to be elected here spend most of their time talking about events in Holyrood. Why do they not go up…12 Nov 2025