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HANSARDEngagementsTo be clear, and I think everyone in the House is aware of this, children in Sudan are already dying. Whether it is a Tory slogan to stop the boats or a Labour slogan to stop…26 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsWill the Prime Minister outline the safe and legal route available to a child refugee seeking to flee Sudan and come to the United Kingdom?26 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsI am delighted to hear that Members had an equally peaceful and relaxing Easter break, as I did. Prime Minister, was it their refusal to stand alongside striking workers on the…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsLet me be clear: we will take no lectures from a party that has not had a mandate to govern in Scotland since 1955, that went through three Prime Ministers in the course of just a…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker— [ Interruption. ]19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsI would like to begin by paying tribute to PC Palmer, who so tragically lost his life in defence of this Parliament and, indeed, what we all stand for—democracy. What worries the…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe reality is that while Westminster is once again consumed by the damage being caused by Brexit, the public at home are facing the biggest fall in living standards ever, the…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsOn Monday, as households in Scotland were awakening to freezing temperatures, they were met with the news that the electricity grid had been upgraded in order to meet the power…15 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsYou have got to wonder what planet the Prime Minister is on, because for households in Scotland energy prices have not been frozen at two and a half grand—indeed, the average bill…15 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsOn International Women’s Day, can I ask the Prime Minister to reconfirm that under his proposed new asylum laws, a woman who is sex-trafficked to the UK on a small boat by a…08 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsI will take that as a yes from the Prime Minister that women who are victims of sex trafficking will not be protected under our modern slavery laws. What a complete and utter…08 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsLet us be clear: what the Prime Minister said yesterday was that EU single market access will be a good thing for business. Of course, that is in contrast to the leader of the…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsYesterday, the Prime Minister said that EU single market access was “special”, “exciting” and “attractive”. If that is the case, why is he denying it to the rest of us?01 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolI think I am the group leader, but I will take “spokesperson” as well. Glass ceilings are there to be broken. Betty Boothroyd did not just break a glass ceiling; she shattered…27 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsWholesale gas prices have fallen by 75% since their peak, yet in just a matter of weeks the British Government—the Westminster Government—intend to increase energy bills by a…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsI am not sure that implying that energy bills do not matter to the people of Scotland is a winning strategy for this Prime Minister. Let us get real: the fact that wholesale gas…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsOn behalf of my party I would like to send our condolences to all those impacted by the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria. I also welcome the exchange between the Leader…08 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsHold on a minute; let us reflect on the damage that was caused: £30 billion wiped off the UK economy, pension funds brought to the brink of collapse, the pound reaching parity…08 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsI would like to pass on my condolences and those of my party to the First Minister of Wales, and also to the family, friends and colleagues of firefighter Barry Martin, who so…01 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsLet us be clear: taken together, 2022 and 2023 are expected to be the worst years for living standards since the 1930s, and the economy is expected to perform worse than…01 Feb 2023