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HANSARDVeteransI join colleagues in congratulating Aberdeen FC, despite the impact of their victory on my beloved Dundee United. I also congratulate Arbroath FC on securing the Scottish league…04 Jun 2025HANSARDVeteransI see that we are not going to get a straight answer out of the Minister, just as the people in Hamilton did not get a straight answer out of Labour’s candidate. That will be why…04 Jun 2025HANSARDLocal Government Boundary Commission for EnglandThe hon. Member raises a good point and has some good inside information. Some £500,000 has been allocated, but the committee will keep that under periodic review in co-operation…22 May 2025HANSARDLocal Government Boundary Commission for EnglandI am not aware of such conversations at the moment, but I will raise that with the commission on her behalf.22 May 2025HANSARDLocal Government Boundary Commission for EnglandThe commission’s approach to managing its work programme supports it with accommodating work arising from the “English Devolution” White Paper while still delivering periodic…22 May 2025HANSARD ImmigrationMay I commend the Minister for saying that we are talking about people? In a recent debate in this place, I mentioned that Lord Alf Dubs had used the “outrageous” to describe what…21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitSeventeen billion is less than half the amount lost from the public finances. Those are not my figures, but the Labour Mayor of London’s figures. That is money lost without…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitBefore I move on to the Treasury and some of the right hon. Gentleman’s points, I will give way to him.13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI put on record my thanks to Irene Oldfather. On a very hard issue—and we have seen today that it is very difficult—she is doing something extraordinarily constructive, and I…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI will concede the point. I know what the right hon. Gentleman believes in. I was not surprised that he wanted to take me on not on the substance of what I said but rather on some…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitIt is good to contribute to the debate. On the matter of Churchill, I am of course one of his successors in Dundee, where he was defeated by the only prohibitionist ever elected.…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitOn that point, because rhetoric is important, does the hon. Member agree with Lord Dubs, who said that what the Prime Minister said yesterday was outrageous, or does he agree with…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitThe hon. Member makes an excellent case. To his credit, he set out four clear points, which is more than the Government or the main Opposition party have done. Members across this…13 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitWill the Minister give way?13 May 2025HANSARDPersonal Independence Payment: Disabled PeopleThe Secretary of State will be aware of our concerns around the changes and the damages they could do to the most vulnerable. She will also be aware of the implications for the…12 May 2025HANSARDImmigration SystemThe Home Secretary will be aware that our higher education sector is world leading because it brings in the brightest and the best from around the world, including researchers,…12 May 2025HANSARDUS-UK Trade Deal: Northern IrelandThis trade deal with the United States does not even touch the sides of the trade deal promised by Brexiteers. Neither does it touch the sides of the damage done by our being…12 May 2025HANSARD India-Pakistan: EscalationI thank the Minister for his statement. We also condemn the abhorrent terror acts and abhor any loss of civilian life. We do have two nuclear armed states, though, who are setting…07 May 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillI will finish with a conversation on migration, but I will take one more intervention, because I want to hear the perspective of another Member from elsewhere in the UK.25 Apr 2025HANSARDDevolution (Immigration) (Scotland) BillMy right hon. Friend is right. I want to see these powers rest in Holyrood—that will surprise nobody—and he and I absolutely agree on that. I have also opened up this matter by…25 Apr 2025