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HANSARDWhistleblowingWe should also mention the fact that there was whistleblowing to the Financial Reporting Council on the audits done at HBOS about the amounts of money set aside against expected…03 Jul 2019HANSARDWhistleblowingI am grateful for that intervention. I think I remember taking part in a Westminster Hall debate in which that case was highlighted. We are going to publish our first report of a…03 Jul 2019HANSARDWhistleblowingI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention because it underlines the fact—and it is a central purpose of the APPG—that we need to improve the overall perception of…03 Jul 2019HANSARDWhistleblowingI declare an interest as co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on whistleblowing. I was very impressed by the speech of the right hon. Member for North Norfolk (Norman…03 Jul 2019HANSARDWhistleblowingAs we have discovered, this is a common characteristic of how whistleblowers and the issues they raise are treated. Issues they raise in anonymity and confidence are then…03 Jul 2019HANSARDWhistleblowingThe hon. Lady makes a good point about what is happening in Scotland now, but it is worth mentioning the evidence that my APPG received from Police Scotland and NHS Scotland. For…03 Jul 2019HANSARDWhistleblowingWhistleblowers are heroes, not villains—although sometimes there are villains in their stories—and they should be treated with respect and listened to. Sometimes they are looking…03 Jul 2019HANSARDWhistleblowingI completely understand, and am sympathetic to, that point. We need to work together to establish this independent office of the whistleblower. Sometimes whistleblowers pay such a…03 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for International DevelopmentThe hon. Gentleman misjudges the whole debate with the speech he is delivering. How would it help the world’s poorest people to block any further spending on international…01 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for International DevelopmentI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that, as he makes the point I was coming to. I would like to talk briefly about one value we share in this place, a fundamentally British…01 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for International DevelopmentIt is a pleasure and a privilege to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Derbyshire (Mrs Latham), who made an impassioned speech. The three points that she mentioned are well…01 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for International DevelopmentIt is appropriate to follow up on the contribution from the hon. Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (Dr Cameron), because our international aid and development…01 Jul 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Roll-outMay I thank my right hon. Friend for her very successful visit to Stirling last Thursday and Friday? When we met the work coaches and the other staff of the Department of Work and…01 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for International DevelopmentIndeed, and I appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s contribution. We have been discussing many aspects of the various goals that, as a Parliament, we are united in supporting, and…01 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill my right hon. Friend detail the discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the preparedness of British business for a…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMay we have a debate on UK resilience planning in the face of weather emergencies? I ask this because, last Monday, the people of Stirling experienced an extraordinary weather…27 Jun 2019HANSARD Armed Forces DayI cast my eye towards the side Gallery during Prime Minister’s questions to see our hon. Friend the Member for Braintree (James Cleverly) wearing his uniform—the uniform of the…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. The truth is that this debate is a great opportunity to talk about the positive side of immigration: to talk about how people have come from all over…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationThe hon. and learned Lady talks about respect, but what I heard from the Westminster leader of the SNP at Prime Minister’s questions was a very long way away from respect. In two…26 Jun 2019HANSARDImmigrationQuality, not quantity.26 Jun 2019