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HANSARDDistrict Heating Network Consumers10. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of financial support for district heating network consumers.21 May 2024HANSARDDistrict Heating Network ConsumersThat is rather disappointing. I have more than 100 constituents in the Greendykes area of Edinburgh who get their heating and hot water from a communal district heating scheme.…21 May 2024HANSARD Constitutional LawReally? All right.21 May 2024HANSARD Constitutional LawI must start by reflecting how glad I am to see that this topic has captivated the imagination of the House with the participation here today. Let me start by agreeing with the…21 May 2024HANSARD Constitutional LawIndeed. This is the final point that I want to make. Let us remember that when we talk about Scottish Government borrowing—the entire thing that we are talking about here—it is…21 May 2024HANSARD Constitutional LawI think I agree with the sentiments expressed by the hon. Gentleman. To come back to the discussion on capital borrowing requirements, the other important point that must surely…21 May 2024HANSARD Constitutional LawI agree with that. I was just coming on to talk about the impact of these cuts and the fact that, even with increased borrowing by the Scottish Government, we are still talking in…21 May 2024HANSARD Constitutional LawI will not, if the hon. Gentleman does not mind, because I am just about to—21 May 2024HANSARD Constitutional LawAll I am trying to establish is whether the UK Government are telling us that the quantum of these borrowing limits is to be agreed between the UK Government and the Scottish…21 May 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaThere is now a perception that the level of evidence the United Kingdom Government require to make a determination on whether war crimes have taken place and to act on them seems…20 May 2024HANSARDPalestinians: Visa SchemeI thank my hon. Friend for making that point. Like others, I have been trying to get people out of Gaza and here to a place of safety with their relatives in the UK. Like others,…13 May 2024HANSARDSpring Budget 2024I, too, on behalf of the SNP group, put on record our sincere thanks to Humza Yousaf for his public service over the months and years. I wish him, Nadia and the rest of his family…01 May 2024HANSARDSpring Budget 2024That sounds like no assessment at all has been made. The truth is that, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, these forward planning assumptions involve public service…01 May 2024HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. In almost nine years in this House I have never before raised a point of order, but I am obliged to do so now because of my exasperation…30 Apr 2024HANSARDMiddle East: UN Security CouncilThe creation of a sustainable peace in the middle east will require the establishment of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders. The Deputy Foreign Secretary will know that…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Minister has said several times in the last few days that the Government’s decision to suspend funding for UNRWA should not affect that agency’s ability to deliver immediate…30 Jan 2024HANSARDLevelling UpOn behalf of myself and my colleagues, I ask the Minister to also convey our condolences to the Secretary of State. We were given assurances prior to Brexit that the structural…24 Jan 2024HANSARDLevelling UpWell, no, it does not actually, because this Government have a tendency to draw all sources of capital funding into its levelling-up myth. I am talking about the specific…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy hon. Friend is doing a great job of putting on record the SNP’s opposition to this foul piece of legislation. Does he think it is particularly distasteful and grotesque that…10 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI have been in this House on many occasions when we have discussed migration and it saddens me that invariably the narrative from Conservative Members is negative and pejorative.…12 Dec 2023