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HANSARDScotland’s FutureI will take an intervention on that point.14 Dec 2022HANSARDScotland’s FutureI wonder whether the hon. Gentleman heard the points I made about the health service, energy and migration, and whether he has any reflections about them.14 Dec 2022HANSARDScotland’s FutureI am sorry, Madam Deputy Speaker. In simple terms, the options that were presented in that 2014 referendum no longer existed. They had changed, and it was felt to be legitimate…14 Dec 2022HANSARDIsrael and Palestine11. What recent assessment he has made of Israel’s compliance with its obligations under international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.13 Dec 2022HANSARDIsrael and PalestineIn the past year, we have had three compelling reports, produced by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Israeli organisation B’Tselem. All of them accuse the Israeli…13 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsIn 2014, the Prime Minister’s predecessor David Cameron signed up to the Smith commission, which promised among other things that “nothing in this report prevents Scotland…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 30 November.30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ5. Given the continued Russian invasion and the now illegal annexation of parts of Ukraine, will the Prime Minister recommit his Government to pursuing the full and proper…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyThe hon. Gentleman says our views are not felt or shared by the majority of people in Scotland. Will he therefore explain why the same people elected SNP Members to come to this…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyI start with the red wall Tories. Our absent friends in the north are surely on a sticky wicket. For years, and for decades in some cases, they burrowed away in once solid Labour…02 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyI am sorry, but I am short on time and I am going to annoy Mr Deputy Speaker if I take interventions, so I will decline to give way. As I was saying, we are not talking about a…02 Nov 2022HANSARDFOI Requests17. How many requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 have been denied by his Department citing an exemption under section 35(1)(a) of that Act in each of the last five…27 Oct 2022HANSARDFOI RequestsIt is obviously disappointing that the Department does not collect those statistics given that the paragraph in question specifically relates to Government policy. I do not expect…27 Oct 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentThe most disturbing aspect of this entire debate is that the Prime Minister is still in office. After all the lies, the rule-breaking and the defence of sexual predators, and…18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI am sorry, but I did not hear what the hon. Gentleman said. My apologies. Will he repeat it?18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentNo, I do not, but if there were, it should certainly be investigated. If the hon. Gentleman is trying to say something, perhaps he should say it and not be quite so coy and…18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentMy point is that when they set out their stall it was not on their agenda. This was not something they chose to put in their prospectus, because they know who they are appealing…18 Jul 2022HANSARD Sharing Economy: Short-term LettingLike many other aspects of our online lives, this started as a good idea: take a list of people who want short-term accommodation and use the internet to match it with a list of…16 Jun 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesWe are all human. We are all fallible. We all make mistakes, but how we deal with those mistakes is a measure of our integrity and character. The British people have…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI could not agree more. I think that the Prime Minister would have resigned if he had any integrity. I consider it remarkable that rather than his giving an apology and any…21 Apr 2022