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HANSARD Coastal Infrastructure: ScotlandI congratulate my hon. Friend on obtaining his second Adjournment debate. Does he agree that in the transition away from industrial ports and towards tourism, both the UK and…26 Nov 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseI echo and add my condolences to the family of the late Lord John Prescott: one man, two Jags, three election wins. While COP29 in faraway Baku may make environmental problems…21 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of the Post OfficeI welcome the Minister’s comments on the Horizon scandal, which affected sub-postmasters in every constituency, including mine. However, I must express concern about Stornoway…13 Nov 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillAlthough the hon. Gentleman wants to get rid of the hereditaries, his party seems to want to create a hereditary system by allowing the right hon. Member for Aberdeen South…12 Nov 2024HANSARDPoverty5. What steps she is taking to help reduce levels of poverty.11 Nov 2024HANSARDPovertyI thank the Minister for that answer and the assurance from the Dispatch Box that the maximum level of debt repayment from a household’s universal credit is to be reduced from 25%…11 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ14. I echo the Prime Minister’s sentiments towards that other son of Lewis—although I wish that I had woken up today in the Isle of Harris. My constituents there face long…06 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of FishingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I thank the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth (Rupert Lowe) for staging this important debate. As he would not take an…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of Fishingrose—05 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of FishingWill the hon. Gentleman give way?05 Nov 2024HANSARD Scotland’s Architectural HeritageI beg to move, That this House has considered Government support for Scotland’s architectural heritage. It is a pleasure to serve again under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. Given…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Scotland’s Architectural HeritageMy hon. Friend echoes the bare bones, or the Z shape, of Glasgow School of Art board’s economic case—that the Glasgow School of Art, and the Mack building, is the anchor for that…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Scotland’s Architectural HeritageI think my hon. Friend was referring to Charles McNair’s portico in the ABC cinema, which has sadly been demolished. She spoke of generations of art students, past and present. It…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of FishingNa h-Eileanan an Iar, but the hon. Member can say the Western Isles.05 Nov 2024HANSARD Scotland’s Architectural HeritageI thank my hon. Friend for the point that Glasgow is a cultural lighthouse and a beacon, although much decayed in present days, as he has noted. Its buildings do speak to the…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Scotland’s Architectural HeritageI heartily agree: the links across the Irish sea between Scotland and Northern Ireland are well known, and the influence of Scottish architecture, as I will go on to demonstrate,…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Scotland’s Architectural HeritageI thank the hon. Lady for that intervention and I will say later what is or is not considered an act of God.05 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of FishingI fear that the hon. Gentleman and his party might be targeting the wrong people when they blame the EU for the lack of fishing in British waters, because half of England’s…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of FishingI thank the right hon. Member for that; as he knows, fishermen in my constituency look enviously to the north at the vast amount of value landings that have come from the Shetland…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Future of FishingI agree that we should disagree agreeably when it comes to common national assets such as fishing.05 Nov 2024