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HANSARDScotland: General Election and Constitutional FutureAcross the two debates and the two motions, the SNP has totally failed to engage with the issue that people across the UK and the world have lived with, grieved over and endured…17 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Community Renewal FundWhat assessment he has made of the economic effect of the UK community renewal fund on Wales.17 Mar 2021HANSARDUK Community Renewal FundAccording to the community renewal fund’s prospectus, the devolved Administrations will have a place within the governing structures, but when the Scottish Affairs Committee took…17 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillLike so many others, I was shocked and appalled by the events on Clapham common on Saturday night. It is an outrage that a peaceful vigil in memory of Sarah Everard was shut down…15 Mar 2021HANSARD International Women’s DayI congratulate the right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Mrs Miller) on securing the debate. International Women’s Day is supposed to be a celebration, but even before the last 24…11 Mar 2021HANSARDScottish Fishing BusinessesWhat assessment he has made of the effect of the UK-EU trade and co-operation agreement on Scottish fishing businesses.04 Mar 2021HANSARDScottish Fishing BusinessesAt the beginning of the year, the Secretary of State stood at the Dispatch Box and told Members that difficulties with the UK-EU fishing trade were just “teething problems”, but…04 Mar 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)Over the past year, more people than ever before will have come into contact with our social security system. In March 2020, around 3 million people were on universal credit; in…04 Mar 2021HANSARD Social SecurityIt is a pleasure to follow the very powerful contribution of the hon. Member for West Dunbartonshire (Martin Docherty-Hughes). As a Greenockian myself, I certainly pay tribute to…02 Mar 2021HANSARD PensionsThe Government’s annual automatic enrolment evaluation report is a testament to the success of automatic enrolment, with the most recent edition from 2019 showing that more than…01 Mar 2021HANSARDWelsh AffairsHappy St David’s Day to everyone for Monday, and congratulations to the hon. Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan) on securing the debate. I pay tribute to my friend Kirsty…25 Feb 2021HANSARDWelsh AffairsI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I absolutely agree that it is important that we work across the four nations, but one area that the Welsh Government have been…25 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid Contracts: Judicial ReviewThe Committee for Standards in Public Life is currently undertaking an inquiry focused on the upholding of the Nolan principles of public life, which include integrity,…24 Feb 2021HANSARD Ministerial and other Maternal Allowances BillI am listening intently to the hon. Lady’s speech. She is making some excellent points. Does she agree that today, what she is asking for is even more crucial? Given social media…11 Feb 2021HANSARD Ministerial and other Maternal Allowances BillAbsolutely; I agree. Continuing on my experience of maternity leave, I had to get my mother to help so that we could afford the childcare, but my husband was a police…11 Feb 2021HANSARD Ministerial and other Maternal Allowances BillI agree. It is interesting that the Government are now much more supporting of proxies than they have been. The challenge around the pairing arrangements is not only the risk that…11 Feb 2021HANSARD Ministerial and other Maternal Allowances BillI do agree. That would not only sell ourselves short but sell short the work done by our staff in our constituencies. Owing to the pandemic, it has been difficult for…11 Feb 2021HANSARD Ministerial and other Maternal Allowances BillI am pleased to have the opportunity to speak in Committee, having been unable to do so on Second Reading. I start by wishing the right hon. and learned Member for Fareham (Suella…11 Feb 2021HANSARD Ministerial and other Maternal Allowances BillAgain, I agree. We are not only paid on maternity or paternity—if Members choose to take time off—but we do not receive sick pay because we continue to be paid at that time as…11 Feb 2021HANSARD Ministerial and other Maternal Allowances BillI entirely agree. Indeed, earlier I joked that this legislation brings us not into the 21st century, but into the 1990s. When I was a police officer, doing equality impact…11 Feb 2021