LabourMP for Alloa and Grangemouth
“Good afternoon, Madam Deputy Speaker. Life for ordinary Iranian people is getting ever more difficult right now. They are caught between a rock and a hard place. There's the brutally repressive and theocratic regimes, systemic economic mism…”
“Madam Deputy Speaker, climate change is upon us and it is costing lives. We must change society to try and stop the situation from getting even worse. Even with the smallest amount of analysis, we know that extreme weather hits the poorest …”
“Madam Deputy Speaker, I took the underground to Westminster this morning and at the entrance into Parliament. At the bottom of the steps there was a homeless man lying down, sleeping against the wall on the cold, dirty floor of the tube sta…”
“Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is right, firstly, to acknowledge the condition of our prison estate and the issues with capacity and the impact it all has on our overall our criminal justice system. I associate myself with th…”
“What is not helping climate change is transporting fuel from the Stanlow refinery to Scottish airports. This negatively impacts the environment, increases pressure on road infrastructure and will reduce employment and negatively impact Scot…”
“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Now, since rightly recognizing the State of Israel, since rightly recognizing the state of Palestine, I put it to the minister that actually nothing has changed. The settlement expansions are ongoing, as is …”
“The Secretary of State spoke about different political priorities and tough decisions being made, but today we have seen departmental budget cuts to fund an extra £15 billion for war preparedness. We talk a lot in this Chamber about defendi…”
“I give my thanks and gratitude, alongside those of honourable and right honourable Members, to those who serve and have served. In opening the debate, the honourable Member for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge) talked about putting politics t…”
“I thank the right honourable Member for Islington North for bringing forward this urgent question. I do not think that anyone can possibly dispute that energy shortages will prove fatal, as will the disease that will inevitably follow, and …”
“Q4. Ninety-seven homes in Coalsnaughton have been evacuated due to ground movement—that is hundreds of people enduring severe emotional and financial distress. This is absolutely life-changing. The Mining Remediation Authority is now conduc…”
“Progress? Not when it comes to Scotland’s jet fuel supply, because yesterday there were fuel shortages at Scottish airports, meaning lengthy delays. Those on the Front Bench will say it was because of a tanker driver shortage—a logistics is…”
“Coalminers were the original victims of an unjust transition and, 40 years on, the Grangemouth oil refinery workers are the modern-day equivalent. PetroChina, the Chinese state-owned petrochemical company, and Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos ende…”
“From the outset, I wish to state my support for the delivery of justice for all the people who were harmed by Jeffrey Epstein and those involved with him who committed such despicable violations and crimes, and who must be held responsible.…”
“When I went campaigning with Paul Godzik, Suzanne Grahame and Siobhan Paterson, three outstanding Scottish Labour candidates in the Holyrood elections, I was often asked, “What’s the difference between Scottish Labour and the SNP?” Well, le…”
“In January, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists —…”
“I thank the honourable Gentleman for giving way, which is generous of him. I have been very critical of my Government in relation to the closure of Grangemouth refinery, but I will give you the opportunity of being critical of your Governme…”
“It is expected that food inflation will hit 4%. That means that a typical family’s annual grocery bill will increase by approximately £240. In Scotland, approximately 1 million people experienced food insecurity in the last year, and food i…”
“US military aircraft departed from the Scottish Government-owned Prestwick airport up to 32 times in the 10 days before American and Israeli strikes started on Iran. Like many of my constituents, I am worried about the prospect of a Scottis…”
“I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Having spoken with postal workers from across Alloa and Grangemouth, I know that morale is at rock-bottom because of years of savage cuts, and restructuring that…”
“I thank my honourable Friend the Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell) for bringing the debate to the House, and for all the campaigning that she does. She is a force for getting palliative care the funding that it truly needs. Laura an…”
“More than 1 million troops from Commonwealth nations died in the “war to end wars”. My thanks go to my honourable Friend the Member for Ilford South (Jas Athwal) for securing this important debate today to honour their service and the servi…”
“It is interesting to note that, for the duration of this statement and the question and answer session, there has been zero participation from the SNP and Reform, which goes to show exactly how much both parties care about Scotland’s energy…”
“There are pockets of Grangemouth with the deepest poverty in Scotland. Tonight in Clackmannanshire, 29% of children will go to bed living in destitution. Hunger and hardship are becoming more common. That is why I support the new clause tab…”
“When the Prime Minister came to power, promising to clean up politics, he declared: “Journalism is the lifeblood of democracy.” We all know that Labour Together helped to mastermind the Prime Minister’s rise to the highest office in the lan…”
“I thank the honourable Member for Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber (Brendan O’Hara) for securing this debate and for so clearly and accurately setting the scene. The awkward truth for many in this Parliament is that genocide has occurred in …”
“I thank my honourable Friend the Member for Shipley (Anna Dixon) for securing this debate. I also thank Alan Faulds and Melanie Mitchell for inviting me to a Safe Drive Stay Alive event last week, where emergency service workers shared real…”
“I present this petition on behalf of my constituents from Tillicoultry who have had nowhere to call home for two years now, and for those people from across the United Kingdom who have also had their life impacted by reinforced autoclaved a…”
“Councillors across Scotland are preparing budgets and considering options, put forward by officers, that will mean cuts to vital public services. In Grangemouth, local residents are rightly worried about proposals to end maintenance of the …”
“When we look at the popular things that this Labour Government have done since coming to power—and I am talking about raising the minimum wage, raising the living wage and abolishing the two-child cap—we see that these decisions are rooted …”
“I thank the honourable Member for securing this debate and for his Westminster Hall debate. We sit on opposite sides of the Chamber, but I thoroughly respect how much he has stood up for his constituents and the wider oil refining industry …”
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