LabourMP for Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch
“My very first experience of employment was waiting at a bus. waiting at a van to try and go in to try and get a day's work, cash in hand at the at the berries, which was was something that you usually did at the age of 13 or 14, and you loo…”
“Thank you. Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I thank the Minister for his statement today. New cases are still coming into my office, whether it's tails or failure to get through on on the telephone, lack of online access. And they remai…”
“10. What steps he is taking to protect British interests in the High North.…”
“1. What recent progress his Department has made on implementing the Employment Rights Act 2025.…”
“I will do my best on that score, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate my honourable Friend the Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) on securing this important debate. I want to draw on a consistent message that the Northern Ireland Committee…”
“We successfully managed to apply for an interim banking hub in Kilsyth, which opened only four weeks ago. One of the grounds for having that hub was the closure of the Santander branch in Cumbernauld. There was a push then saying that the n…”
“Earlier this month, I was privileged to be involved in the inaugural Money Made Human awards organised by 1st Class Credit Union, a large national credit union that was started by postal workers at Royal Mail 35 years ago but now spreads ac…”
“I associate myself with the comments made by the honourable Member for Lagan Valley (Sorcha Eastwood) and the Secretary of State about the bravery of the PSNI and the delivery driver. This attack serves as a timely reminder that, for a hand…”
“I thank the Minister not only for the statement, but for his engagement with us over the last six months. A constituent of mine applied for her MyCSP pension quote back in August and finally got the quote last week, but she is still a consi…”
“I welcome the Minister’s statement. Some of the most vulnerable people in my constituency live in the village of Banton, which is not on the gas grid. However, the rest of my constituency would be considered urban. Will the Minister make re…”
“It gives me great pleasure and pride to contribute to the debate. I have only been here 18 months, but this is one of my favourite debates in the Chamber because it gives us the privilege of listening to experiences from across the House an…”
“11. What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on increasing economic growth in Wales.…”
“Last summer, along with the other North Lanarkshire MPs, I participated in North Lanarkshire council’s school placement scheme. Two young people, Scott and Shanna, joined my office. At the time, they were 17 and 16 respectively. They began …”
“There have been plenty of times when the standards of behaviour of holders of political office at all levels have fallen below what is acceptable. None of us has the moral high ground on this, as every party has had issues—some dealt with q…”
“I beg to move, That this House has considered new towns. I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee for finding time for this important debate. As we reach the 80th anniversary of the New Towns Act 1946, it feels like exactly the rig…”
“2. What steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the new town of culture and UK city of culture 2029 competitions support communities.…”
“Thank you, Mr Speaker; I wish you and your staff a very merry Christmas. Yesterday, my constituent Liz Buchanan stood down after 15 years as chairperson of Cumbernauld Seniors Club. During Liz’s tenure, the club has become a safe place to m…”
“I pay tribute to all the Ministers across all the Departments who have worked together to get this over the line. I also pay tribute to my honourable Friend the Member for Falkirk (Euan Stainbank) for not giving up and making sure that it h…”
“This week’s exhibition in the Upper Waiting Hall is a memorial quilt produced my members of the South East Fermanagh Foundation. It is a very moving way to remember the innocent victims of terrorism. The dates on the quilt panels remind us …”
“There has been more than one week during my time in this place where every piece of casework that has come to my office has had a violence against women and girls component to it. The complexity of this issue cannot be underestimated. I do …”
“I commend the right honourable Member for Belfast East (Gavin Robinson) for securing the urgent question. We have talked about the experiences of the Kenova families in terms of having confidence in the process, and we recognise the complex…”
“5. What progress she has made on the financial inclusion strategy. [R]…”
“Again, I thank my honourable Friend for the work done on the report. Building on the question from the right honourable Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith), does the report highlight the importance of ensuring th…”
“Next week marks 70 years since Cumbernauld was designated a new town on 9 December 1955. It was part of a visionary programme that reshaped communities across Scotland and the UK. While we rightly celebrate that legacy of ambition and innov…”
“12. What recent progress he has made on improving the relationship between the Government and the devolved Administrations.…”
“Does the Secretary of State agree that Scotland cannot meet its long-term energy security and net zero goals without new nuclear power, and that the University of Strathclyde’s internationally recognised power networks demonstration centre,…”
“Kilsyth war memorial bears the names of the men of the town who lost their life in foreign wars—men whose service we recognise and remember every year on VE Day, VJ Day and Remembrance Sunday. On one face of that memorial sits a single, sol…”
“Some 53 years after the events of Bloody Sunday, and 15 years after the report of the Saville inquiry, it is becoming clear that future criminal cases will be few and far between, but every single day, this issue sits with the families who …”
“Cumbernauld theatre in my constituency is a modern, thriving community venue, but it faces closure after Creative Scotland refused it multi-year funding. The trust is fundraising for the £300,000 needed by mid-December to keep the venue ope…”
“5. What progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on improving cross-Government co-ordination on preparedness for a future pandemic.…”
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