Questions
Oral questions: Scotland
“4. What discussions he has had with the First Minister of Scotland on a second independence referendum.…”
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Pete Wishart
SNP Deputy Westminster Leader
Scottish National PartyMP for Perth and Kinross-shire
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Legislation
Legislation: Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading
“To the Home Secretary for giving me an issue of fairness. I understand that some 80 of her backbenchers have written to the right honourable Member for Makerfield asking him to review his plans. Your plans for indefinite leave to remain, ar…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Death of Ann Widdecombe
“The news about Ann Widdecombe was truly shocking, compounded by the fact in the way that she had met her death and the thoughts of my party, the Scottish National Party, are with her friends and family today, as has been said. Ann was a lar…”
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Questions
Urgent question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures will be put in place to ensure that holiday travel and business freight will not be delayed at UK ports. International rail terminals and airports as a result of the imposition of the European Entry System (EES)
“It's the ten year anniversary of leaving Brexit, but you barely know anything. There's been absolutely no celebrations whatsoever, no carrying the honourable member for Clacton shoulder high down the mall. There's been no celebrations about…”
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Legislation
Consideration of Lords amendments: National Security (State Threats) Bill
“Thank you so much for giving way. But don't you think there's something in this that we've never considered properly? Some of the inadvertent effects of the legislation that's been passed here. What we've had is very useful amendments in th…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Media Green Paper
“The proliferation of misinformation, invidious algorithms and harmful content are the defining features of the current media landscape, and they are causing real harms and divisions within our communities. We need bold action to tackle this…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: G7 Summit
“About the only thing of note and real consequence in the statement was the Deputy Prime Minister’s reminding us that tomorrow it will be 10 years since the disastrous decision to leave the EU—a Brexit that Scotland overwhelmingly rejected b…”
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Debate
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
“I whole- heartedly congratulate the honourable Member for Eltham and Chislehurst (Clive Efford) on the customarily forthright and direct way in which he opened the debate. I agree with all the points he made; he would expect that of me, as …”
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Questions
Oral questions: Culture, Media and Sport
“7. What steps her Department is taking to publish the draft ticket tout ban Bill.…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Belfast: Violent Disorder
“In my 25 years as a Member of Parliament, I never thought I would see a situation where masked men would go from door to door, seeking to drive families from ethnic minorities out of their homes. What happened on Monday was truly barbaric, …”
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Questions
Oral questions: Scotland
“Perth is still the only city in Scotland that has not received one penny from the Conservatives’ levelling-up fund or the Government’s Pride in Place programme. When I wrote to the Minister at the last allocation, she told me that we did no…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Equality Act 2010: Code of Practice
“At the beginning of Pride Month, a number of trans people will be unsettled and anxious about the contents of the statement today; they will be wondering how on earth they will safely access public services. Not only have we fallen to No. 2…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“Can we have a debate about the rise of the far right across the whole UK? There is barely a constituency in the country that is not touched by its poison, hate and misinformation as it tries to continue to divide our communities, but on Sat…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Hatzola Ambulance Attack
“What happened at Golders Green this morning was simply sickening and abhorrent, and the rise of antisemitism should alarm all of us in the House. The recent attacks on the Jewish community have been national and international in scope, and …”
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Questions
Prime Minister's Question Time
“Q13. After his inept and failed coup against the Prime Minister, Anas Sarwar last week announced Scottish Labour’s new campaign slogan—not “Into the abyss”, but, rather, the inspiring “Hold your nose and vote Labour”. But with the stench of…”
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Debate
Business of the House
“It is absolutely right that student debt has been one of the main focuses this week. Students are graduating with an average debt of £53,000. That simply is an appalling and debilitating financial burden at the start of their working lives.…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Electronic Travel Authorisation: Dual Nationals
“The Minister put the changes on the gov.uk website. Why did not he do something original, like maybe writing to people with dual nationalities across the UK? He would not have got to everybody, but there would be records in the Home Office …”
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Questions
Oral questions: Scotland
“I am quite surprised at that last question, because one of the things that Scotland qualifying for the world cup brings is a unity to the nation. We are all looking forward to Scotland competing for the first time since 1998. We will all ge…”
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Urgent question
Urgent question: Labour Together and APCO Worldwide: Cabinet Office Review
“What is of no doubt whatsoever is that countless Labour MPs took money from Labour Together. Anas Sarwar and his now estranged Scottish Labour MPs must come clean about their close financial and personal relationships with this sullied orga…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Standards in Public Life
“The only statement that my constituents want today is a resignation statement. The only reform that they want is the reform that takes this Prime Minister out of No. 10 Downing Street, and it does not matter how many reviews, inquiries or f…”
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Debate
Lord Mandelson
“The shadow Minister is absolutely right in his summary of all Jeffrey Epstein’s misdoings. We heard some shocking revelations during Prime Minister’s questions, such as the fact that the Prime Minister appointed Mandelson as ambassador desp…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Police Reform White Paper
“Over the weekend, the Home Secretary was trailing this proposal as a British FBI. While it might indeed be their FBI, British it most definitely is not, as it applies only to England and Wales. In Scotland, we are immensely proud of our cul…”
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Legislation
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill
“We support this Bill and its efforts to tackle cyber-security, but it does not address the mass unauthorised scraping of trusted news content by generative AI systems. That content, as the Minister knows, is often taken without consent or c…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Venezuela
“It would be hard to find an occasion on which a British Prime Minister has looked as irrelevant and spineless on an era-defining international issue as this one does on this occasion. We are witnessing an existential threat to the internati…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Home Department
“Those protesting at hotels are usually there because they have been served misinformation and far-right political rhetoric by those with sinister political agendas. One way we found to tackle that is to give proper information—tell the stor…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Culture, Media and Sport
“UK Music’s excellent “This is Music” report found that it has become increasingly difficult for new musical artists to be heard and for careers to be built. Recompense through streaming services is minuscule and artist remuneration a real i…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Scotland
“4. What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of the UK’s asylum and returns policies on Scotland.…”
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Legislation
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
“When the Bill was introduced, I thought that it was the ultimate horror and an attempt to outdo Reform, but it was a mere aperitif compared with the main course of the horrors of this week. On these specific measures, does the Minister reco…”
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Statement
Ministerial statement: Asylum Policy
“In its manifesto, Labour promised to defend migrants’ rights and build an immigration system based on compassion and dignity. Instead, we have a policy that is welcomed by Reform UK and has even found favour with Tommy Robinson. Throwing re…”
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Questions
Oral questions: Home Department
“The Government are currently spending some £2.1 billion on hotels, but the system is not working. It does not have to be that way. The Public and Commercial Services union and Together With Refugees have shown that a humane asylum system, w…”
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