John Baron: ...forward to continuing that discussion with the policy unit at No. 10 and, indeed, with the Prime Minister. In the few minutes that are left to me, it may be helpful if I give a brief summary of the main themes that emerged from the report. There was a wide consensus that the integrated review—and perhaps more importantly, the associated documents that followed it, such as the Defence...
Rebecca Long-Bailey: ...when inflation is predicted to reach 10%; and sat back as oil and gas companies sit on record profits while people struggle to pay their bills. It is clear to everyone—even the CBI and Sir John Major —that the Government must issue an emergency Budget. That means increasing universal credit, legacy benefits and state pensions in line with actual inflation; scrapping the punitive...
Jenni Minto: ...of Portnahaven and Port Wemyss boast a magnificent Stevenson lighthouse and a Telford church and manse. The Museum of Islay Life holds a Campbell-Stokes recorder, which was invented by Islay man John Francis Campbell in 1853 to record sunshine. Those great Scots rose to the challenges of previous generations and islanders continue to rise to the challenges of climate change. As the cabinet...
Lord Austin of Dudley: ...low, so the Government need to deliver on their promise in the Queen’s Speech to make the streets safer. Given this commitment, there is one issue I want to raise. I want to speak about Dea-John Reid, a 14 year- old lad from Birmingham who was killed by a gang in the city last year. What can the Government do to secure justice for him and his family? It is a shocking story. One evening...
Alex Rowley: In closing today’s debate for Labour, I restate the point that I made to John Swinney in committee, which is that, with the co-operation of the Greens, the SNP can force this legislation through but that, if it does so, we will end up with another piece of poor legislation that will, without doubt, remove powers from this Parliament and place them in the hands of the Executive. I have...
John Redwood: ...revisit rules and laws to promote better transport, to deal with difficulties in housing and planning, and to pursue a course of greater self-sufficiency in energy. However, I want to concentrate mainly on the economic conditions that they will need over the next two years in order to make a success of this legislative programme. Legislation takes us only a little way. What we are trying...
John Mason: I am sure that Martin Whitfield is right about that. My main argument is that there would be problems along the way, and I am mentioning some of them, although I support the overall aims of the bill. Tightening things up will improve things. In paragraph 204, the committee suggests that there might be local flexibility for “local celebrations around sporting successes”. To push that to...
John Glen: ...– addressing the information gaps in the market and ensuring a flow of decision-useful information on sustainability factors from corporates to financial market participants. This is the main aim of SDR: to increase transparency for market participants to ensure they have the information they need to factor sustainability into their investment decisions. Phase two in the Roadmap is...
John Martin McDonnell: ...to bring together existing practices in one piece of legislation, and to look at new challenges that they faced. Those challenges are not reflected in the Bill. On the amendments, one of the main concerns about the operation of the Electoral Commission that the Government seem to identify is that it needs more direction by way of a Government ministerial statement. That was not part of...
John Glen: ...the information gaps in the market and ensuring a flow of decision-useful information on environmental sustainability from corporates to financial market participants, including banks. This is the main aim of SDR: to increase transparency for market participants to ensure they have the information they need to factor sustainability into their investment decisions. Phase two in the...
John Mason: I am happy to confess that the subject is not my main area of expertise, either from my professional background or since I came to the Parliament. However, I did first come across the issue when I lived in Nepal in the 1980s, in relation to both leprosy and TB. I am focusing on the ‘world’ aspect that is mentioned in the motion and I welcome the cabinet secretary’s mention of Ghana in...
Jim Shannon: ...Aberconwy (Robin Millar) referred to westerns. I am a wee few years older than the hon. Gentleman. The great thing about a western on a Sunday afternoon was that the good guys were Gary Cooper and John Wayne, they always beat the baddies, they did it in an hour and a half, and they walked off with the woman at the end. It was always great, but life is not like that, as we know. In Keighley...
John Whittingdale: ...in attracting investment. He will know better than I that the tech industry in Britain is now worth over $1 trillion, and that we have over 100 unicorns, but the Bill creates uncertainty, mainly because so much is subject to secondary legislation and not spelled out in detail in the Bill. This will stifle innovation and growth. It is fairly obvious which are the main companies that will...
Marie McNair: ...Dr David Webster, an honorary senior research fellow at the University of Glasgow, has pointed out that the number of sanctions in the UK rose to among its highest levels when the Labour Party’s John Hutton was secretary of state at the Department for Work and Pensions. The main benefit to which sanctions are now applied is, of course, universal credit. So, the appalling sanctions regime...
Annabelle Ewing: ...Cowdenbeath, it is a privilege for me to be called to speak in the debate. Having been a member of the Scottish Government justice team when the decision to proceed with the independent review by John Scott was announced in June 2018, I am very pleased indeed that we have now reached this stage, for it is beyond doubt that the scars of the 1984-85 miners strike are still felt deeply by...
John Glen: ...provided record levels of debt advice funding to the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) for free-to-client debt advice provision in England in 2020/21 and in this financial year. MaPS is one of the main funders for free-to-client debt advice in England, alongside other sources of funding for the sector, including from local authorities and via charitable donations. On 14 February, MaPS...
Meghan Gallacher: ...added: “That’s heartbreaking and shameful, and it shouldn’t be the case. Her words were backed up by the First Minister, who has admitted that progress has stalled, citing Covid as one of the main reasons for that. Charities such as Who Cares? Scotland saw a huge rise in the number of people seeking support during the pandemic. The helpline that Who Cares? Scotland runs has taken...
John O'Dowd: ...in relation to period products that I did not really understand previously. With regard to the Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Bill, I, as a man, am having an insight into the lives of the — mainly — women who are abused by — mainly — men. It is clear that the vast majority of victims of domestic violence are women and the vast majority of perpetrators are men. That includes when men...
Baroness Lister of Burtersett: ...the eminent professor of politics at Cambridge University, David Runciman, published an extended article arguing that children should be allowed to vote from the age of six. He cited a new book by John Wall which makes the case for no lower age limit on voting rights in the name of true democracy, and which addresses objections such as those based on competency. Wall suggests that parents...
Jenny Rathbone: ...if you bulk that up to all 200 of these horticultural businesses—and there may be one or two more in the last two years—we really could start to improve our food security for one of the three main ingredients of what is a healthy diet. So, it is not impressive, after 11 years of raising these issues in this Senedd, that we are still talking about developing a food strategy. We have no...