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Child Support (Enforcement) Bill (17 Mar 2023)

Margaret Ferrier: ...far too many that have not reached the enforcement stage that they should have reached months or even years before. I have a case open in which a non-compliant parent was investigated and a court date was set, but they never showed up. The sheriff issued a warrant for their apprehension in September last year, but the letter I received from the CMS just last week mentions that only in...

Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Access to Work Programme ( 7 Mar 2023)

Margaret Ferrier: ...the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications made to the Access to Work Scheme had not been processed within the service delivery period in each month from January 2022 to date; and how many of those applications related to (a) claims for payment of existing awards, (b) new awards, (c) renewals, (d) changes of circumstance and (e) any other type of claim.

Prayers - [Mr Speaker in the Chair] : The Growth Plan (23 Sep 2022)

Margaret Ferrier: ...on Government support, because its energy contract was renewed one day before the arbitrary cut-off following the collapse of its supplier. Will the Chancellor and his colleagues review the cut-off date to support small businesses?

Human Rights Abuses and Corruption: UK Sanctions (21 Jul 2022)

Margaret Ferrier: ...Uyghurs are not the only persecuted minority facing such atrocities in China. It is a country that demands total allegiance to the ruling Chinese Communist party. President Xi Jinping has consolidated his power, asserting himself as the ultimate power in the country in a way that his more recent predecessors did not. Followers of the religion Falun Gong have also faced a campaign of...

Business of the House ( 9 Jun 2022)

Margaret Ferrier: Last week I visited Meet and 2 Veg in Cambuslang, which was started by my constituent Jane Bainbridge, supported by Jan Ritchie. The project reduces food waste by giving away food nearing its expiry date collected from supermarkets and other food outlets. It started in Jane’s kitchen after she was horrified at the amount of food going to landfill. Will the Leader of the House join me in...

Safe Hands Funeral Plans (12 May 2022)

Margaret Ferrier: ...can go wrong,” they were assured. “This is a smart investment: your plan is guaranteed and your family will be grateful that they won’t have to worry about it at their time of grieving.” To date, Mr Hughes has been contacted exactly once since the business went into administration: with the initial letter informing him of the collapse. Like the many thousands of policyholders in...

HM Passport Office Backlogs (12 May 2022)

Margaret Ferrier: ...who has applied for a child’s passport. The child is a dual national; as part of the application for a British passport, my constituent provided the child’s Australian passport, which is in date. They travel next week, and my team have been urgently supporting them in trying to get, at a minimum, the Australian passport returned urgently. We were assured that that would happen, but the...

Irish Diaspora in Britain (17 Mar 2022)

Margaret Ferrier: ...history, despite two former British Prime Ministers being born in Ireland. Even today, the Irish are not always painted in a positive light in the media. They are often portrayed comically as an outdated stereotype. It is shameful. Shameful too is the continuing and prevalent prejudice and racism aimed at the Irish Traveller community. The reasons behind those issues are for another debate...

Holocaust Memorial Day (27 Jan 2022)

Margaret Ferrier: ...and of those who did not; it is not a day consigned only to the history books. The one day that I would like to tell the House about is one of courage, honour and a lasting promise. The exact date is unknown; it is a memory of a father retold by his son. Enver Alia Sheqer recalls the bravery of his father, Ali Sheqer Pashkaj, who ran a small convenience store in Pukë, Albania. One day,...

Building Safety Bill: New Clause 19 - Special Measures (19 Jan 2022)

Margaret Ferrier: ...awaiting the report’s publication, which prompts the question of how we can fully scrutinise the Bill’s measures without knowing what the review found. Can the Minister provide a definitive date for when it will be available? Will he also provide an update on the establishment of a national regulator for construction products? As it stands, there are a limited number of private product...

Animal Testing (16 Dec 2021)

Margaret Ferrier: ...continued while other methods were available. In September, further polling found 65% of respondents wanted to see a binding plan in place to phase out experiments. Two thirds wanted a target date for the end of testing. And if that does not convince you, Mr Deputy Speaker, I will appeal to the politically minded among us. Almost 70% have a favourable view of MPs who support the phasing...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff ( 7 Sep 2020)

Margaret Ferrier: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in response to complaints made to date to his Department in relation to misselling of Green Deal loans by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS), what the (a) highest, (b) lowest and (c) average loan reductions offered to those complainants were as a proportion of the overall loan amount.

Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Green Deal Scheme: Misrepresentation ( 7 Sep 2020)

Margaret Ferrier: ...Industrial Strategy, what the value is of reduction offers made to consumers who have complained to his Department in relation to mis-selling by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS) to date.

Elgin Marbles ( 2 Mar 2020)

Margaret Ferrier: ...that benefit the privileged few at the expense of the many. Whether or not the firman is authentic and the means used to obtain it were dubious or illegal, the legal position on the marbles has, to date, favoured their retention in the UK. The British Museum Act 1963 is the primary piece of legislation here, and it makes it clear that the objects and collections of the British Museum are...

Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Nuclear Weapons Safety Committee ( 6 Mar 2017)

Margaret Ferrier: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) what the terms of reference are, (b) how many members there are, (c) who the current chair is, (d) what the date of the last meeting was and (e) what the date of the next meeting is of the Nuclear Weapons Safety Committee.

Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Jobcentres: Closures ( 2 Mar 2017)

Margaret Ferrier: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2017 to Question 58932, on what date his Department will (a) conclude and (b) publish its equality analysis for the proposed jobcentre closures.

Unaccompanied Children (Greece and Italy) (23 Feb 2017)

Margaret Ferrier: ...they remain ready, able and willing to offer shelter to more unaccompanied children. Will the Minister clarify whether his Department regularly re-consults local authorities to maintain an up-to-date overview of the capacity to take such children?

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Saudi Arabia: Convention on Cluster Munitions ( 7 Feb 2017)

Margaret Ferrier: ...Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2016 to Question 40456, what recent representations the UK has made to Saudi Arabia to accede to the Convention on Cluster Munitions; and on what dates those representations were made.

Written Answers — Scotland Office: Nuclear Weapons ( 6 Feb 2017)

Margaret Ferrier: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2017 to Question 61501, on what date he last discussed the UK's nuclear deterrent with the (a) Prime Minister and (b) Ministry of Defence; whether missile tests formed part of these discussions; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Jobcentres: Glasgow ( 2 Feb 2017)

Margaret Ferrier: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Statement of 26 January 2017, HCWS439, on welfare delivery, on what date further details will be released on the acquisition of a new back-of-house site in Glasgow.


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