Results 21–40 of 1000 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Stewart McDonald

Opposition Day: Sport and the 2012 Olympics Legacy (24 Jun 2015)

Stewart McDonald: Will the Minister give way?

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Tunisia, and European Council (29 Jun 2015)

Stewart McDonald: On a point of order, Mr Speaker.

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Greece (29 Jun 2015)

Stewart McDonald: I offer the Chancellor this analysis: the class divide is with us in this debate. On the one hand, the rich people in Greece are moving their money out of the country, with the IMF lobbying on their behalf for further public sector cuts and against tax rises for the rich, while poor and working-class people in Greece are forced to live with access to only €60 of cash a day. So here’s the...

Scotland Bill: Clause 24 — Universal credit: costs of claimants who rent accommodation (30 Jun 2015)

Stewart McDonald: During the last Parliament and the election campaign, Tory Members chuntered on about the Labour party apparently wishing to weaponise the national health service. From the assessment that my hon. Friend gives, I am sure he agrees that the Tories have weaponised the social security system and are terrorising people across the country with it.

City Deal Funding (Aberdeen) (30 Jun 2015)

Stewart McDonald: My hon. Friend makes an important point about infrastructure. One concern that I and my Glasgow colleagues have is about the devolution of powers to cities such as Manchester. That is, of course, to be welcomed, but it presents us with significant challenges. Does he agree that one way to help us meet those challenges would be for the Government to say unequivocally that HS2 will come to Scotland?

City Deal Funding (Aberdeen) (30 Jun 2015)

Stewart McDonald: Last Friday I had a meeting with the Glasgow chamber of commerce. Investment that we would have thought would come to Glasgow is already being picked off by cities such as Manchester, following the promise to deliver more powers to them. That is a great concern to me as a Glasgow MP and to other colleagues. The chamber of commerce believes that we could meet that challenge if we got a solid...

Bills Presented — Bat Habitats Regulation Bill: Clause 31 — Crown Estate ( 6 Jul 2015)

Stewart McDonald: Scottish Members of Parliament have been sent a joint statement by the trade union community in Scotland and several third sector and women’s groups in Scotland, urging us to vote against amendments tabled by the hon. Member for Southport (John Pugh) and the hon. Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh). It is well known that those Members are from the pro-life side of the debate, and...

Isil: Military Co-operation: Saudi Arabia (13 Jul 2015)

Stewart McDonald: What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK’s military co-operation with the Government of Saudi Arabia.

Isil: Military Co-operation: Saudi Arabia (13 Jul 2015)

Stewart McDonald: At that meeting, did the Secretary of State highlight the fact that last year 90 people were executed in Saudi Arabia and that figure was reached by the end of May for this year? Sweden has dropped its memorandum of understanding on defence co-operation over the mistreatment of the Saudi blogger Raif Badawi and other human rights concerns. When will we see some urgency and action from the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Raif Badawi (14 Jul 2015)

Stewart McDonald: What progress is being made on diplomatic efforts to free the Saudi blogger Raif Badawi.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Raif Badawi (14 Jul 2015)

Stewart McDonald: We often hear that answer from the Government. One of two things is happening. Either the Government are trying and failing, or they are not really bothering at all. May I ask the Minister two questions? First, will he instruct the United Kingdom ambassador in Saudi Arabia to request a prison visit to check on Raif Badawi’s health? Secondly, will he say without equivocation that Mr Badawi...

Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill: English Votes for English Laws (15 Jul 2015)

Stewart McDonald: I do not think the Scottish people are that out of step with what we are saying. Not only did they give us 50% of the vote at the recent election, but an opinion poll out yesterday has us on 56% ahead of next year’s Scottish Parliament elections, giving us not 69 seats, but 71. The people of Scotland sent us here with a clear mandate. English Members vetoed all the amendments we tabled. You...

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Low-emission Vehicles (16 Jul 2015)

Stewart McDonald: A report published in today’s Financial Times reveals that, in 2010, 9,500 people died prematurely in London alone as a result of pollutants that are commonly found in fumes from diesel trucks, buses and cars. As well as the human cost, such pollutants carry a financial cost of up to £3.7 billion, just in the capital. Will the Government look at that report, and consider commissioning a...

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Topical Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Stewart McDonald: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Topical Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Stewart McDonald: Can the Secretary of State outline what steps are being taken to improve coastal protection along the west coast of Scotland?

[Mr Christopher Chope in the Chair] — Human Rights (Saudi Arabia) (21 Jul 2015)

Stewart McDonald: I beg to move, That this House has considered human rights in Saudi Arabia. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Chope. I want to make it clear at the outset that I am Stewart Malcolm McDonald; to my right is my hon. Friend the Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (Stuart C. McDonald), whose constituency and first name are entirely different. We are not to...

[Mr Christopher Chope in the Chair] — Human Rights (Saudi Arabia) (21 Jul 2015)

Stewart McDonald: My hon. Friend makes my point for me. I was going to put it much more simply: the answer is money. While the Saudi Government value life so cheaply and lash their way to supreme authority over their people, our Government have no problem in doing serious amounts of commerce with them. Not only is Saudi Arabia our largest arms export market, bringing in billions of pounds to our Exchequer, but...

[Mr Christopher Chope in the Chair] — Human Rights (Saudi Arabia) (21 Jul 2015)

Stewart McDonald: As a former prisons Minister, the hon. Gentleman is most experienced in these things. I would be willing to accept his point if I could see any concrete evidence at all that our involvement with the Saudi Arabian regime through its prison system was improving human rights. That is not to say that that is not happening, but where is the evidence? I do not see it. That is why the Government...

[Mr Christopher Chope in the Chair] — Human Rights (Saudi Arabia) (21 Jul 2015)

Stewart McDonald: It is almost as though the hon. Gentleman can see my speech. I am about to go on to that very point, which he made so well. When the Government response to the case of Raif Badawi was raised in the House of Lords, Baroness Anelay asked her fellow peers “to recognise that the actions of the Saudi Government in these respects have the support of the vast majority of the Saudi...


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