Lorna Slater: ...a United Kingdom-wide agreement on the introduction of deposit return schemes that include glass. After all, only a few months before, the UK Government had been elected on just such a promise. Rishi Sunak, Alister Jack and Douglas Ross were all elected on the promise of a full deposit return scheme. The Scottish Parliament voted for that all-inclusive deposit return scheme because it was...
Lorna Slater: The Scottish Conservatives are on very shoogly ground when discussing glass, given that Rishi Sunak, Alister Jack and their own Douglas Ross stood on a manifesto to put in place a deposit return scheme including glass. The UK Tories are not only undermining our scheme in relation to glass; it looks as though they are doing the same thing to Wales, too. Glass is one of the three main materials...
Fiona Hyslop: ...wanting the council to make use of section 75 agreements in proposed housing developments to promote cycle paths. Active travel is not a priority for the Conservative party. Indeed, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently received an open letter from a coalition of charities, professional organisations and businesses urging a reversal of the proposed cuts to active travel funding announced by...
Lord Paddick: ...status in the United Kingdom? I accept that the Government are hoping that the Bill will act as a deterrent. I wonder whether the Minister has seen the Times today and the article titled: “Rishi Sunak’s migration plan ‘based on demented assumptions’”. According to the Times, Home Office research last year concluded that there was “no evidence” that hostile policies changed...
Rishi Sunak: No. I refer the hon. Member to the letter to him from the DLUHC Permanent Secretary on this issue. More broadly, on the issue of Teesworks, I would also refer him to the Written Ministerial Statement of 25 May 2023 (HCWS813).
Rishi Sunak: I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 11 November 2022, Official Report, PQ77552. The latest figures show that 2.3 million more homes have been delivered across England since 2010.
The First Minister: Ariane Burgess is absolutely right to highlight what can only be described as the shameful hypocrisy of the Conservatives on this matter. Rishi Sunak, Alister Jack and Douglas Ross stood on a manifesto that promised a deposit return scheme that included glass. Maurice Golden told us: “If you are going to do something, do it properly ... include glass.” The Tory...
Lorna Slater: ...all schemes around the world include it. Our scheme includes glass because that is best for the climate and for the environment and because it best provides a level playing field across businesses. Rishi Sunak and Alister Jack know that, too. They were elected on a manifesto commitment to introduce a deposit return scheme with glass. That commitment set the context in which Scotland’s...
Rishi Sunak: I spoke to Prime Minister Modi on 21 May 2023 at the G7 Summit. A readout is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-meeting-with-prime-min ister-modi-of-india-21-may-2023.
Jim Fairlie: ...sector but all too sadly affects many others, too. We have to protect our food producers. Over the past few weeks, there has been a step in the right direction, with the message getting through to Rishi Sunak’s Government. I very much welcome the fact that he has written to farmers to assure them that the UK will take their view into account in any future trade deals, and the fact that,...
Neil Gray: Neither the contenders to be leader of the next Westminster Government, Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak, nor their Scottish counterparts, Anas Sarwar and Douglas Ross, are willing to admit the extent of the Brexit disaster. While Labour and the Conservatives try to sweep the mess under the rug, violating the will of the people of Scotland, this Government understands that the only way to repair...
Rishi Sunak: This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this House I shall have further such meetings later today.
Rishi Sunak: This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this House I shall have further such meetings later today.
Ellie Reeves: ...South West Norfolk (Elizabeth Truss), she was sacked for sending sensitive Government information from a personal email address. As Home Secretary under the right hon. Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Rishi Sunak), she faces allegations of instructing civil servants to arrange a private speed awareness course. Every step of the way, it is one rule for members of this Government and another...
Ellie Reeves: ...South West Norfolk (Elizabeth Truss), she was sacked for sending sensitive Government information from a personal email address. As Home Secretary under the right hon. Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Rishi Sunak), she faces allegations of instructing civil servants to arrange a private speed awareness course. Every step of the way, it is one rule for members of this Government and another...
Rishi Sunak: I am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following Machinery of Government changes. First, responsibility for the delivery of the Windsor Framework will be transferred from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to sit alongside the existing Northern Ireland Unit in the Cabinet Office. The Foreign Secretary remains responsible for UK/EU relations and will...
Rishi Sunak: I thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman for his comments at the beginning with regard to Ukraine. Just with regard to the Wagner Group, we have already sanctioned the Wagner Group in its entirety and we do not as a routine matter comment on proscriptions, as he well knows. With regard to sanctions, in April, we announced new sanctions targeting those who were aiding and abetting the...
Stephen Morgan: ...weeks behind their expectations prior to the outbreak more than three years ago.” We should not forget that during the pandemic, the then Chancellor, the right hon. Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Rishi Sunak), said that he had “maxed out” funding for children. The hugely damaging impact of the Prime Minister’s inaction on children’s learning of maths—his alleged priority—is...
Jim Fairlie: ...only one deranged ideologue to upset the balance of food security internationally. Ensuring that our domestic supplies are robust is essential. To that end, I broadly welcome the food summit that Rishi Sunak held in Downing Street this week, which was a welcome change in the UK Government’s direction. However, in the spirit of collaboration of which we are constantly reminded by all...
Christine Grahame: ...in which a company that was associated with Michelle Mone, who had previously been elevated to the House of Lords, was awarded a PPE contract worth more than £100 million, which shocked even Rishi Sunak? Let us put some context around how the UK Government acted during the pandemic. I turn to the vaccines, which have been our saviours. As other members have said, we were told that...
