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Justice: Parole Board Consideration Mechanism ( 9 Jan 2024)

Luke Evans: The Treasurer of His Majesty’s Household, my right hon. Friend the Member for Nuneaton (Mr Jones), and I have both raised concerns about the release of Edwin Hopkins, the schoolgirl killer of Naomi Smith. I know that the Secretary of State cannot retrospectively apply the law around parole, but will he assure my constituents and residents in neighbouring Nuneaton that the new laws in the...

Scottish Parliament: Rail Fares (21 Dec 2023)

Humza Yousaf: This is the Government that has abolished and scrapped peak rail fares through our current pilot. This is the Government that froze fares for a number of years. We again get to the contradiction at the heart of all Conservative contributions, which is that they demand that we spend more money—in this case, on rail services—but oppose every single revenue-raising option. In fact, they go...

Written Answers — Treasury: Financial Conduct Authority and Financial Ombudsman Service: Standards (20 Dec 2023)

Alyn Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the consistency of decision-making processes at the (a) Financial Conduct Authority and (b) Financial Ombudsmen Service.

LGBT Veterans Independent Review - Statement (19 Dec 2023)

Baroness Smith of Newnham: My Lords, when the report from the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, was first published, we had the opportunity in your Lordships’ House to debate it at some length. The noble Lord, Lord Coaker, has already touched on some of the issues that were discussed then. For many of us who are not from a service background, the issues that went on in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces, as they were...

Israel and Gaza - Commons Urgent Question (19 Dec 2023)

Baroness Smith of Newnham: My Lords, we seem to be facing something of a moving target. When the Minister of State made the response in another place, the suggestion was that the UN vote was expected at 3 pm our time. My honourable friend Layla Moran, in asking her supplementary in the other place, noted that the Government “talk now of a sustainable ceasefire”, and asked whether they will demand “an immediate...

Written Ministerial Statements — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: The Next Stage in Our Long Term Plan for Housing Update (19 Dec 2023)

Michael Gove: ...more homes; more quickly, more beautifully and more sustainably. The best way to deliver is through a reformed planning system. Today we lay out our plan for reform. It is only through up-to-date local plans that local authorities can deliver for communities, protect the land and assets that matter most, and create the conditions for more homes to be delivered. Having plans in place...

Scottish Parliament: Budget 2024-25 (19 Dec 2023)

Elizabeth Smith: It is very good to see the Presiding Officer back in the chair. [ Applause .] What was not so good was the extraordinarily late delivery of a copy of what is an important budget statement. I consider that to be a discourtesy to the Parliament. In the Deputy First Minister’s very lengthy letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 20 November, she set out all her demands for the Scottish...

Treasury: Banking Services: Access (19 Dec 2023)

Tulip Siddiq: Before I ask my question, I want to convey the apologies of the shadow Chancellor, my right hon. Friend the Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves). She is delivering the eulogy at Alistair Darling’s funeral today. I want to say a few words about Alistair Darling—I am sure you will agree, Mr Speaker—a dedicated public servant, who was respected across both Houses. He led the country’s...

Treasury: Topical Questions (19 Dec 2023)

Greg Smith: I am hearing from a concerning number of small businesses in my constituency that they are slowing down as they approach the VAT threshold, rather than doing what the whole economy needs them to do and going for growth. Ahead of the spring Budget, will my right hon. Friend look at substantially shifting the VAT threshold upwards?

International Health Regulations 2005 — [Dame Maria Miller in the Chair] (18 Dec 2023)

Preet Kaur Gill: It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir George, on this debate responding to the e-petition 635904, which relates to the International Health Regulations 2005. It is wonderful to see so many of the public in attendance. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood (Cat Smith), who is Chair of the Petitions Committee, for opening the debate. I also thank the right...

Tackling Spiking (18 Dec 2023)

Greg Smith: I very much welcome my hon. Friend’s statement and her clear determination to stamp down on this evil crime. She mentioned the police intensification weeks, which I suspect will be very successful, largely down to the use of police power to stop and search in venues in order to find spiking paraphernalia on the perpetrators. However, in the long term there will be a need for training of...

Trial of Jimmy Lai (18 Dec 2023)

Iain Duncan Smith: ...held a Chinese passport, and therefore he should have been publicly recognised by the Government some time ago. However, I welcome the change in rhetoric by the Foreign Secretary, who said today that “Jimmy Lai is a British citizen” and called on the Chinese Government to release him. I am pleased that there seems to have been a shift in policy. Notwithstanding that, I and hon. Friends...

Pakistan: Afghans Eligible for Resettlement in UK - Question (18 Dec 2023)

Baroness Smith of Newnham: To ask His Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the number of Afghan nationals eligible under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy, or the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme, who are currently in Pakistan and at risk of repatriation to Afghanistan.

Work and Pensions: Long-term Unemployment (18 Dec 2023)

Greg Smith: Skills are clearly key to supporting the long-term unemployed to find work. Buckinghamshire Council is launching a series of skills bootcamps, targeted at the long-term unemployed. For example, one bootcamp will provide construction skills, including a construction skills certification scheme card, plus support to reach self-employment and wraparound support on how to set up a company. Will...

North Korea - Motion to Take Note (14 Dec 2023)

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: My Lords, I join all noble Lords in thanking my noble friend Lord Swire for tabling this debate. His introduction again reflected his deep insight and expertise in this area, not just as a previous Minister of State at the Foreign Office but through his continuing engagement with important issues on the global stage. He highlighted directly North Korea’s destabilising behaviours, which have...

Transport: Topical Questions (14 Dec 2023)

Greg Smith: Inevitably, concerns about overcrowding will come up this afternoon at a Chiltern Railways drop-in at Marylebone with Buckinghamshire MPs, so can the Rail Minister assure me that the Government are doing everything possible to push Chiltern to improve?

Scottish Parliament: Planning Regulations (Reform) (14 Dec 2023)

Elizabeth Smith: Last week, the First Minister was at the 28th United Nations climate change conference of the parties—COP28—promoting Scotland’s green leadership potential. However, the Deputy First Minister will know that the average offshore wind project in Scotland still takes around 12 years to be delivered. She knows, too, that there are substantial concerns in business and industry about the...

Scottish Parliament: Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 (14 Dec 2023)

Maggie Chapman: I refer members to my entry in the register of members’ interests. I am a member of Unite the union and a consultative member of the Aberdeen Trades Union Council. Our public services across health, transport, fire and rescue, education and so much more are the lifeblood of our communities and the bedrock of our society. We all rely on them every day, whether we acknowledge them or not....

Kettering Bingo Hall: Community Ownership Fund (13 Dec 2023)

Philip Hollobone: I beg to move, That this House has considered the Community Ownership Fund and the former bingo hall in Kettering. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Dowd. I thank Mr Speaker for his special permission to hold the debate, and I welcome the Minister to his place to hear the remarks I will make on behalf of my local constituents in Kettering. It is a huge privilege to be the Member of...

Scottish Parliament: “Raising taxes to deliver for Scotland” (13 Dec 2023)

Tom Arthur: As Liz Smith will be aware, we assess all tax proposals against our framework for tax, and we are committed to updating our tax strategy at the time of the medium-term financial strategy publication in the spring. We take into account a range of factors, including the need to support public finances, which is particularly important given the horrendous settlement that we are receiving as a...


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