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Scottish Parliament: Energy Sector Workforce (Retraining and Upskilling) (26 Jan 2023)
Liam Kerr: The energy strategy trumpets a figure of 77,000 local low-carbon energy jobs by 2050. However, the Scottish Government has no idea what those jobs will be, no road map for how they will be delivered, and no idea of their average salaries and thus whether they will be comparable to the current jobs in the energy sector. Does the minister therefore understand why the energy strategy was also...
Scottish Parliament: Men’s Sheds (Funding) (26 Jan 2023)
Liam McArthur: Men’s sheds in communities across Scotland provide a place for men to meet, socialise and pursue hobbies, and it is increasingly recognised that they make a tangible difference in tackling isolation, loneliness and mental ill health. That is why the men’s shed movement commands strong cross-party support across the chamber, and why more than 40 MSPs recently wrote to the Deputy First...
Scottish Parliament: A96 (Dualling) (26 Jan 2023)
Liam Kerr: .... A poll run by The Press and Journal showed 93 per cent of respondents demanding that the road be dualled and, at the weekend, Gillian Martin wrote persuasively: “we must dual the A96 for safety, equity and environmental reasons”. However, it is reported that no final decision on dualling has been made, and that one might not be made for years. How many more accidents and injuries...
Scottish Parliament: Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 (26 Jan 2023)
Liam McArthur: ...years 1941 and 1945, with six million men, women and children tragically losing their lives; notes that the annual Holocaust Memorial Day will be held on 27 January 2023, and that the chosen theme for this year’s event is “ordinary people”; recognises that this particular theme has been chosen to highlight the ordinary people who were involved in all elements of, not just the...
Scottish Parliament: Strategic Transport Projects Review 2 (26 Jan 2023)
Liam Kerr: ...of Birness can now be undertaken as part of the wider STPR2. However, the Toll of Birness is absent from STPR2. Will the cabinet secretary commit to doing what is needed, or does STPR2 mark the end for road safety at the Toll of Birness?
Scottish Parliament: Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland (Appointment) (26 Jan 2023)
Liam McArthur: The next item of business is consideration of motion S6M-07650, in the name of Christine Grahame, on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, on the appointment of a new Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland.
Scottish Parliament: Decision Time (26 Jan 2023)
Division number 1 For: Adam, George, Adam, Karen, Adamson, Clare, Allan, Alasdair, Arthur, Tom, Balfour, Jeremy, Beattie, Colin, Briggs, Miles, Brown, Keith, Brown, Siobhian, Burnett, Alexander, Callaghan, Stephanie, Cameron, Donald, Carlaw, Jackson, Carson, Finlay, Coffey, Willie, Dey, Graeme, Don, Natalie, Doris, Bob, Dowey, Sharon, Dunbar, Jackie, Ewing, Annabelle, Ewing, Fergus, Fairlie,...
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Part 29A - Economic Crime (25 Jan 2023)
Liam Byrne: ...that economic criminals in this country are put under rather more pressure. A lot is in a name, and the Bill’s name is the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill. As the hon. Member for Cheadle (Mary Robinson) pointed out, what is crucial to ensuring the corporate transparency we need to police economic crime is information. Much of that information comes from whistleblowers...
Wagner Group: Sanctions Regime (25 Jan 2023)
James Cartlidge: ...individual case, but without prejudice to it and talking about the general situation that pertains to how OFSI considers such cases, there is a delegated framework whereby decisions on legal fees for persons designated under all the sanctions regimes are routinely taken by senior civil servants. I want to be clear on that. We are not aware of any case of legal fee decisions under any of...
Public Procurement Processes — [Esther McVey in the Chair] (25 Jan 2023)
Alex Burghart: I hesitate to remind the hon. Lady why funding for local authorities was reduced, but it had something to do with the behaviour of the Labour Government up to 2010. We all remember the letter that Labour’s Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Liam Byrne), left for his Lib Dem successor. The fact of the matter is that we have highly capable...
Public Bill Committee: Electricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) Bill: Clause 1 - Independent mechanism to determine claims for compensation (25 Jan 2023)
Liam Fox: Will my right hon. Friend tell us give us a timescale for the setting up of the taskforce?
Scottish Parliament: Rural Affairs and Islands (25 Jan 2023)
Liam McArthur: ...invite any member who wishes to ask a supplementary question to press their request-to-speak button during the relevant question. As ever, there is quite a bit of interest, so I make the usual plea for brief questions and responses whenever possible. I will try to police that as lightly as is necessary.
Scottish Parliament: Business Motion (25 Jan 2023)
Division number 1 For: Baillie, Jackie, Baker, Claire, Bibby, Neil, Boyack, Sarah, Choudhury, Foysol, Clark, Katy, Duncan-Glancy, Pam, Grant, Rhoda, Griffin, Mark, Johnson, Daniel, Lennon, Monica, Leonard, Richard, Marra, Michael, McNeill, Pauline, Mochan, Carol, O’Kane, Paul, Sarwar, Anas, Smyth, Colin, Sweeney, Paul, Villalba, Mercedes, Whitfield, Martin Against: Adam, George, Adam,...
Scottish Parliament: Decision Time (25 Jan 2023)
Division number 3 For: Adam, George, Adam, Karen, Adamson, Clare, Allan, Alasdair, Arthur, Tom, Beattie, Colin, Brown, Keith, Brown, Siobhian, Burgess, Ariane, Callaghan, Stephanie, Chapman, Maggie, Coffey, Willie, Constance, Angela, Dey, Graeme, Don, Natalie, Doris, Bob, Dornan, James, Dunbar, Jackie, Ewing, Annabelle, Ewing, Fergus, Fairlie, Jim, FitzPatrick, Joe, Gibson, Kenneth, Gilruth,...
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: New Clause 8 - Disqualification for persistent breaches of companies legislation: GB (24 Jan 2023)
Kevin Hollinrake: I have been told that I need to make progress, but I thank the right hon. Lady—my former partner in fighting economic crime—for her amendment on Companies House fees, which is clearly key. It is critical that the registrar is sufficiently funded to carry out her duties. The right hon. Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Liam Byrne) is wrong to say that the Bill does not provide extra...
Defamation, Privacy, Freedom of Expression, Data Protection, Legal Services and Private Investigators (24 Jan 2023)
Bob Seely: ...of expression in civil cases on matters of public interest; to make provision about the regulation of lawyers acting in civil cases; to make provision about data protection; to make provision for the regulation of private investigators; to make provision for the purpose of reducing the use of lawsuits for strategic purposes; and for connected purposes. The Bill will make it more difficult...
Scottish Parliament: Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 (24 Jan 2023)
Division number 1 For: Baker, Claire, Burgess, Ariane, Chapman, Maggie, Choudhury, Foysol, Clark, Katy, Duncan-Glancy, Pam, Grant, Rhoda, Greer, Ross, Griffin, Mark, Harvie, Patrick, Johnson, Daniel, Lennon, Monica, Leonard, Richard, Mackay, Gillian, Marra, Michael, McNeill, Pauline, Mochan, Carol, O’Kane, Paul, Ruskell, Mark, Slater, Lorna, Smyth, Colin, Sweeney, Paul, Villalba, Mercedes,...
Scottish Parliament: Decision Time (24 Jan 2023)
Division number 88 For: Adam, George, Adam, Karen, Adamson, Clare, Allan, Alasdair, Arthur, Tom, Baker, Claire, Beattie, Colin, Boyack, Sarah, Brown, Keith, Brown, Siobhian, Burgess, Ariane, Callaghan, Stephanie, Chapman, Maggie, Choudhury, Foysol, Clark, Katy, Coffey, Willie, Cole-Hamilton, Alex, Constance, Angela, Dey, Graeme, Don, Natalie, Doris, Bob, Dunbar, Jackie, Duncan-Glancy, Pam,...
Scottish Parliament: Fire Brigades Union DECON Campaign (19 Jan 2023)
Liam McArthur: ...wishing to participate in the debate to press their request-to-speak buttons now or as soon as possible. Motion debated, That the Parliament commends the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in Scotland for leading the DECON Campaign, whose aim is to protect the health and save the lives of firefighters by reducing exposure to harmful contaminants that cause cancer and disease; recognises what it...
Scottish Parliament: Net Zero, Energy and Transport (19 Jan 2023)
Liam McArthur: ...member who wishes to ask a supplementary question should press their request-to-speak button during the relevant question. Given the level of interest in asking supplementaries today, I make a plea for questions to be as brief as possible, with answers to match. Question 1 was not lodged.