Liam Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to policy paper entitled Build Back Better: our plan for growth, published March 2021, what projects his Department contributed to as part of that policy initiative; and what public spending has been committed to those projects.
Liam Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there has been a change in his Department's (a) departmental expenditure limit and (b) annually managed expenditure spending in the Indo-Pacific region since 16 March 2021.
Liam Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there has been a change in the number of his Department's (a) personnel and (b) assets in the Indo-Pacific region since 16 March 2021.
Liam Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will set out her Department's forecast of (a) its total FTE and (b) the change in its FTE complement for each of the UK’s embassies and consulates in the Indo-Pacific region, broken down by (i) embassy and (ii) consulate for each year in the next five-year period.
Liam Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether there has been a change in her Department's (a) departmental expenditure limit and (b) annually managed expenditure spending in the Indo-Pacific region since 16 March 2021.
Liam McArthur: ...to adequate support and increased access to health services, including mental health support, and that the Home Office should automatically grant people the right to work if they have been waiting for longer than six months for a decision on their initial asylum claim, or following the submission of further evidence, and that such a right should not be restricted to jobs on the shortage...
Liam McArthur: The next item of business is a statement by Shirley-Anne Somerville on the Scottish attainment challenge—local authority stretch aims for recovery and accelerating progress in 2022-23. The cabinet secretary will take questions at the end of her statement, so there should be no interventions or interruptions.
Division number 1 For: Balfour, Jeremy, Briggs, Miles, Burnett, Alexander, Cameron, Donald, Carlaw, Jackson, Carson, Finlay, Dowey, Sharon, Findlay, Russell, Fraser, Murdo, Golden, Maurice, Gosal, Pam, Greene, Jamie, Gulhane, Sandesh, Hamilton, Rachael, Hoy, Craig, Halcro Johnston, Jamie, Kerr, Stephen, Lumsden, Douglas, McCall, Roz, Mountain, Edward, Mundell, Oliver, Ross, Douglas, Simpson,...
Emma Lewell-Buck: On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I have repeatedly raised the anguish that my constituents, the parents of Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry, are going through. Chloe and Liam were murdered in the Manchester Arena terror attack. Archaic law in relation to terror attacks prevents my constituents, and all other grieving parents, from registering their precious children’s deaths. Instead,...
Liam McArthur: ...and culture. Members who wish to ask a supplementary question should press their request-to-speak buttons or type “RTS” in the chat function during the relevant question. I make the usual plea for brief questions and responses—I underline that request and give fair advance notice that I will intervene when it is not observed.
Liam Kerr: ...by 2045, the cabinet secretary told me that it had not and would not until a new plan was published at an undisclosed date. I and many colleagues around the chamber have been warning the Government for years about the lack of evidence, data and financial planning around this issue. What has the cabinet secretary done prior to this devastating report, and what will he do now, to ensure that...
Liam Kerr: ...in the chamber a survey that said that nearly half of our dedicated hard-working teachers in Aberdeen were considering quitting due to the levels of violence that the member has just mentioned. A fortnight ago, I raised the issue of teachers at Northfield academy deciding to take industrial action for the same reason. While he was researching for today’s debate, did Stephen Kerr come...
Liam McArthur: ...on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a business programme. Motion moved, That the Parliament agrees— (a) the following programme of business— Tuesday 13 December 2022 2.00 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Ministerial Statement: Medication Assisted Treatment and Workforce Update followed...
Liam McArthur: .... That the Parliament agrees that the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2022 [draft] be approved. That the Parliament agrees that, for the purposes of meetings of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee during December 2022, Rule 12.2ZA be suspended and replaced with— 1. Where a member who— (a) has...
Division number 2 For: Adam, George, Adam, Karen, Adamson, Clare, Allan, Alasdair, Arthur, Tom, Beattie, Colin, Brown, Keith, Brown, Siobhian, Burgess, Ariane, Chapman, Maggie, Coffey, Willie, Dey, Graeme, Don, Natalie, Doris, Bob, Dornan, James, Dunbar, Jackie, Ewing, Annabelle, Ewing, Fergus, Fairlie, Jim, FitzPatrick, Joe, Gibson, Kenneth, Gilruth, Jenny, Gougeon, Mairi, Grahame,...
Michael Matheson: I have not seen such a quote from Stephen Flynn. If he said that, he is entitled to his view. However, I am sure that Liam Kerr is wise enough to recognise that he should not necessarily believe everything that he reads in the newspapers. It is vital that countries recommit themselves to doing everything that they can to keep 1.5 alive and, ahead of COP28, to build a coalition that protects...
Division number 1 For: Balfour, Jeremy, Briggs, Miles, Burnett, Alexander, Cameron, Donald, Carlaw, Jackson, Carson, Finlay, Cole-Hamilton, Alex, Dowey, Sharon, Findlay, Russell, Fraser, Murdo, Golden, Maurice, Gosal, Pam, Greene, Jamie, Gulhane, Sandesh, Hamilton, Rachael, Hoy, Craig, Halcro Johnston, Jamie, Kerr, Liam, Kerr, Stephen, Lumsden, Douglas, McCall, Roz, Mountain, Edward,...
Lord McLoughlin: My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Goddard, for securing this debate and I draw attention to my entry in the register of interests as chairman of Transport for the North. I endorse what the noble Lord said about the importance of the railway industry and the railways right across the north. I think everybody accepts that the service provided at the moment, be it by Avanti, TransPennine...
Liam Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2022 to Question 89754, whether His Majesty’s Ambassador to Ukraine has attended any state schools to make similar presentations.
Liam McArthur: ...2022. The debate will be concluded without any question being put. I invite members to press their request-to-speak buttons now or as soon as possible. I invite Michelle Thomson to open the debate, for around seven minutes. Motion debated, That the Parliament recognises what it sees as the importance of the Small Business Saturday initiative that is taking place across Scotland and other...