Liam Kerr: ...the First Minister announced £5 million to “address loss and damage”, as she put it. Can the minister tell us precisely what the eligibility criteria, application process and defined outcomes for that £5 million are?
Division number 1 For: Baillie, Jackie, Baker, Claire, Bibby, Neil, Boyack, Sarah, Choudhury, Foysol, Clark, Katy, Duncan-Glancy, Pam, Grant, Rhoda, Johnson, Daniel, Lennon, Monica, Leonard, Richard, Marra, Michael, McNeill, Pauline, Mochan, Carol, O’Kane, Paul, Rowley, Alex, Smyth, Colin, Sweeney, Paul, Villalba, Mercedes, Whitfield, Martin Against: Adam, George, Adam, Karen, Adamson,...
Bob Seely: ...today. She is trying to get a global coalition to do just what we have been discussing. I hope that we will soon have a draft law here that we can send to Government, debate and put down in some form to say, “These are the next steps.” I pay tribute to Kyle Parker, too, who was also in the discussions we had yesterday. He is great man. A senior congressional staffer—these people have...
Liam Fox: ...hon. Friend on a balanced and skilful statement prioritising fiscal stability. He will be aware that some of us believe that the Bank of England maintained monetary conditions that were too loose for too long, but that it would also be a mistake to maintain monetary conditions that are too tight for too long. Can he therefore confirm that the anti-inflationary measures that he has taken...
Liam Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Leader of the House on the timing of the second reading of the Bill of Rights Bill.
Alex Cole-Hamilton: On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I seek your guidance on the procedures around correcting the Official Report after what we have just heard from Liam Kerr, which is, frankly, astonishing. The energy minister at the time and the current Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise were informed in 2020 that that statistic of 25 per cent had no basis. It is important that...
Liam McArthur: ..., catering and security workers, most recently took strike action on 3 and 4 October; understands that the Universities and Colleges Employers Association’s (UCEA) final offer of 3%, or 7.2% for the lowest paid workers, is sub-inflationary as the current CPI rate is 9.9% and the current RPI rate is 12.3%; considers that UCEA’s offer has been imposed on university staff despite being...
Liam McArthur: In June, the cabinet secretary confirmed that he had held discussions with the European Commission on establishing international exchange opportunities for young Scots. However, ministers have admitted that they have had no meetings specifically on their proposed Scottish exchange programme, no funds are currently allocated to it and there has not even been a consultation. Meanwhile, a £65...
Liam McArthur: The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-06779, in the name of Humza Yousaf, on improving care and services for people with chronic pain. I invite members who wish to participate in the debate to press their request-to-speak buttons now or as soon as possible. I call Maree Todd to speak to and move the motion. Minister, you have around 13 minutes.
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Laura Farris: Implicit in the wording of this motion is a rebuke, and I start by accepting it; errors were made during the tenure of the former Prime Minister. But I take issue with the Opposition in three parts: first, on the suggestion that the mini-Budget is responsible for the economic situation in which we find ourselves; secondly, on the suggestion that my right hon. Friend the Member for South West...
Liam Byrne: It is a pleasure to speak with you in the Chair, Mr Robertson. It is fantastic for the Minister to be able to kick off today with this debate—surely there has never been a Minister as lucky as this one is in taking this Bill through Committee. Here we have an entire Opposition side of the Committee united in wanting to give the Minister the tools to do the job—the job for which he has...
Liam Kerr: ...the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that its claim that Scotland has 25 per cent of Europe’s offshore wind potential lacks evidence and that it knew that there was no basis for it. (S6T-00960)
Leo Docherty: My hon. Friend’s intervention is well noted, and I put on record my thanks for what he does as a mental health champion and for his support of our Ukrainian friends in his constituency. The hon. Member for St Helens South and Whiston (Ms Rimmer) spoke movingly in an appeal for solidarity among the allies on Ukraine. That is what we see on the diplomatic front, on the military front and in...
Liam McArthur: ...members who wish to ask a supplementary question to please press their request-to-speak button or to enter the letters “RTS” in the chat function during the relevant question. Given the demand for supplementaries today, I make the usual plea for questions and answers that are as brief as possible.
Liam Kerr: It is COP27 and, of course, the UK is the representative party. On the point about what everyone is at COP27 for, the minister’s motion notes “the essential contribution to net zero that trees, woods and forests make, tackling the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss”, but not enough is being done to promote that essential contribution. In April 2021, the Government...
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Liam Byrne: ...richest men in Britain, is doing so little—[Interruption.] Conservative Members do not like the truth, Mr Speaker. Does he understand the despair my constituents feel that he is doing so little for the poorest in Britain by refusing to cancel the £3 billion tax break for non-doms who profit from our country but will not make it their home?
Liam Byrne: On a point of order, Ms Elliott. Can you clarify the order of consideration for the amendments and new clauses in this group?