Results 21–40 of 2000 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Alison Thewliss

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (14 Mar 2024)

Alison Thewliss: Lidl has become the first supermarket to roll out a deposit return scheme across the whole city of Glasgow. Will the Secretary of State commend Lidl on doing what he blocked the Scottish Government from rolling out across Scotland?

Finance Bill: Money: Finance (No. 2) Bill (12 Mar 2024)

Alison Thewliss: On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am a big believer in honesty, and that I should correct my mistakes should I make one. In yesterday’s Budget debate I said that 222,000 families are affected by the two-child limit. I failed to read my own handwriting properly—the House of Commons Library briefing confirms that as of April 2023, 422,000 families are affected by the two-child...

Budget Resolutions - Income Tax (Charge) (11 Mar 2024)

Alison Thewliss: I will touch first on arts funding. As a Member of Parliament who has a number of arts institutions based in my Glasgow Central constituency, I gently welcome the theatre, orchestra, museums and galleries exhibition tax relief. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra has said that the relief “ensures the RSNO remains committed to serving Scotland’s communities, concert halls and schools.”...

Budget Resolutions - Income Tax (Charge) (11 Mar 2024)

Alison Thewliss: The right hon. Gentleman is all for families staying together. What impact does he think raising the minimum visa thresholds will have?

Health and Social Care: Healthcare for Women ( 5 Mar 2024)

Alison Thewliss: Amma Birth Companions has just been recognised in the 2024 GSK IMPACT awards. The charity is doing really important work to support vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees who would otherwise face giving birth alone. Will the Secretary of State meet the charity to discuss its work and research, given the disparities that continue for this group of women?

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration ( 4 Mar 2024)

Alison Thewliss: I thank David Neal for his work. Nobody can doubt that he was an independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, and his reports bear testament to that work. He called out the Home Office for being particularly poor at communication, and for its data being “inexcusably awful.” In relation to Border Force, he highlighted “basic stuff not being done”. He shone a bright light on...

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Community Ownership Fund ( 4 Mar 2024)

Alison Thewliss: The Citizens theatre in Glasgow is a much-beloved institution and has been undergoing refurbishment for several years. It has had a range of funding from Glasgow City Council, the Scottish Government and Historic Environment Scotland, but, due to inflation and various measures, it still requires additional funding to make up the balance and complete its really significant refurbishment...

Ukraine (28 Feb 2024)

Alison Thewliss: Sky News recently reported on sanctions evasion and things being moved via Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Uzbekistan to support Putin’s war machine, which I suggest is facilitated more often than not by professional enablers right here in the UK through the use of shell companies, limited liability partnerships and Scottish limited partnerships. I have been banging on about that for years. The...

Prime Minister: Engagements (28 Feb 2024)

Alison Thewliss: My constituent Lee Haywood in Dalmarnock is on a communal heat network and has seen both his standing charges and his energy bills absolutely soar. The heat network market framework was introduced in 2021, but the Minister in the Lords said in a letter last week that his “ambition” is that price regulation will only start in spring 2026. Is it this Government’s incompetence or Ofgem’s...

Ukraine: Military Equipment (27 Feb 2024)

Alison Thewliss: The HALO Trust estimates that around 2 million landmines have been laid in Ukraine. Mike Newton from the HALO Trust has said: “Ukraine cannot be rebuilt until the landmines are removed. Life itself depends on getting rid of them.” What is the Minister doing to ensure that funds go to the demining of Ukraine? What more preventive work can we do internationally to persuade those countries...

Situation in the Red Sea (26 Feb 2024)

Alison Thewliss: I appreciate that the Secretary of State has come to the House on several occasions to give an update on this situation, and that further actions continue to be taken to avoid the Houthis disrupting Red sea shipping. The difficulty is that they appear not to be deterred by what the Government are throwing at them, following on from many years of being undeterred by attacks on them from the...

Home Department: Legal Migration (26 Feb 2024)

Alison Thewliss: People who come here to work, study and live make a significant impact on Scotland’s economy and society, so reducing their number is entirely self-defeating. Reunite Families UK has highlighted the disproportionate impact that Tory changes to visa income thresholds will have on women. I have asked the Minister this before, and I have yet to have an answer: when will he publish the full...

Home Department: Legal Migration (26 Feb 2024)

Alison Thewliss: I spent a lot of time this weekend with members of the Glasgow branch of the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain, which put on a major demonstration and a service in Glasgow cathedral at the weekend to mark two years since the escalation of Russian aggression in Ukraine. The Government’s changes to the Ukraine scheme came with very little notice and caused a great deal of uncertainty...

Ceasefire in Gaza (21 Feb 2024)

Alison Thewliss: I thank the speakers who have come and raised their voices on behalf of the people of Gaza today. We are here today in condemnation of the atrocities committed against innocent people in Israel by Hamas on 7 October. We are here today in condemnation of the atrocities committed by Israel against innocent people in Gaza every day since then. We are here today in condemnation of the taking of...

Ceasefire in Gaza (21 Feb 2024)

Alison Thewliss: That point is crucial. We know what the consequences will be if there is no ceasefire and we continue as we are now: thousands more people will die. We do not need to question that, because we know that it will happen, and it will be on our conscience if we choose not to act. I have never received more emails about an issue, and I know that I have that in common with many other Members in all...

Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill: Clause 1 - Duty to invite applications for offshore licences (20 Feb 2024)

Alison Thewliss: That was not what I was asking. The Minister says that we need to look at demand; where is the national insulation programme, so that we can insulate all our homes and reduce demand in that way? There isn’t one.

Immigration Rules and Border Security (20 Feb 2024)

Alison Thewliss: There is a bitter irony in the UK Government making changes to health and social care visas—a sector that is crying out for people—that will make it more difficult for people to come and look after our loved ones. They say, “Come and look after our loved ones, but you can’t bring your own.” How utterly heartless. The sector is dominated by women, who are more likely to have children...

Justice: Topical Questions (20 Feb 2024)

Alison Thewliss: The backlog of asylum and immigration tribunal cases has soared from 35,400 to 41,500 in a month—a result, no doubt, of the Home Office pushing through decisions at the end of last year to clear its previous backlog. What is the Minister doing to tackle this new backlog that they have created?

Deportation of Foreign National Offenders ( 7 Feb 2024)

Alison Thewliss: It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Gray. I do not really know where to start in this debate. Uncharacteristically for me, as someone who does not profess to be any kind of person of faith, I might start with a passage from Leviticus: “When a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among...

Deportation of Foreign National Offenders ( 7 Feb 2024)

Alison Thewliss: The hon. Lady said that it is the current Government’s fault. She is quite correct in saying that. The Conservatives have been in control for quite some time now, and they have failed on numerous occasions to deal with the situation. Stephen Shaw’s review of the issue identified many areas in which the Home Office had failed to deal properly with foreign national offenders. I appreciate...


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