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Joanne Bunting: ...that Committee members who have not considered Bills before may be overwhelmed: that is not the case. We look forward to scrutinising the Bill, but our concern is that that should be done in the right way and in the best way. We know that it has happened in predecessor Committees — had the Member been listening, he would know that I have already pointed that out — but just because it...
Conor Murphy: Yes. Enterprise agencies have been doing sterling work, often on a shoestring budget, on start-ups and supporting local entrepreneurs. We have a very strong entrepreneurial flair right across the region. Invest NI will now have not only FDI targets but targets for start-up and business growth, which will make more collaboration possible in the space where the enterprise agencies work while...
Timothy Gaston: ...front of the fire in his living room. Robin was well known in the farming community and in the Presbyterian Church, where he served as an elder. However, it was through the loyal orders that Robin gained respect from right across Northern Ireland. He served 39 years as county grand master of Tyrone Royal Arch Purple Chapter and 29 years as secretary of his own Orange lodge and a grand...
Mary Creagh: ...to protect and restore nature. The previous Environment Improvement Plan did not focus enough on delivery of our Environment Act targets and as a result nature is in crisis. Biodiversity net gain requires most planning applications to deliver a 10% increase in biodiversity compared to what was there before. The biodiversity to be delivered is calculated using the biodiversity metric,...
Nicola Sturgeon: ...community here with us in the public gallery. I am sure that all of us here welcome them warmly. The debate comes at a vital time for Ukraine and for the prospects of its victory against Russian aggression. That is essential for democracy not only in Ukraine but across Europe. First and foremost, Ukraine is fighting for its own survival. However, we must never forget that this...
Rona Mackay: ...me to hold this important debate during international fetal alcohol spectrum disorder awareness month. This is the third debate on FASD that I have held in the chamber in the past five years. Once again, I am delighted to be able to raise awareness and to highlight the sterling work of clinicians and researchers. Around 200,000 people in Scotland—3.2 per cent of our...
Alex Cole-Hamilton: ...and the cuts that we anticipate—are in large part caused by the political decisions of this Administration. We have yet to see the measure of those cuts, but Murdo Fraser is absolutely right to say that it is not the hallmark of a progressive Government to lay down a freeze in council tax under the guise—as it may be—of protecting people from the cost of living, when most...
Gordon Lyons: ...-departmental working group so that we can get the buy-in from other Departments that is necessary to make sure that we work collectively to address the issue. That has been raised time and time again during today's debate. Tackling poverty in Northern Ireland is not solely my responsibility. I am in a position to work with Executive colleagues to bring forward the draft strategy that we...
John O'Dowd: ...coverage obligations for the North. I expect that Ofcom will update its assessments in the coming months to confirm that Three has also since met its obligation threshold. I also suspect that the gains made so far will improve mobile coverage in our rural areas. I turn now to the suggestion in the motion that major delays in the planning process have jeopardised the Shared Rural Network...
Oliver Mundell: ...that the cabinet secretary was saying and then—I hope that this is taken in good spirit—I came to this debate and found myself agreeing almost entirely with Maggie Chapman. I think that she is right and, to a degree, what Jeremy Balfour said at the start of the debate was right, too. The Scottish Law Commission’s bills and the work of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee...
Kellie Armstrong: ...the Speaker continues to retain considerable discretion to set deadlines for completion of other key stages of private Member's Bills, including the opening and closing of the submission window to gain access to PMB support and deadlines for completion of key stages, such as the final proposal. That proposed change to Standing Orders originated from the work of the previous Committee on...
Timothy Gaston: Last week, in evidence at the Executive Office Committee, the Equality Commission suggested that transgender rights are a gap in equality legislation. In Scotland, there was a ridiculous situation where a rapist was held in a female prison before, rightly, being moved. Is there anything in the strategy to defend women-only rights and women-only spaces and to oppose the efforts of a biological...
Lord Singh of Wimbledon: ...countries have the ability to manufacture the sophisticated weaponry used in modern-day warfare, and the United States is by far the largest supplier, with Saudi Arabia, with its appalling human rights record, the largest purchaser. The veteran senator Mitch McConnell justified the selling of arms by the United States with disarming honesty. “We replace older weapons with newer weapons,...
Baroness Smith of Malvern: ...are now those who are even newer to this House than I am. I feel confident that he will make a strong contribution. Our higher education sector is one of the very best in the world, and we are rightly proud of it. I have been very pleased with the tone of the debate today in which that fact has been largely recognised, not least, as the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, said, because a large...
Ellie Chowns: ...every roof of a new home had solar panels on it because, frankly, that is what is colloquially known as a no-brainer. Solar panels are one of the things that residents brought up with me time and again on the doorstep. Constituents of all sorts of political background and none said to me things like, “Why are we still building houses and not putting solar panels on the roofs?” It is...
David Reed: ...of local Devon ciders. Exmouth and Exeter East also incorporates one ward each from the Exeter and Central Devon constituencies. The new hon. Member for Exeter (Steve Race) no doubt gave the right hon. Sir Ben Bradshaw the respect he deserves in his maiden speech. However, I would like to pay my own tribute to Sir Ben, and I know that his judgment and leadership will be missed by the...
David Reed: ...of local Devon ciders. Exmouth and Exeter East also incorporates one ward each from the Exeter and Central Devon constituencies. The new hon. Member for Exeter (Steve Race) no doubt gave the right hon. Sir Ben Bradshaw the respect he deserves in his maiden speech. However, I would like to pay my own tribute to Sir Ben, and I know that his judgment and leadership will be missed by the...
Markus Campbell-Savours: ...question is how we remove the bubble, which is causing so much harm, without destroying our tourism economy. We need to look at the range of options and evaluate them by asking what we would really gain from them and what damage they would cause. I want to start with tax, which is a funny one. Some people have the idea—I have never bought into it—that if we throw taxes at people,...
Jamie Greene: ...of his desire for peace across the world is one that I hope we all share, irrespective of our views. The Rev John Ainslie was co-ordinator of Scottish CND from 1991, when I was just 11, right through until his untimely death in 2016. In doing my research for this debate, I was interested to read that he trained to be an officer in the 1970s and he completed a degree in...
Catherine West: ...Bench following her earlier ministerial duties, because it is such an important debate. The hon. Members for Leicester South (Shockat Adam) and for Birmingham Perry Barr (Ayoub Khan), and the right hon. Member for Islington North (Jeremy Corbyn) are all great friends of Bangladesh, and are very active in the all-party parliamentary group for Bangladesh. The UK and Bangladesh share an...
