Alyn Smith
Scottish National Party - Stirling
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
(since January 2020)
Department Event
Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Oral questions - Main Chamber
2 Mar 2021, 11:30 a.m.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (including topical questions)
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Oral questions - Main Chamber
2 Mar 2021, 11:30 a.m.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (including topical questions)
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Note: This event involves a Department with which this person is linked, and does not guarantee their actual attendance.
Speeches
Tuesday 9th February 2021
Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I appreciate the opportunity to speak.
This is a curious debate, in that the integrated …
Written Answers
Wednesday 10th February 2021
Palestinians: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his …
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his …
Early Day Motions
None available
Bills
Wednesday 16th December 2020
Arms (Exports and Remote Warfare) Bill 2019-21
A Bill to make provision about enabling arms exports oversight by the United Kingdom Parliament and the devolved Parliaments and …
A Bill to make provision about enabling arms exports oversight by the United Kingdom Parliament and the devolved Parliaments and …
Tweets
None available
MP Financial Interests
Monday 20th July 2020
8. Miscellaneous
From 26 June 2020, Adviser (unpaid) to the Foreign Policy Centre Political Council. This is a nonpartisan organisation. (Registered 16 …
From 26 June 2020, Adviser (unpaid) to the Foreign Policy Centre Political Council. This is a nonpartisan organisation. (Registered 16 …
EDM signed
Tuesday 23rd February 2021
VAT on hair and beauty services
That this House recognises the significant impact that the Coronavirus pandemic has had on the hairdressing, beauty and holistic service …
That this House recognises the significant impact that the Coronavirus pandemic has had on the hairdressing, beauty and holistic service …
Debate information
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Sparring Partners
Dominic Raab (Conservative) Foreign Secretary and First Secretary of State (25 debate interactions) View debates with Dominic Raab Nigel Adams (Conservative) Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (18 debate interactions) View debates with Nigel Adams Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker) (11 debate interactions) View debates with Lindsay Hoyle View All MP Sparring PartnersDepartment Debates
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (50 debate contributions) View Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office debatesDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (15 debate contributions) View Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy debates
HM Treasury (9 debate contributions) View HM Treasury debates
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Legislation Debates
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 - Government Bill (3,116 words contributed) View European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 - Government Bill debatesFisheries Act 2020 - Government Bill (1,516 words contributed) View Fisheries Act 2020 - Government Bill debates
United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 - Government Bill (1,338 words contributed) View United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 - Government Bill debates
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Significant Stirling Petitions
Highest Stirling signature proportion
| Status | Signatures | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Open | 1,933 of 108,016 (1.79%) |
Do not give consent for another Scottish Independence Referendum
Gov Responded - 12 Feb 2021 |
| Open | 69 of 7,084 (0.97%) |
Fund research, treatment and awareness of Functional Neurological Disorder |
| Open | 257 of 49,642 (0.52%) |
Require negative covid test to enter the UK Gov Responded - 15 Jan 2021 |
| Open | 87 of 17,910 (0.49%) |
Grant full exemptions from quarantine for seafarers and oil & gas workers |
| Open | 228 of 48,583 (0.47%) |
Ensure Student Nurses are paid whilst on placement Gov Responded - 24 Nov 2020 |
Most Stirling signatures
| Status | Signatures | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Open | 1,933 of 108,016 (1.79%) |
Do not give consent for another Scottish Independence Referendum
Gov Responded - 12 Feb 2021 |
| Open | 1,668 of 1,111,904 (0.15%) |
End child food poverty – no child should be going hungry Gov Responded - 11 Nov 2020 |
| Open | 491 of 146,356 (0.34%) |
FIONA'S LAW - Women should be allowed a yearly Cervical screening
Gov Responded - 10 Feb 2021 |
| Open | 463 of 285,087 (0.16%) |
Seek Europe-wide Visa-free work permit for Touring professionals and Artists Gov Responded - 14 Jan 2021 |
| Open | 373 of 179,768 (0.21%) |
Keep gyms open during Tier 4 lockdown Gov Responded - 14 Jan 2021 |
| Current Signatures | Final Signatures | Title | Petition Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
|
221,069 c. 1,626 added daily |
307,839 (Estimated) |
Implement sanctions against the Nigerian Government and officials Sign this petition Gov Responded - 11 Nov 2020 Debated on - 23 Nov 2020 View Alyn Smith's petition debate contributions |
20 Apr 2021 closes in 1 month, 3 weeks |
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The Government should explore using the new sanctions regime that allows individuals and entities that violate human rights around the world to be targeted, to impose sanctions on members of the Nigerian government and police force involved in any human rights abuses by the Nigerian police. |
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Most recent EDMs signed by Alyn Smith
| Date Tabled | Title | Signatures |
|---|---|---|
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22 Feb 2021 |
Alyn Smith signed this EDM on Tuesday 23rd February 2021VAT on hair and beauty servicesTabled by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)That this House recognises the significant impact that the Coronavirus pandemic has had on the hairdressing, beauty and holistic service industry; notes that this sector is reported by the British Beauty Council to contribute £9.2bn annually to Britain’s economy, employing a workforce of 288,160 people as hair and beauty practitioners … |
35 signatures (Most recent: 25 Feb 2021) Signatures by party: Scottish National Party: 30 Democratic Unionist Party: 2 Labour: 1 Liberal Democrat: 1 Independent: 1 |
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8 Feb 2021 |
Alyn Smith signed this EDM on Tuesday 23rd February 2021Intellectual property and covid-19 responseTabled by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion)That this House considers nobody is safe until we are all safe from covid-19; believes all policy tools should be deployed to address the global crisis around access to covid-19 vaccines, treatments, diagnostics and equipment; notes that the head of the World Health Organization warns we face a catastrophic moral … |
42 signatures (Most recent: 25 Feb 2021) Signatures by party: Labour: 18 Scottish National Party: 17 Liberal Democrat: 4 Independent: 2 Green Party: 1 Social Democratic & Labour Party: 1 |
Commons initiatives
1 Urgent Question tabled by Alyn Smith
| Date | Forum | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Dec 2020 | Commons Chamber | Hong Kong: Sentencing of Pro-democracy Activists |
Alyn Smith has not been granted any Adjournment Debates in the current sitting
1 Bill introduced by Alyn Smith
Tabled: 16th December 2020
A Bill to make provision about enabling arms exports oversight by the United Kingdom Parliament and the devolved Parliaments and Assemblies; to prohibit the use of lethal autonomous weapons; to make requirements about transparency in arms exports and the use of drones and other remote weapons; and for connected purposes.
Next Event -
2nd reading: House of Commons
Date TBA
Order Paper number: 16
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
Date TBA
Order Paper number: 16
(Unlikely to be Debated - would require unanimous consent to progress)
Alyn Smith has not supported any legislation in the current parliamentary sitting
71 Written Questions
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Palestinians: Coronavirus
Palestinians: Health Services
Belarus: Press Freedom
Belarus: British Nationals Abroad
Yemen: Humanitarian Aid
China: Organs
China: Organs
Members: Correspondence
Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review: Scotland
Members: Correspondence
Members: Correspondence
Saudi Arabia: Detainees
Saudi Arabia: Detainees
Georgia: Freedom of Expression
Russia: Syria
Saudi Arabia: Security
Saudi Arabia: Security
Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment
Greece: Refugees
Yemen: Military Intervention
Stock Market: Internet
Revenue and Customs: Debt Collection
Revenue and Customs: Debt Collection
Revenue and Customs: Debt Collection
Revenue and Customs: Debt Collection
Bowling: VAT
Tenants: Coronavirus
Students: Coronavirus
Treasury: ICT
Employment: Taxation
Employment: Taxation
Employment: Taxation
Members: Correspondence
NHS Test and Trace: Consultants
Protective Clothing: Procurement
Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts
Protective Clothing: Procurement
Department of Health and Social Care: TAEG Energy
Department of Health and Social Care: TAEG Energy
Department of Health and Social Care: TAEG Energy
NHS Test and Trace: Consultants
Coronavirus: Disease Control
Unexplained Wealth Orders
Official Secrets: Legislation
Refugees: Families
Asylum: Children
Asylum
Immigration Controls
Immigration Controls: Airports
Immigration Controls: EU Nationals
Immigration Controls: Airports
National Insurance: EEA Nationals
National Insurance: Coronavirus
Industrial Health and Safety: Coronavirus
Industrial Health and Safety: Coronavirus
Health and Safety Executive
Department for Work and Pensions: ICT