"It is a pleasure to have you in the Chair, Ms Butler. I thank the hon. Member for Birmingham Perry Barr (Ayoub Khan) for securing this debate. Across Alloa and Grangemouth, there is an understandable frustration with antisocial behaviour that negatively impacts communal spaces, neighbourhood communities and public transport. Many …..." Brian Leishman - View Speech
"Earlier today, I heard from the head of the Prisoners’ Education Trust about the chaos and cuts caused by new education contracts. In Scotland, scandalously, all prison education is delivered by a private company owned by a US-based venture capitalist. Surely it is time that we take that service in-house …..." Brian Leishman - View Speech
"I thank the Minister for her answers, and my thoughts are with all the staff at the Alloa store. What is happening with Poundland is the latest example of private equity being allowed to do as it pleases—the type of behaviour that, frankly, has destroyed our high streets. Both the …..." Brian Leishman - View Speech
"The Budget is predicated on inspiring hope and building a fairer, more equal society. I welcome and support that. Crucially, to deliver that, we need to understand and learn from the past.
After world war one, the country became more inward-looking. Adopting the economics of austerity led to low growth, …..." Brian Leishman - View Speech
"Good morning, Ms McVey; it is a pleasure to have you in the Chair. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham (Andrew Ranger) for introducing the debate.
The Milburn review gets a lot right. It is right to say that the NEET rate is so high because of …..." Brian Leishman - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to have you in the Chair this evening, Mr Vickers, and I thank the hon. Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley) for introducing this e-petition debate. My family love cats, none more so than Tishy, who was our tabby cat and lived with us until the …..." Brian Leishman - View Speech
"I thank my hon. Friend, and I understand that there is a differentiation.
This debate is well-subscribed and I do not want to take up too much more time. I will finish with a request from the good people at the Cats Whiskers that they have asked to be put …..." Brian Leishman - View Speech
"I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his kind words at the start. I appreciate them; sometimes I would like it if some of my own parliamentary colleagues thought the same as he does, but that is a different matter. I agree with the right hon. Gentleman: this is achievable …..." Brian Leishman - View Speech
"The facts are that approving Jackdaw will neither lower energy bills, nor bring thousands of jobs, and it certainly will not improve the UK’s energy security, but a Government-owned company shaping the new renewables industry and exercising market control over it certainly would. The Prime Minister has said that he …..." Brian Leishman - View Speech