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Early Day Motion
Corstorphine Window Wanderland 2026 (8 Signatures)
4 Mar 2026
Tabled by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)
That this House celebrates the success of Corstorphine Window Wanderland 2026, held from 28 February to 2 March 2026, which transformed local streets into a free, outdoor illuminated gallery through creative window displays by residents, schools, community groups and businesses; commends the volunteers and organisers for fostering creativity, inclusion and …
Written Question
Immigration: Women
Tuesday 3rd March 2026

Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of including an annual earnings requirement of £12,570 for three to five years within the proposed Earned Settlement reforms for Indefinite Leave to Remain on women who take statutory maternity leave.

Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Proposals for introducing an earned settlement model, as set out in the Command Paper ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’ (CP1448), were subject to a public consultation, which opened on 20 November 2025 and closed on 12 February 2026.

We are now reviewing and analysing the results of this to inform the development of the final model. The consultation sought views on the impact proposed changes might have on different groups.

Implementation of the earned settlement arrangements will be subject to economic and equality impact assessments, which we have committed to publish in due course.

Written Question
Offices: Business Rates
Monday 2nd March 2026

Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Valuation Office Agency’s reclassification of flexible office spaces as single properties on (a) the level of business rates and (b) small businesses; and whether this reclassification will apply in Scotland.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) does not operate in Scotland, so whether the reclassification will apply in Scotland is a matter for the Scottish Government.

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Commons - Backbench Business - Main Chamber
General Debate on Government Support for Bereaved Children
MP: Christine Jardine
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Feb 2026
Bereaved Children: Government Support

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered Government support for bereaved children.

First, I thank the Backbench Business Committee and all those who supported my application for the debate, not just on my behalf because we have the opportunity to discuss this issue, but for many thousands of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Feb 2026
Bereaved Children: Government Support

"I thank everyone who has taken part in the debate and spoken so movingly and powerfully about their own experiences and the experiences of those they have spoken to. I also thank the Minister for laying out the steps that the Government are already taking to move towards the better …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Feb 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"Many of my constituents work in the Leonardo factory, which the Secretary of State mentioned. They contribute hugely to this economy, but they are concerned about the contradiction between what the UK Government say and what the Scottish Government say about defence spending. Can he detail exactly how the Government …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Feb 2026
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

"The hon. Gentleman is making a very important point. What concerns me deeply in this matter is the fact that my constituents and members of the public are increasingly concerned that what they see is the tendrils—as the hon. Gentleman referred to—reaching into government through this debate. In the handling …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 24 Feb 2026
EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UK

"I tire sometimes of the hon. Member’s party in Scotland making this fuss about us not wanting to rejoin. If he looks back, he will see that the Liberal Democrats were the ones who desperately wanted not to leave. We campaigned for a second referendum. We want to create a …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 24 Feb 2026
EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UK

"If the hon. Member can explain the contradiction between wanting to join one union and give up sovereignty and wanting to leave another...."
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