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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Oct 2019
Child Poverty in Scotland

"It is a pleasure to follow so many passionate and thoughtful speeches. My reflection on the debate and Members’ contributions—particularly that of my hon. Friend the Member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (Hugh Gaffney), whom I congratulate on securing the debate—is that poverty is, fundamentally, probably the worst evil in …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Oct 2019
Child Poverty in Scotland

"It is true. Those policies will have a material effect on children born in this decade of austerity. We are visiting huge destruction not just on their lives, but on a whole community that has been denied those opportunities, and when we reflect on what Members have said today, that …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Oct 2019
Child Poverty in Scotland

"I would congratulate the Government if they had demonstrably increased incomes for people on low wages, but wage growth in this country has been the lowest in the western world, and that is the primary measure of success...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Oct 2019
Child Poverty in Scotland

"The hon. Gentleman makes a point about tax, but the tax threshold was never met by people on the lowest incomes in the first place, so that measure does not deal with people at that end of the scale. People who already rely on social security benefits have been crushed …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Oct 2019
Child Poverty in Scotland

"It is ridiculous. The scourge of things such as people having no recourse to public funds is a particularly horrific example of that. A couple of weeks ago a lady came to my surgery. She looked emaciated. I asked if she was all right, because she looked as if she …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 30 Oct 2019
Bus Passes: 1950s-born Women

"I pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s amazing contribution, and thank him for his tutelage. I wish him all the best in his retirement.

On the point about working-age women who will not get this benefit at the age when they expected to get their pension, many of those women, …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"T10. The Royal College of Surgeons reports today that 61% of consultant surgeons have been told not to take up waiting list time reduction initiatives over the winter because of the NHS tax trap. Will the Secretary of State please engage with the Treasury and appeal to it to sort …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Leaving the EU: Workers’ Rights

"European standards are one thing, but another aspect of European Union law is that, once member states have established enhancements, they cannot row back from those enhancements. Why did the Government seek exemptions from compulsory arbitration if they were not intending to dilute those very enhanced standards to seek a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Oct 2019
Petitions

"I rise to present a petition on behalf of my constituents to maintain the 19A First Bus Glasgow service and to establish a free municipal bus service.

The petition states:

The petition of residents of Glasgow North East,

Declares that the 19A local bus service between Robroyston and Glasgow City …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Oct 2019
The Economy

"It is a pleasure to follow my constituency neighbour, the hon. Member for Glasgow East (David Linden), in this debate on the Queen’s Speech.

Surveying what was said earlier in the debate by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to me it felt like a speech made from a parallel universe, …..."

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