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Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 12 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Robert Jenrick (Con - Newark) Friend the Member for Bournemouth West (Sir Conor Burns) and read about his constituent who was murdered - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) poisonous rhetoric swirling around the plight of the world’s most vulnerable at the channel on a stormy night - Speech Link
3: Liam Byrne (Lab - Birmingham, Hodge Hill) Member for Bournemouth West (Sir Conor Burns) rightly flagged, 184 million people globally now live outside - Speech Link
4: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) Member for Bournemouth West (Sir Conor Burns) said that we have to “keep faith” and “be straight with - Speech Link
5: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) about people fleeing conflict zones who are unable to access documents such as passports and visas as embassies - Speech Link

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Culture and Major Events Directorate

Dec. 12 2023

Source Page: Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development introductory briefings: FOI release
Document: FOI 202300371688 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: programme will celebrate the work of exceptional local and global filmmakers and ensure the flame of EIFF burns

Scottish Government Publication (Corporate report)
External Affairs Directorate

Dec. 11 2023

Source Page: International network: annual report 2022-2023
Document: Scotland’s International Network: Annual Report 2022-23 (PDF)

Found: All these offices are based in British Embassies or High Commissions and are a joint presence with

Scottish Government Publication (Corporate report)
External Affairs Directorate

Dec. 11 2023

Source Page: International network: monitoring and evaluation report 2022-2023
Document: Scottish Goverment’s External Network - 2022-23 Monitoring & Evaluation Report (PDF)

Found: Attended the SSO and SAS Montréal’s celebrations of Burns Night.

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Ministry of Defence

Dec. 06 2023

Source Page: FOI responses published by MOD: week commencing 4 December 2023
Document: Latest version of JSP 950 (PDF)

Found: Burns very easily and rarely tans.

Select Committee
First Special Report - Promoting Scotland Internationally: Government Response to the Committee’s Eighth Report of Session 2022–23

Special Report Nov. 30 2023

Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)

Found: on holding events to mark Scotland’s key Dates, St Andrew’s Day and Burns Night.

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Flooding (Support for Communities) - Wed 01 Nov 2023

Mentions:
1: Rennie, Willie (LD - North East Fife) One particular resident cannot sleep at night every time it rains for fear that her house will be flooded - Speech Link
2: Stewart, Kevin (SNP - Aberdeen Central) allow the land to absorb vast amounts of the rain that, today, simply rolls off the land, first into burns - Speech Link
3: Baker, Claire (Lab - Mid Scotland and Fife) In Glenrothes, it was estimated that 20 million litres of water fell in a night. - Speech Link
4: White, Tess (Con - North East Scotland) I say to Mr Swinney that this SNP Government is throwing millions at reserved matters, foreign embassies - Speech Link

Select Committee
Eighth Report - Promoting Scotland Internationally

Report Sep. 13 2023

Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)

Found: Scotland’s national days, St Andrew’s Day (30 November), and Burns Night (25 January) were both described

Non-Departmental Publication (Open consultation)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Aug. 29 2023

Source Page: Code of safe working practices for merchant seafarers review project
Document: Draft chapters 1 - 33: code of safe working practices for merchant seafarers (COSWP) 2024 edition - annex A (PDF)

Found: Burns and scalds 3.12.7 Burns and scalds are commonly caused by hot pipelines and stoves, as well as

Select Committee
Scotland Office, Scotland Office, and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Oral Evidence Jun. 12 2023

Inquiry: Promoting Scotland internationally
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)

Found: What do you see as the purpose of Tartan Week, Burns night and St Andrew’s day events for promoting