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Select Committee
All Published Written Evidence
 WAFFU0085 - Women in the Armed Forces: Follow-Up (2023)

Written Evidence Dec. 15 2023

Inquiry: Women in the Armed Forces: Follow-Up
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Defence Committee (Department: Ministry of Defence)

Found: paternity leave with the previous DCGS, who then put out a letter to recommend that two weeks compassionate

Scottish Government Publication (Research and analysis)
External Affairs Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate

Dec. 15 2023

Source Page: Asylum seekers - extending the right to work: evaluation, analysis, and policy options
Document: Extending the Right to Work to Asylum Seekers in Scotland: evaluation, analysis, and policy options (PDF)

Found: Scottish Government has stated its vision of Scotland as an internationally responsible, welcoming, and compassionate

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Ministry of Justice

Dec. 14 2023

Source Page: Understanding cultural change: a case study of an English prison
Document: Understanding cultural change: a case study of an English prison (PDF)

Found: the study site Reverend Margie Schutte was an inspirational person to all at this prison, she was compassionate

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 - Thu 14 Dec 2023

Mentions:
1: Haughey, Clare (SNP - Rutherglen) We have been accused of grievance politics by the Tory party. - Speech Link
2: Brown, Keith (SNP - Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) It would be the usual ding-dong of UK politics and workers in Scotland having to pay the price for being - Speech Link
3: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) Not only are Scottish Greens clear that fair work principles are intrinsic to our vision for a compassionate - Speech Link
4: Smith, Liz (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) No—I am in my last bit.Given what I have said, we should be concentrating on issues in devolved politics - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 13 Dec 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) Quietly and patiently, Mark has been a titan of Labour and Welsh politics. - Speech Link
2: James Morris (Con - Halesowen and Rowley Regis) People sectioned under the Act are not receiving the compassionate care they deserve and are, in a sense - Speech Link

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

Mentions:
1: Robert Buckland (Con - South Swindon) We do not want our courts being drawn into politics. - Speech Link
2: Jackie Doyle-Price (Con - Thurrock) Politics is the art of the possible. - Speech Link
3: Claire Hanna (SDLP - Belfast South) Human rights exist precisely to protect people from the type of politics that are behind the Bill. - Speech Link
4: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) We heard in some of the contributions what I would phrase as the moral case, or the compassionate case - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in Scotland (Report) - Tue 12 Dec 2023

Mentions:
1: MacGregor, Fulton (SNP - Coatbridge and Chryston) It was noted that more compassionate language was needed. - Speech Link
2: McMillan, Stuart (SNP - Greenock and Inverclyde) Only with independence can we establish a compassionate approach. - Speech Link
3: Adam, Karen (SNP - Banffshire and Buchan Coast) That is dog-whistle politics at its worst, and it serves only to marginalise further those vulnerable - 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: business year are: • Provide high -quality intelligence, analysis and advice on developments in German politics

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: We also place a great deal of importance on being a good and compassionate global citizen, of playing

Commons Chamber
Tackling Islamophobia - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Sarah Owen (Lab - Luton North) , often compounded when class is also factored in.That discrimination creates barriers to talented, compassionate - Speech Link