Commons
Proceedings
27 November 2025
Budget Resolutions
I welcome the Budget set out yesterday by the Chancellor. The Labour party was founded on the principles of social justice, redistribution and universal rights, and the progressive nature of the Budget helps to deliver on those principles. It will ensure that the very wealthiest households pay a fai…
Commons
Oral Questions
27 November 2025
Topical Questions
T5. What assessment has the Secretary of State made of how hosting UEFA Euro 2028 will benefit communities across the UK, particularly through its social impact programme?
Commons
Oral Questions
Scotland
26 November 2025
Cost of Living
What discussions has the Secretary of State had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the impact on Scotland of the increase to the national living wage?
Commons
Westminster Hall
24 November 2025
6 contributions
Gaza: Humanitarian Obligations
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairing, Ms McVey. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for North Ayrshire and Arran (Irene Campbell) for opening the debate on behalf of the Petitions Committee.
Gaza’s healthcare system has been severely depleted. Israel’s campaign has destroyed health facilitie…
I agree. It is vital to have proper documentation of what is happening, and the point was made earlier about the need for journalists to have access, so that they can report on what is happening and we can hold people to account.
+4 more contributions in this session
Commons
Ministerial Statement
18 November 2025
Gaza and Sudan
I welcome the Foreign Secretary’s reference to the west bank in her statement. Others have made reference to the highest levels of attacks by settlers on Palestinians in the area. Will the Government now consider taking the step that other European countries are taking of banning all trade with ille…
Commons
Westminster Hall
18 November 2025
UNESCO: 80th Anniversary
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairing, Mr Dowd, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Derbyshire (Jonathan Davies) on securing this debate.
In an increasingly divided world, it is essential that we use UNESCO’s 80th anniversary to promote its mission of contributing to peace …
Commons
Ministerial Statement
13 November 2025
Business of the House
I was recently asked to visit a shop in my constituency that has suffered over 100 reported robberies since opening last November. These incidents not only involve theft, but threats and attacks on staff. This situation is unfolding against the backdrop of a significant reduction in police presence.…
Commons
Westminster Hall
13 November 2025
2 contributions
Modern Day Slavery: Pakistan
I thank the hon. Member for bringing this subject to us today. Does he agree that, despite legislation being in place in Pakistan and elsewhere in the world, we still see these problems of the undermining of human rights? Would there be, therefore, an argument for greater multilateral ways of polici…
Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the most effective ways the UK can combat modern slavery worldwide is by introducing due diligence legislation for imports? In that way, we can ensure that products brought in from Pakistan, China or wherever else are produced in ways that do not include slavery…
Commons
Oral Questions
Business and Trade
30 October 2025
2 contributions
Responsible Business Conduct Review
2. Whether his Department held discussions with experts from the global south as part of its review of the UK’s approach to responsible business conduct.
I recently met a campaigner from south-east Asia who is involved in freedom of association and independent trade union repression in the garment sector. With that in mind, and given that trade and business are facilitated through relationships, from national Governments to businesses to workers and …
Commons
Oral Questions
Cabinet Office
23 October 2025
2 contributions
Civil Service Jobs: Scotland
15. What progress his Department has made on the relocation of civil service jobs to Scotland.
Does the Minister agree that having different roles and different levels of positions within the civil service in Glasgow and in Scotland is important so that people can progress their careers while remaining in Glasgow or in Scotland?
Commons
Debate
22 October 2025
Devolution in Scotland
I thank the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) for securing the debate and for his thoughtful and reflective opening speech. Although the Scottish Parliament may be a place of hotly debated politics, the importance of Scottish devolution is unquestionable. It is righ…
Commons
Westminster Hall
22 October 2025
10 contributions
Financial Inclusion
I beg to move,
That this House has considered financial inclusion.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq. We need a financial system that removes barriers to accessing affordable financial products and services. Those on lower incomes, older people, those with health issues and pe…
I agree that we need to do more to encourage savings, but we also need to encourage the incomes that are required for people to make those savings.
The driving reason for this level of financial exclusion has been attributed to an increase in low or unstable incomes, lack of savings and life events…
+8 more contributions in this session
Commons
Debate
16 October 2025
Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill
I welcome the Bill for what it seeks to put into law, but also for what it signals about the approach of the Government, and hopefully this House, to national and international obligations and interests. It is a testament to the continued survival and delivery of multilateralism in global affairs. I…
Commons
Proceedings
16 October 2025
Business of the House
During the recent Fairtrade Fortnight, many constituents contacted me with concerns about the need for good business practices. Will the Leader of the House schedule a debate in Government time on mandatory due diligence to protect against corporate harms and ensure that UK companies are held accoun…
Commons
Westminster Hall
10 September 2025
Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian Access
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stringer. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (Melanie Ward) for securing this important debate. The importance of improving humanitarian access to help offset the intolerable hardship, suffering and misery that currently…
Commons
Westminster Hall
17 July 2025
RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
It is a privilege to serve under your chairship, Ms Vaz. I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Carlisle (Ms Minns) for securing the debate and highlighting the role of the RAF unarmed Photographic Reconnaissance Unit during the second world war. The unit made a contribution that deserves to be rem…
Commons
Westminster Hall
16 July 2025
2 contributions
Credit Unions
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch (Katrina Murray) for securing the debate and for her speech highlighting the importance of credit unions, both now and in the future.
As financial co-operative organisatio…
I agree that although we need robust regulation, we need to ensure that it is supportive of credit unions, particularly at a time when many communities need them more than ever and the challenge of organisations that seek to exploit vulnerable communities is very much at the fore.
Credit unions as …
Commons
Proceedings
10 July 2025
Business of the House
Will the Leader of the House make time for a debate on the accessibility of banking services for disabled people and those with additional support needs? That would follow concerns raised with me by the banking campaign steering group—part of the Advisory Group in Glasgow, based in my constituency—w…
Commons
Oral Questions
7 July 2025
Topical Questions
T9. What steps is the Home Office taking to ensure that Palestinian students awarded scholarships to UK universities can obtain visas and travel to the UK to take up their places?
Commons
Prime Minister's Questions
Prime Minister
2 July 2025
Engagements
Q11. Figures from British Transport police show a staggering 47% rise in violence and serious public order offences against rail staff between 2021 and 2024. This epidemic of violence was allowed to escalate under the previous Conservative Government, who failed to act while frontline workers were i…
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 July 2025
4 contributions
West Bank: Forced Displacement
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the forced displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. The Palestinian people face intolerable hardship, suffering and misery. In Gaza, the world witnesses the killing of civilians, the bloc…
I agree. We need to make sure that there is a Palestine to first be recognised and then be part of that two-state solution.
In May 2025, Israeli Ministers approved 22 new illegal settlements in the west bank—the biggest expansion in decades. Defence Minister Israel Katz, as reported by the BBC, sai…
+2 more contributions in this session
Commons
Westminster Hall
2 July 2025
Spending Review 2025: Scotland
It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Dunfermline and Dollar (Graeme Downie) for securing this important debate and for his speech highlighting what a Labour Government in Westminster can mean for our constituents in Scotland.
The spen…
Commons
Westminster Hall
26 June 2025
BBC World Service Funding
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Jeremy. In recent years, we have seen a rise in disinformation, with malign actors seeking to sow division and distrust within communities, across countries and throughout entire regions. One of the key problems with our global information ecosyst…
Commons
Westminster Hall
24 June 2025
War Memorials
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Stuart. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (Melanie Ward) on securing this important debate on the role of war memorials.
Glasgow North is home to the Western Necropolis, where nearly 500 service personnel from b…