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European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): On a point of order, Ms Engel. Was what the right hon. Member for East Devon (Sir Hugo Swire) just said in order? He accused the First Minister of Scotland of misleading the country by stating something that Members of this House in the Scottish National party have also said, so is he by extension accusing me and my hon. Friends of misleading the Chamber?
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Neil Charles Gray (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): On that basis, is my hon. Friend surprised that the UK Government now seem willing to seek separate deals not for Scotland or Northern Ireland, but for the car industry in Sunderland and for the City of London?
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): The hon. Gentleman has already made that intervention and was given an answer. Is it his position that the Scotland Act 2016 has no meaning—no value? Is it his position that notwithstanding the terms of the Scotland Act he is going to ignore the wishes of the Scottish Parliament and the other devolved legislatures?
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): I am not taking any more interventions. I have answered the hon. Gentleman’s question We also believe that the Prime Minister should not trigger article 50 before the Northern Irish Assembly election on 2 March has taken place, and that there must be a meeting of the British-Irish Council to discuss urgently the immediate effect of the UK’s exit from the EU on the Irish border. That is because such a deal is not just possible but absolutely essential to Scotland, in a number of ways. It is essential for Scottish business. The British Chambers of Commerce’s "International Trade Survey" is further evidence of the damaging impact that the threat of a Tory hard Brexit is already having on Scottish and UK businesses. [Interruption.] It is not rubbish, as the hon. Gentleman says, unless he wants to rubbish the results of that survey, and with it the British Chambers of Commerce. I suspect not, hence he is still in a sedentary position. Published today, it reveals that of the 1,500 businesses surveyed, nearly half, or 44%, said that the devaluation of sterling since the EU referendum was having a negative impact on domestic sales margins, while over two thirds, or 68%, expect the fall in the pound to increase their cost base in the coming year, with more than half of companies—54%—expecting to have to increase the prices of their products as a result Such a deal is also essential for Scottish exports.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Immigration
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): I am not going to give way just now; allow me a few minutes to make some progress This morning, Holyrood’s cross-party Europe Committee published its latest report on Brexit, in which it recommended a bespoke Scottish immigration system—almost on cue; I believe, from memory, that that was something propagated by someone on the Government Benches during the campaign. We now know that those who campaigned to leave the EU, like those who campaigned against Scottish independence, were prepared to say anything to win the day and leave the rest of us to pick up the consequences. The findings of the report were based on extensive evidence heard by the Committee, which detailed the demographic crisis that Scotland would face without its EU citizens.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Patrick John Grady (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): On a point of order, Sir Roger. I keep hearing the right hon. Gentleman talking about the "Scottish nationalist party". I do not know what party that is, but the Members on these Benches belong to the Scottish National party.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Thomas Sheppard (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the likely rejection of his amendment by Government Members, along with their put-down of every attempt to get some meaningful consultation with Ministers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, belies a deep arrogance? They actually think that this process means that British Ministers can override Ministers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on matters that pertain to those countries.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): My hon. Friend the Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Margaret Ferrier) just predicted exactly what the right hon. Gentleman was about to say, because apparently he said it a day or so ago. Does he remember the result of the general election in Scotland? Fifty-six out of 59 seats. Does he remember the result of the Scottish election? Nicola Sturgeon was resoundingly returned as First Minister of Scotland.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Mixed Topics
Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): May I tell the hon. Gentleman that I think his memory is faulty on the AV referendum? It was on the same day as the Scottish parliamentary elections in 2011—understandably, we were concentrating on them—when the SNP won an overall majority under a proportional system.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): On a point of order, Mr Hoyle. It is clear that my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry) had not resumed her seat, Sir. Being in the Chair accords you many privileges, but you cannot reinterpret the wishes of an hon. Member who is on her feet.
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — House of Commons, 2017-02-06
Topic: Other
Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): On a point of order, Mr Hoyle. I have to say that I have great respect for you as the Chairman, but I hope you can understand the frustration that we all feel that only two SNP Members have been called to speak in this debate, which is important for the future of Scotland and our position within Europe. I am asking what you can do, Mr Hoyle, to make sure that the voice of the people of Scotland is heard correctly in this debate. It has not been heard this evening.
Airports/Ports: Effect of Leaving EU — House of Commons, 2017-07-13
Topic: Immigration
Questions: What recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the potential effect on passenger capacity at airports and ports of the UK leaving the EU.
David Melvyn Linden (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): Brexit will present profound challenges for immigration at our ports and airports, but the Tourism Industry Council forecasts that there should be a 200% increase in resources for the UK Border Force while in effect there has been a 15% cut, despite an 11% increase in passenger numbers. How does the Secretary of State square that circle, and how can we ensure that we will have passenger safety after Brexit?
Airports/Ports: Effect of Leaving EU — House of Commons, 2017-07-13
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: What recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the potential effect on passenger capacity at airports and ports of the UK leaving the EU.
Alan Brown (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): The Secretary of State did not provide any substance in that answer on the discussions he is having. Some 23 million inbound passengers from the EU pass through UK airports each year, and they are processed quickly using special lanes and scanning. What funding has the Secretary of State identified is required for infrastructure and resources to avoid queues for those coming here? He might also be aware that the EU is planning an ESTA-type visa system for non-EU citizens, so has he had discussions about the impact of that when the UK leaves the EU?
Seasonal Agricultural Workers — House of Commons, 2017-03-02
Topic: Mixed Topics
Michael Fraser Weir (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): But there is an immediate problem in that many of the fruit farmers in my constituency have already entered into contracts for migrant labour for this coming fruit-picking season. They have been concerned about some reports last week that the Government are considering restricting free movement or introducing work permits when article 50 is triggered. Can the Minister confirm whether that is happening, or give them an assurance that it will not happen and they can fulfil the contracts they have already entered into?
Voter Registration — House of Commons, 2017-03-22
Topic: Mixed Topics
Questions: If he will make it his policy to include in national insurance notification letters to 15 and 16-year-olds information on being able to register to vote from the age of 16.
Owen George Thompson (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): Clearly, any steps to improve voter registration have to be welcomed, but does the Minister agree that a far more efficient and cost-effective way to do so would be simply to introduce a system of automatic voter registration?
Voter Registration — House of Commons, 2017-03-22
Topic: Civil Rights
Questions: If he will make it his policy to include in national insurance notification letters to 15 and 16-year-olds information on being able to register to vote from the age of 16.
Thomas Sheppard (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): The national insurance registration process is one way to increase electoral registration and therefore democratic participation, but there are others, including education, auto-enrolment—as my hon. Friend the Member for Midlothian (Owen Thompson) suggested—and, of course, online voting. When previously I pressed the Cabinet Office on this matter, it said there would be a plan in the spring to widen democratic participation. Spring is here. Where is the plan?
Aviation Security — House of Commons, 2017-03-22
Topic: Mixed Topics
Andrew Egan Henderson Hendry (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): We cannot second-guess the security intelligence that the Government have received. The safety and security of our citizens are the primary concerns of the Scottish National party and the Scottish Government, who will work closely with the UK Government to ensure that appropriate and proportionate measures are in place. First, I ask the Secretary of State what discussions have taken place with Scottish Government Ministers, and did those discussions include a commitment to keep them and Transport Scotland up to date with developing events? Secondly, will some kind of mitigation or compensation be put in place for those who may face extra charges as a result of having booked flights with just hand baggage previously? Finally, what additional resources, if required, will be made available to UK airports to take forward the measures?
Aviation Security — House of Commons, 2017-03-22
Topic: Mixed Topics
Alan Brown (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): By default, the Government are saying that they do not trust the security arrangements that these countries have in place at their airports, and we are actually putting an extra onus on the airlines. What checks will the Government do to make sure that the new arrangements are successful and that people cannot actually still get electronic devices into the cabins of aeroplanes?
Aviation Security — House of Commons, 2017-03-22
Topic: Civil Rights
Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): I will keep you on my Christmas card list for now, Mr Speaker. I of course commend the Secretary of State for acting on the security information he has been given. However, I have been contacted by a constituent, Dr Ahmed Khan, who has previously experienced some unpleasant behaviour at airports when he has been travelling. Will the Secretary of State give an assurance to my constituent and other Muslim people around the UK, who may feel that this is another attack on their liberties at airports, that it is not such an attack and that they will be treated properly and with dignity as they travel through UK airports?
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords] — House of Commons, 2017-03-22
Topic: Domestic Commerce
Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): Does my hon. Friend agree that it is because of such examples as he has touched on of unincorporated businesses at risk of losing personal assets that it is so pertinent that the Government bring forward the solution right now rather than wait for the opportunity to pass?
Article 50 — House of Commons, 2017-03-29
Topic: Immigration
Eilidh Whiteford (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): Thousands of EU nationals who are doing essential and useful jobs in our agriculture and fisheries sector, and in our public sector, still do not know what their status is going to be two years from now. Is the UK Government’s position so weak that they need to use these people as bargaining fodder in their negotiations? Why will the Prime Minister not make a good-will gesture and guarantee their rights?
Article 50 — House of Commons, 2017-03-29
Topic: Mixed Topics
Carol Frances Monaghan (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): This morning I witnessed a construction worker telling some eastern European workers, "You lot can go home now." Without guarantees for our EU national friends, colleagues and family, this xenophobic behaviour and rhetoric will only increase. Does the Prime Minister agree that now is the time to show leadership in granting unilaterally the rights of our EU national friends?
Article 50 — House of Commons, 2017-03-29
Topic: Mixed Topics
Christopher Charles Stephens (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): As the Prime Minister has had difficulty with constitutional issues, let me ask about another issue dear to conservatism: workers’ rights. Will the Prime Minister pledge that employment rights for women that derive from EU legislation and ECJ rulings on equal pay, pregnancy and maternity and protection against discrimination will be retained and, if so, will she outline the processes to maintain those protections?
Article 50 — House of Commons, 2017-03-29
Topic: Immigration
Gavin Andrew Stuart Newlands (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): In both her statement and her letter to President Tusk, the Prime Minister speaks of the expectation that the devolved Governments’ powers will be increased. I am sure that she will want to honour the promises made to win the referendum, so will she confirm that the powers devolved to Scotland will include immigration, as promised by the then Justice Secretary during the campaign? Or is now not the time?
Debate on the Address — House of Commons, 2017-06-21
Topic: Mixed Topics
Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): I commend the hon. Gentleman for his remarks. The Conservatives have still got to realise that we have a stable Government in Scotland concentrating on the day job. If anyone wants an example of strong and stable, look to what has happened in Edinburgh. One cannot get away from the fact that there are 59 parliamentary seats in Scotland and 35 of us who will stand up for Scotland in this Parliament. When it comes to defending the rights and the interests of the people of Scotland, I want to see every Scottish MP following the lead that we in the Scottish National party will give.
Debate on the Address — House of Commons, 2017-06-21
Topic: Mixed Topics
Ian Blackford (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): My hon. and learned Friend makes an extremely important point. I cannot imagine what some of the new Conservatives must make of it—they win an election, and then a colleague who could not unseat my hon. Friend the Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart) is elevated to the House of Lords. Democracy in the United Kingdom—you lose an election, but you still end up in government. Not only that, but we also find—[Interruption.]
Debate on the Address — House of Commons, 2017-06-21
Topic: Civil Rights
Alison Emily Thewliss (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): I thank my hon. Friend for mentioning the campaign against the rape clause. Does he agree that there is a great contrast between the Scottish Government’s launch today of a social security system that describes social security as a human right and the fact that the rape clause breaches women’s and children’s human rights?
Debate on the Address — House of Commons, 2017-06-21
Topic: Housing
Alan Brown (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): Does the hon. Lady agree that the crisis in social housing will only get worse, given the right-to-buy situation and the fact that the Government are thousands of homes behind the one-to-one replacement target? Does she agree that there is a case for ending the right to buy for social housing and council stock, as the Scottish Government have done in Scotland?
Telephone Calls to the DWP — House of Commons, 2017-06-21
Topic: Mixed Topics
Andrew Egan Henderson Hendry (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): The Minister says that those services are supposed to be online. Does he realise that accessing them online is not always an option for people in rural areas? That is why phone calls are so important for people in rural constituencies, as well as others who cannot access them online.
Legal Aid: Access — House of Commons, 2017-09-05
Topic: Immigration
Questions: What steps his Department is taking to ensure that people in each region of England and Wales have adequate access to legal aid providers.
Stuart Campbell McDonald (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): Barely a third of immigration detainees even know that they are entitled to 30 minutes of free legal advice in England and Wales, and only half have ever been able to access it. Given the horror show in Brook House that we saw on last night’s "Panorama", will the Government act urgently to ensure that all detainees get access to the free legal aid that they urgently require?
Employment Tribunals: Rebates — House of Commons, 2017-09-05
Topic: Civil Rights
Joanna Catherine Cherry (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): May I start by welcoming the Minister to his place The Supreme Court ruled that the secondary legislation that brought in the employment tribunal fees interfered with access to justice and employment rights, and that it discriminated unlawfully. Does the Minister accept that the Supreme Court’s judgment illustrates that fundamental rights such as equality and access to justice should not be changed or undermined by secondary legislation that receives little or no parliamentary scrutiny?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2017-09-05
Topic: Immigration
Peter Grant (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): I am grateful to the Secretary of State for his statement, and for giving us an advance copy The Secretary of State is looking for imagination and flexibility from the European Union, but I do not think there is anyone in the European Union with the fevered imagination needed to think that the NHS would be £357 million a week better off if we left the European Union. Will he clarify exactly what flexibility the UK Government have shown? They were inflexible to the point of obstinacy in trying to avoid any parliamentary oversight on the article 50 process. They set their own inflexible deadline for triggering article 50, and they set their own inflexible red lines before the negotiations had even started, including an inflexible determination to leave the single market without any idea at all as to where we would go instead All this has been done over the heads of the devolved national Governments and, to a large extent, over the heads of Members of this Parliament. I welcome the fact that the Secretary of State has updated the House today, but he has not updated the Joint Ministerial Committee since six weeks before article 50 was triggered, despite a joint request from both the Welsh and Scottish Governments for such a meeting Can the Secretary of State confirm whether the Government will now be flexible in having proper, meaningful and constructive dialogue with the devolved nations? Will he now accept that this Government’s continued obsession with immigration is forcing him into a dangerously inflexible position on the single market, threatening 80,000 jobs in Scotland and hundreds of thousands of jobs throughout the UK? Or will the Government continue on their present course, charging blindfold towards a cliff edge and relying on the Daily Mail to make us believe that it was all the foreigners’ fault when it all goes wrong?
EU Exit Negotiations — House of Commons, 2017-09-05
Topic: Mixed Topics
David Melvyn Linden (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): The Secretary of State mentioned that one reason the Joint Ministerial Committee has not met is the political situation in Northern Ireland. I appreciate that he does not want to go into hypotheticals, but if that situation is not resolved in the next few months, when will the JMC next meet?
Leaving the EU: Cabotage — House of Commons, 2017-03-30
Topic: Mixed Topics
Stuart Campbell McDonald (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): The open skies agreement has provided great opportunities for EU-registered airlines, including UK companies such as easyJet that fly largely unrestricted between and within member states, as well as from the EU to the US, but Brexit could change all that. Can the Secretary of State reassure industry and passengers that the UK will remain part of open skies arrangements?
Leaving the EU: Cabotage — House of Commons, 2017-03-30
Topic: Mixed Topics
Andrew Egan Henderson Hendry (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): Like the aviation sector, the maritime industry relies heavily on the EU with regard to cabotage. The shipping sector warned that Brexit may well cost UK-flagged and owned shipping companies the right to trade in EU coastal waters, which would entail a heavy financial price. What assurances will the Secretary of State give today that he will maintain the same access, and what discussions has he had with the Scottish Government about the implications?
Legislating for UK Withdrawal from the EU — House of Commons, 2017-03-30
Topic: Other
Joanna Catherine Cherry (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): Yesterday, Mr Speaker, you invited me to behave as if I was in a court of law. May I extend your entirely appropriate invitation to the Secretary of State and suggest that he pretends he is in a court of law and answers the question posed by my hon. Friend the Member for North East Fife (Stephen Gethins)? Will the Bill require legislative consent motions, yes or no?
Legislating for UK Withdrawal from the EU — House of Commons, 2017-03-30
Topic: Civil Rights
Lisa Cameron (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): References to disabled people or disability have been scant, if at all apparent, in all the Government’s White Papers. Have the UK Government given any consideration at all to the impact on disabled people, who are among the most vulnerable, and will the Secretary of State confirm that there will be no erosion of their rights in the future?
Animal Welfare — House of Commons, 2017-03-30
Topic: Other
Christopher Charles Stephens (Scottish National Party, Centre-left): I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate. He mentioned the Committee being unanimous. Will he also acknowledge that many constituents across the UK have emailed their MPs and asked them to come here today because they agree with the Committee?