Speeches by McAllister.

“I very much welcome last week’s announcement of a £50 million defence growth deal for Scotland. It will make Scotland an engine for defence growth. Be it through building ships on the Clyde or new engineering and innovation facilities, it will create good, well-paid jobs for my West Dunbartonshire constituents and peop…”

“The hon. Member is correct to recognise that point. This issue cuts across all nations in the United Kingdom, not least Northern Ireland, with its rich and proud shipbuilding past. I thank him for his considered intervention. The difficulty is that the principle relating to mesothelioma does not apply to sufferers of a…”

“My hon. Friend is correct, and I recognise his obvious expertise in this matter. I believe that he practised law, and in particular personal injury law, prior to being elected to this House. I thank him for his intervention and for all he does for his constituents in Wolverhampton West.”

“I have called this Adjournment debate on the subject of the Compensation Act 2006 and asbestos-related lung cancer because I wish to bring to the attention of this House an injustice in the way the law treats victims of asbestos-related disease, and to urge the Government to review the operation of section 3 of the Com…”

“Tomorrow marks the 85th anniversary of the Clydebank blitz, when across the nights of 13 and 14 March 1941, my hometown of Clydebank suffered horrendous losses: 528 people were killed, and of the 12,000 homes, only eight remained undamaged. I will be attending the service of remembrance at Kilbowie St Andrew’s church i…”

“For years scotch whisky has faced sky-high import tariffs in India—as high as 150%. The Scotch Whisky Association has described the tariff cuts as “transformational”, and the Scotch whisky industry supports thousands of jobs in my constituency. Does the Minister agree that the increased bilateral trade with India is se…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool Wavertree (Paula Barker) on securing this debate on such an important issue. The levels of homelessness in our United Kingdom are appalling, and it is shameful that a wealthy country like ours has allowed…”

“My West Dunbartonshire constituent Janice shared with me the very personal story of her daughter, who three years ago became so unwell that she was admitted to hospital. She was desperately ill, but she survived. The signs had been there, but they were missed, with the diagnosis coming at the very last moment, in an em…”

“The hospice sector in Scotland is under severe and growing financial pressure, with two thirds of hospices making cuts or planning to do so in the near future. That is due to underfunding that has left hospices stretched to breaking point; many are forced to cut services at a time when they are needed more than ever. N…”

“Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of my constituent Jagtar Singh Johal’s acquittal of all charges in the only court case against him in India that has actually proceeded to trial. Despite that, he remains arbitrarily detained in an Indian prison, as he has been for more than eight years now. Will the Leader of …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Jen Craft) on securing today’s debate. In my constituency of West Dunbartonshire, local history and strong ties to our past have shaped our communities and towns. In post-industrial areas such as mine, stor…”

“It really sounds as if it is about the price of energy and making energy more affordable, rather than a debt relief write-off scheme. It sounds as if that really should be the aim.”

“Do you think that that is going to reduce the £4.4 billion?”

“Why can you not establish the extent of the debt in Scotland? It is a figure, for instance, that Citizens Advice in Scotland was interested in obtaining. It gave evidence to this Committee earlier. You started this hearing by saying that you have an 800-strong workforce in Glasgow and across Scotland. You are the head …”

“£300 million towards £4.4 billion sounds like the tip of the iceberg or a drop in the ocean, and that £4.4 billion is rising. Is it going to have any effect?”

“Levels of consumer debt are at their highest since records began. It is now sitting, as I understand it, at £4.4 billion-worth of energy debt in the UK. Can you tell me what the figure is for Scotland?”

“Could you work out how much that would add to a bill?”

“How much of that write-off is added on to consumer bills in the UK?”

“But you know that it might recover £300 million this year.”

“How much do you think your new scheme is likely to add to our bills, if it is almost ready this year?”