Speeches by Lamont.

“As a fellow Scottish MP, the hon. Member will know that, sadly, these gangs operate across all parts of the United Kingdom. Does he accept that we need consistency in the collection of data in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland?”

“While it is good news that the Chancellor has been forced into another humiliating U-turn over her increase to fuel duty, it just delays the increase until the end of the year. The cost of living is surging, and families are feeling the pinch in every aspect of their lives. Why will the Government not give people and b…”

“Nurses are at the heart of our wonderful NHS. I am delighted that two nurses from NHS Borders recently gained national recognition from the Royal College of Nursing Scotland: intensive therapy unit clinical nurse educator Karen Bacon was highly commended in the “learning in practice” award category, and Michelle Brownl…”

“T7. We know how grooming gangs regularly trafficked young, vulnerable girls across borders, but survivors of these appalling crimes are deeply concerned that the UK and Scottish Governments’ separate inquiries will not investigate cross-border grooming gangs. What is the Minister doing to ensure that both the perpetrat…”

“Have you done any analysis about whether Members who support an application go on to participate in that debate?”

“Does the Committee have Members who are serial offenders, in terms of always making applications or always supporting applications?”

“Good morning. Bob, in your written submission, you reminded us that the Backbench Business Committee gets 35 days per Session, but there is an informal relationship with the Government, in that if the Session runs longer than that, there is a pro rata reallocation of time. Could you explain how that informal arrangemen…”

“Thank you. Is the waiting list longer than in previous Sessions?”

“I am not quite sure how to follow that speech, but I hope that the Whips were listening to that job application by the hon. Member for Bolton West (Phil Brickell). In the history of Leaders of the Opposition in this place, no one was quicker to demand investigations, no one was more willing to take a pious, high-and-mi…”

“The hon. Lady is making an excellent speech and making her points very clearly. Like many Members, I have had hundreds of emails encouraging me to take part in the debate, and there is particular concern about the use of dogs. Does she support the calls for Herbie’s law, to stop animal testing by 2035?”

“Will the Leader of the House give us the forthcoming business?”

“May I start by congratulating the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Bobby Dean) on the birth of his daughter, baby Lyla? I am sure the whole House will join me in wishing him and his family well. Last weekend, I met the friends and family of Jamie Tweedie as they walked the St Cuthbert’s Way from Melrose to Ho…”

“If bad actors were to come into prominent positions within government do you believe the current standards regime is sufficiently strong to deal with that?”

“I am grateful. As I said earlier in my short comments, in my constituency I am inundated with wind farms, solar farms, battery storage and data centres. I now formally object to each of them. Previously, in my life as an MSP and an MP, I did not formally object to such applications, but the situation has gone so far an…”

“It was a change from what you said prior to the election.”

“Just for the record, it was a change.”

“Will the hon. Member give way?”

“I am not suggesting you are responsible for Peter Mandelson’s appointment or Doyle’s appointment but the culture is set by the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister was responsible for your manifesto at the last election, so in terms of cleaning up politics, how is it going?”

“I want to start by following up on the question the Chair asked about the Labour party’s desire to “clean up politics.” In light of what has been happening in the House of Commons in the last few days with Mandelson and Doyle and everything else, you must think you have pretty much failed on that front.”

“For the record, this is one of the suggested questions. In opposition the Labour party said that “bad chaps” are a feature of our political system that the current standards regime is ill-equipped to deal with and committed to “replace the weakened standards regime with a new architecture”. Has this assessment changed …”