Speeches by Rhodes.

“Thinking about the questions around green belts and biodiversity, how could the revised framework ensure that development on released green belt contributes meaningfully to environmental and social objectives within the planning system?”

“Thank you. Should we look at additional support for local authorities to create and maintain urban green spaces more generally? We have been concentrating on green belt, but I am asking you to think about urban green spaces more generally.”

“Thinking about the questions around green belts and biodiversity, how could the revised framework ensure that development on released green belt contributes meaningfully to environmental and social objectives within the planning system?”

“My hon. Friend talks about the restoration of the art school. Does he agree that it would be an important impetus to give focus to an area that is so rich in cultural heritage and the arts? The art school is there, but so too, in the vicinity of Sauchiehall Street, are the King’s Theatre, the Pavilion, the Theatre Roya…”

“Because of the limits on time, I will mostly keep my comments to one sector of the economy: the cultural sector, which is very significant in the Glasgow North constituency. I very much welcome the measures in the Budget to support the arts, culture and creative industries by implementing the 45% and 40% rates of theat…”

“An industrial strategy that embraces the jobs of the future must involve our higher education institutions, including the three world-class universities in Glasgow. What are the Government doing to ensure that that is the case?”

“1. What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on a new industrial strategy.”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to make my maiden speech during this debate. I moved to Glasgow in 1992, expecting to stay for three years. Now, over three decades later, I am pleased to say that I made it my home. For more than 30 years, I have lived in the north of the city, so it is a great privilege…”