Substitute
Deputy
Scottish National
House of Commons
GB - SW1A OAA - London
United Kingdom
Working language: English
11/10/2022 | 19:09:51 Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. I am disappointed that some colleagues on the right of the debate have approached this report in the negative and defensive manner which they have. At a particular, that they have tried to suggest that what we are discussing is somehow related to freedom of speech, or indeed an attempt to curtail a critical discussion about the role of religion in society. That is not what we are discussing. Islamophobia is the discrimination against and depression of people... 22/06/2022 | 11:13:45 Thank you, Madam Chair. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in support of this report and to add my voice to calls for greater action to be taken to combat antisemitism across our continent. It is true of course that we must never forget the Holocaust, but we must also be clear that this is not just a historic problem. This is happening right here, right now, in the communities across our nation states. It is a particularly pernicious philosophy because not only does it manifest in... 26/04/2022 | 18:35:25 Thank you Ms President. Capitalism creates inequality. I say that not as a judgment but as a matter of fact. That means that those of us concerned with framing public policy to reduce inequality and eradicate poverty need to be concerned first and foremost with the mitigation and regulation of the economy. Now perhaps, the greatest instrument of mitigation available to any of our states is that of taxation, where we collect resources from private individuals and corporations and we deploy... 28/01/2020 | 17:53:15 Thank you, Madam President. May I begin by congratulating and commending my friend and colleague Lord George FOULKES for a superlative report and say how much I agree with its recommendations. In particular, I agree with the central tenet running through this report, which is that a free press is an essential pillar for the functioning of a proper democratic system. I think there are three main roles that our free press has to play. The first is the provision of unbiased, impartial... 25/06/2019 | 18:18:44 Thank you Chair. Scotland is a relatively small country of just over 5 million people. But every week, in Scotland there are more than one thousand incidents of domestic abuse reported to the police. In more than 80% of these incidents, the victim is a woman. In more than 99% of those cases the perpetrator is a man. So what we have is a systemic, endemic, campaign of violence against women by men in our country. To a greater or lesser degree, that campaign is replicated in every other country...
24/04/2024 | Doc. 15913 | Written declaration Call on Kazakhstan to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention 24/04/2024 | Doc. 15914 | Written declaration Israel Gaza conflict 24/04/2024 | Doc. 15920 | Written declaration Systemic arbitrary deprivation of liberty in Türkiye may constitute crimes against humanity 31/01/2024 | Doc. 15920 | Written declaration Systemic arbitrary deprivation of liberty in Türkiye may constitute crimes against humanity 25/01/2024 | Doc. 15913 | Written declaration Call on Kazakhstan to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention
16/04/2024 | Doc. 15932, vote on the draft text for resolution Support for the reconstruction of Ukraine 16/04/2024 | Doc. 15932, vote on the draft text for recommendation Support for the reconstruction of Ukraine 11/10/2022 | Doc. 15616, vote on the draft text for resolution Raising awareness of and countering Islamophobia, or anti-Muslim racism, in Europe 22/06/2022 | Doc. 15539, vote on the draft text for resolution Preventing and combating antisemitism in Europe 26/04/2022 | Doc. 15496, vote on the draft text for resolution Deinstitutionalisation of persons with disabilities