This country is quietly failing some of our most vulnerable people. How we answer SEND families’ call for justice will measure who we are. A broken systemIn my adjournment debate last Tuesday on local authorities and SEND provision, I welcomed parts of
On 4th March, I secured a Parliamentary debate on an issue that has been causing growing distress for people across North East Fife: the backlog and long delays in Work Capability reassessments. These reassessments are not for people making a first claim.
Thousands of people across the UK are doing something very simple this week: counting every piece of plastic packaging they throw away for seven days. It may sound like a small act, but it is part of something much bigger. The Big
On Wednesday this week I led a debate on Scotland’s contribution to energy security and net zero in Westminster Hall. Scots care about this deeply, because it goes to the heart of Scotland’s economy, our cost of living, and our national security.
As global attention is drawn to conflicts elsewhere, from Eastern Europe to the Middle East, another strategic theatre is rapidly rising in importance: the High North. It may feel distant from daily life in Britain, but the reality is that developments in
For too long, voters in this country have told Parliament that the immigration system isn’t working for them. The media and politicians have often been tempted to focus their attention on the very visible part of this: the small boats and dinghies
1 in 3 fail to receive palliative care when it is needed, not least those of greatest socioeconomic disadvantage or from minoritised communities. Yet when specialist provision is accessible, it transforms a person’s final phase of life by palliating physical, psychological, emotional,
For too long, the Government has underestimated the power of small grassroots charities in addressing some of the most pressing national issues facing our country. Over twenty years ago, I visited the Easterhouse estate in Glasgow, one of the most deprived communities
Last Wednesday, I requested a Westminster Hall debate on British-German relations. I did so, as the German Bundestag had its first reading in ratifying the Kensington treaty on the following day. That treaty is an important step in rebuilding our relationship with
Let me start by making something clear: the communities I represent are not NIMBYs. They understand the need for housing. What they cannot understand is a planning system that hands power to developers while taking it away from communities, that doubles housing
