Alison Thewliss - Contributions

Alison Thewliss

Scottish National Party
Commons, Glasgow Central (2015 - present)

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Gender Pay Gap

Commons Chamber on 18 April 201818/04/2018

The gender pay-gap figures show how far we have still to go on this issue. It is very concerning that there are still some 1,500 companies that have failed to report. Perhaps the Minister could tell us a little more about what she intends to do to ensure...

National Living Wage

Commons Chamber on 17 April 201817/04/2018

It is completely unacceptable that a 17-year-old and a 25-year-old starting on the same day in the same job face a £3.63 gap due to their ages. When will the Chief Secretary end the scandal of state-sanctioned age discrimination?

Leaving the EU: Tourism and the Creative Industries

Westminster Hall on 17 April 201817/04/2018

The hon. Lady makes a very good point about those working in the creative industries. Does she agree that without the right to work being protected, organisations such as Scottish Ballet in my constituency, which has a large international ensemble curren...

Syria

Commons Chamber on 16 April 201816/04/2018

For this action alone, eight Storm Shadow missiles cost £6.32 million. Deploying an RAF Tornado GR4 reportedly costs £35,000 per plane per hour. How much money is the Prime Minister willing to invest in winning the peace in Syria and rebuilding?

EU Nationals: Citizenship Applications

Commons Chamber on 16 April 201816/04/2018

The Home Secretary may remember that in November last year I raised the case of a constituent she met at the TARA—Trafficking Awareness Raising Alliance—project in Glasgow. My constituent has been granted one year’s discretionary leave to remain, not the...

Police Funding

Commons Chamber on 28 March 201828/03/2018

Does my hon. Friend agree that an excellent example of where Scotland has led on policing and reducing violent crime is the work of the violence reduction unit in Glasgow? It has had a huge impact with a reduction in knife crime and violent crime, partic...

The Economy

Commons Chamber on 22 March 201822/03/2018

Two thirds of children in poverty are in working families. Does the Minister regard that as a positive sign?

The Economy

Commons Chamber on 22 March 201822/03/2018

The hon. Lady is making a very good case about where the UK stands on the life sciences and other sciences, but does she not recognise that a lot of this work—including that being done at the rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis centre of excellence at the...

The Economy

Commons Chamber on 22 March 201822/03/2018

Does not the hon. Gentleman agree that often these women worked while their children were small and looked forward to the treat of spending quality time with their grandchildren?

The Economy

Commons Chamber on 22 March 201822/03/2018

The right hon. Gentleman’s point on growing our own food falls if we do not have the people here to pick that food. It will be rotting in the fields, as is already starting to happen, because EU workers who have come over to do this job are leaving, and...

The Economy

Commons Chamber on 22 March 201822/03/2018

The Government’s failure to negotiate a zero-rate tampon tax does not give us great hope for any further negotiations with the EU.

The Economy

Commons Chamber on 22 March 201822/03/2018

Absolutely; it is well known that people will spend money in local shops and support the local economy. Welfare reform has had a similar impact in Glasgow. The welfare rights department of Glasgow City Council says that 636 households in Glasgow, where h...

The Economy

Commons Chamber on 22 March 201822/03/2018

In coming to this general debate on the economy, I reflected on a couple of things. The first was that Papa Thewliss always told me that before I died I should do a night course in economics, and he was probably right, although he did not know at the tim...

Grenfell Update

Commons Chamber on 22 March 201822/03/2018

I first want to put on record my thanks to firefighters. A fire is currently raging through commercial premises on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow, and it is right to pay tribute to firefighters who run towards burning buildings and put themselves very muc...

Business of the House

Commons Chamber on 22 March 201822/03/2018

May we have a debate on Home Office incompetence? Following urgent and serious allegations—including the sexual assault of a vulnerable woman and a data breach—that were passed to me by a constituent, I wrote to the relevant Minister on 24 October, but r...

Leaving the EU: Legal Systems

Commons Chamber on 22 March 201822/03/2018

The Prime Minister has made a number of concessions regarding the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice after Brexit. Given that the Scottish Government’s EU continuity Bill provides that, when exercising devolved jurisdiction, Scottish courts ma...

Leaving the EU: Legal Systems

Commons Chamber on 22 March 201822/03/2018

3. What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the operation of legal systems in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.

Ballet

Commons Chamber on 22 March 201822/03/2018

I am very lucky to have Scottish Ballet based in my constituency. What can the Minister do to reassure Scottish Ballet, the ensemble of which includes several European artists, that post-Brexit it will continue to attract talent and will be able to tour...

Welfare Reform and Work Act

Westminster Hall on 21 March 201821/03/2018

Thank you very much for fitting me in, Mr Gapes. I have pulled myself out of my sickbed to be here today, partly because the Minister who is here today is one who I have not yet challenged on the two-child limit and the rape clause; he deserves a fair go...

Scottish Welfare Powers

Westminster Hall on 20 March 201820/03/2018

The hon. Gentleman seems to be suggesting that people are either claiming benefits or paying tax. Does he not agree that that is not the reality? Some people supported through tax credits are working.

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