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Proceeding contribution from Margaret Ferrier (Scottish National Party) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 9 March 2017. It occurred during Debate on Scotland: Demography and Devolution.


Scotland: Demography and Devolution

It is a honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. I thank my hon. Friends the Members for Edinburgh North and Leith (Deidre Brock), for Dundee West (Chris Law) and for Argyll and Bute (Brendan O'Hara) for taking part in today’s debate, as well as those who made interventions—my hon. Friends the Members for Stirling (Steven Paterson) and for Glasgow East (Natalie McGarry) and the hon. Member for Edinburgh South (Ian Murray).

I am grateful to the Liaison Committee for selecting the report for debate, and to the very accomplished Chair of the Select Committee on Scottish Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart). I wish him a very happy birthday. He shares his birthday with Yuri Gagarin and today also marks 31 years since the space station Mir was launched. Whatever his plans are after today’s debate, I hope he has a truly stellar day.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
622 c389WH 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Subjects
Devolution Broadband Employment Immigration Income tax Higher education EU nationals Older people Overseas students Scotland Universities Rural areas Visas Emigration Life expectancy Population studies Brexit
Link
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