2025 January

I was delighted to meet with the Speaker of the Lok Sabha Shri Om Birla who was elected as the Speaker in the Parliament of India. Shri Om Birla met with MPs and Peers and along with Speaker Rt Hon Sir Lindsey Hoyle MP spoke about the special connection between our 2 countries and how

I chaired three debates in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 7 January 2025 from 2.30-5.30pm: The first debate, ‘That this House has considered the fiscal impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on Scotland’ was moved by Gregor Poynton MP and responded to by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, Kirsty McNeil MP. The second debate,