Gordon McKee MP: speeches

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• 10 Sept 2026 · Technology and Innovation · Hansard source

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  16. What steps she is taking to use technology to support innovation across Government.

• 10 Sept 2026 · Technology and Innovation · Hansard source

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  I thank the Minister for his answer. The pace of innovation has never been faster, which means that the value lost by slow procurement processes has never been higher. We need the Government and Departments to be able to buy in the most advanced software and technologies without lengthy delay. Can the Minister say what work he is doing to enable Departments to do that?

• 7 Sept 2026 · Surrogacy Law and Legal Parenthood · Hansard source

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  My hon. Friend is being very generous with his time, which I very much appreciate. He and I share the desire for strict rules to prevent abuse of any kind, as I am sure everyone in the House does. I want to make a point relevant specifically to Scotland. In England, the suitability of intended parents is assessed by the courts and through a publicly funded system, but it is funded privately in Scotland, which means that intended parents potentially have to pay £2,000 or £3,000 extra of their own money to go through the process. Will my hon. Friend join me in calling on the Scottish Government to find a reform to fix that system?

• 16 Jul 2026 · Gibraltar: UK-EU Treaty · Hansard source

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  I congratulate the Minister on the agreement. Does he agree that it is only possible in part because of the work that this Government have done to repair the relationship between Britain and the European Union? That is in the interests of the people of Gibraltar and the people of Glasgow who I represent.

• 16 Jul 2026 · Work and Pensions Committee · Hansard source

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  I am grateful to the Select Committee Chair, my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams), for her statement. Did she look in her report at the measures the Government could take to keep older people in work? As she rightly noted, that is a problem as people get older.

• 16 Jul 2026 · Work and Pensions Committee · Hansard source

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• 16 Jul 2026 · Work and Pensions Committee · Hansard source

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  indicated assent.

• 15 Jul 2026 · City Region Deals · Hansard source

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  7. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of city region deals in Scotland.

• 15 Jul 2026 · Iran · Hansard source

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  The Minister mentions the attacks that Iran is carrying out. Will he join me in recognising that cyber-attacks are one of the consistent threats Iran has posed to the United Kingdom, and that we must ensure in any negotiation with Iran that those attacks are prevented and stopped?

• 15 Jul 2026 · Iran · Hansard source

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• 9 Jul 2026 · Science, innovation and technology Committee · Hansard source

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  I welcome this very interesting and timely report, and I particularly welcome the recognition that one of the barriers to developing or strengthening our sovereignty is the lack of access to deep capital markets at the later stages of start-ups’ development. Will the Chair tell the House a little bit more about what the Committee found on that, and how she thinks the Government can help make sure that companies that want to rapidly grow in the UK can get resource in the UK, rather than in the United States?