Richard Arkless - Contributions

Richard Arkless

Scottish National Party
Commons, Dumfries and Galloway (2015 - present)

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Topical Questions

Commons Chamber on 12 January 201712/01/2017

T8. The A75 in my constituency benefits from Euro-route designation. Will the Secretary of State assure my constituents that he will support the continued designation of Euro-routes after the UK leaves the European Union?

Restorative Justice

Westminster Hall on 12 January 201712/01/2017

Only 4.2%, which is a rather shocking figure, in circumstances where Opposition parties, Government parties, Ministers, stakeholders and interested parties all agree that restorative justice has a crucial role to play. If we do not strive to increase that...

Restorative Justice

Westminster Hall on 12 January 201712/01/2017

I see that I am starting four minutes late; with the snow gathering over the Ribble Valley and the west coast main line heading towards Dumfries and Galloway, you will no doubt be pleased, Mr Evans, that I will not be taking my allocated 10 minutes. There...

Access to Justice

Westminster Hall on 11 January 201711/01/2017

The hon. Gentleman makes a passionate and persuasive argument. Does he agree that if the purpose of hiking employment tribunal fees was to get rid of vexatious claims in the system, it has failed entirely? The win-loss ratio is exactly the same as it was...

Commercial Financial Dispute Resolution Platform

Commons Chamber on 15 December 201615/12/2016

My hon. Friend will be unsurprised to hear that I completely agree with her. My experience is that, although many good people work in banks and we should not tar them all with the same brush, which we are inevitably tempted to do, banks see businesses an...

Commercial Financial Dispute Resolution Platform

Commons Chamber on 15 December 201615/12/2016

In that sense I completely agree. The hon. Gentleman is right to point out that ADR, as a concept, exists; we are asking not for a new beast to be created, but for an ADR forum to be specifically linked to the contracts and disputes under discussion. Howe...

Commercial Financial Dispute Resolution Platform

Commons Chamber on 15 December 201615/12/2016

I entirely agree. My hon. Friend puts his point passionately and very well. It is time for mourning to stop and for solutions to be found. My hon. Friend the Member for East Lothian made an incredibly important point about the link between low producti...

Commercial Financial Dispute Resolution Platform

Commons Chamber on 15 December 201615/12/2016

I add my thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for East Lothian (George Kerevan) for securing this very important debate, which has caused a number of Members to be contacted by constituents who own small businesses and have been fleeced and mis-sold the mo...

Commercial Financial Dispute Resolution Platform

Commons Chamber on 15 December 201615/12/2016

Will the hon. Gentleman clarify which sectors of the financial services he is referring to? Is it the retail sector or the business-to-business sector that is incorporating ADR? I have not seen many commercial contracts with ADR clauses in them from the b...

Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism

Commons Chamber on 14 December 201614/12/2016

We in the SNP support this organisation’s being added to the proscribed list. I struggle to say its name in the House, for risk of glorifying it, so I will refer to it as NA. Issues of national security are of course reserved to this place, but there has...

Operation Midland: Henriques Report

Westminster Hall on 13 December 201613/12/2016

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I have just said that I appreciate that child sexual abuse is the most heinous crime not only to commit but to be accused of, and I have certain personal sympathies with Mr Richard’s position that th...

Operation Midland: Henriques Report

Westminster Hall on 13 December 201613/12/2016

Thank you, Mr Streeter. I will not attempt to take up any more time than I have been allocated; I am keen to hear what the other Front Benchers have to say. I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Aldershot (Sir Gerald Howarth) on bringing this sensitive...

Europol

General Committees on 12 December 201612/12/2016

I will keep my comments brief. To be clear, we support the revised Europol co-operation framework and we acknowledge that it is to preserve membership of Europol at least until we leave the European Union. To pick up on a point made by the Opposition,...

Europol

General Committees on 12 December 201612/12/2016

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Brady. I do not think you will have any call to cut me off early, as you were forced to do the last time I spoke before you. Like the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome, we welcome the Minister’s an...

Devolution of Power and Resources: Local Communities

Commons Chamber on 1 December 201601/12/2016

20. The Lord Advocate has delivered his advice, in which he said clearly that if the great repeal Bill were to pass, Scotland’s legislative consent motion would be required from the Scottish Parliament. Why does the Secretary of State disagree with Scot...

Prison Safety and Security

Westminster Hall on 1 December 201601/12/2016

Of course I welcome the proposal to recruit 4,000 prison officers in each of the next two years. Is that a net figure and, if so, what is the gross figure that the Minister is aiming for? We have a huge retention problem, so to get to a net figure of 4,00...

Prison Safety and Security

Westminster Hall on 1 December 201601/12/2016

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Nuttall. I think this is the first time; I may be mistaken. I first pay tribute to the staff who work in our prison estate, not only in England and Wales but across all nations of this union. At the m...

Prison Safety and Security

Westminster Hall on 1 December 201601/12/2016

The right hon. Gentleman is making a characteristically powerful speech. Does this not cut to the heart of the issue? If a substantial proportion of the prison population is locked up for 22 or 23 hours a day, prisoners’ frustration and the decimation of...

Criminal Finances Bill (Sixth sitting)

Public Bill Committees on 22 November 201622/11/2016

I add my thanks to you, Mrs Main, and congratulate you on your splendid chairing today. We got through the Bill at a rate of knots, and like other Members, I am delighted to be leaving before 3.30 pm, thanks to you. I do not wish to inflate the ego of the...

Criminal Finances Bill (Sixth sitting)

Public Bill Committees on 22 November 201622/11/2016

The Minister will forgive me if I am wrong, but he has only outlined the position and the progress made by the Crown dependencies in having registers and information sharing. Will he elaborate on the overseas territories or did I miss something?

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