Dr Jeevun Sandher

I choose to use the labour force survey statistic because it includes both the self-employed and those who are low-paid and do not appear in the PAYE figures. I pick that figure because it is more com

I will give way, because the right hon. Member has been very patient.

I think about 90% of jobs in the oil and gas industry have disappeared over the past 20 or 30 years, including 150,000 in Aberdeen. That is basically because the North sea is a declining basin; we can

I want to start there. I disagree with the Conservatives’ motion. It effectively says that if we cut national insurance contributions, good jobs will follow. The first thing to note is that, yes, we d

Stop it! The hon. Member is too kind. I had a sense of pride, because I knew that I had earned that iPod; it was the fruits of my labour. When I was growing up in the ’90s and ’00s, I saw business peo

I want to start a bit differently today, if I may. My parents were employers; they were business people. They employed me in what was probably my first job. As the son of immigrants, I did not get a c