Among his colleagues was Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP Michael Shanks.
Parliament’s youngest MP has hit out at “divisive politics that seeks to pit one generation against the other” in his first speech to Parliament.
Mr Mather, who takes up the unofficial title of “Baby of the House” – because he is currently the youngest MP, was flanked by other recently elected Labour MPs as he made his speech.Among his colleagues was Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP Michael Shanks, who sat on the green benches for Mr Mather’s speech on Monday night after taking his oath of allegiance earlier the same day, his first in Parliament.
He added: “But it does means I have grown up in a world destabilised by the technological revolution, climate crisis, and war, and I will live through a century of unparalleled global upheaval.
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