Westminster - Ian Murray MP

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Cut to Universal Credit

The Government must urgently reconsider the planned £20-a-week cut to Universal Credit (UC) next April.…

Treatment of Asylum Seekers

It is clear that the Government has lost control and all sense of compassion when…

HMRC Update

The below report was written to HMRC and sent to MPs on Tuesday 24th November:…

Household Debt

Citizens Advice has estimated that six million people in the UK have fallen behind on…

Save Our Standards

This month I was contacted by hundreds of constituents worried about the impact lowering of…

Parliament Week

UK Parliament Week is an annual festival taking place from 1-7 November, that engages people…

Claimant Count for Edinburgh South

The below update has been compiled by the House of Commons Library using published government…

Update: COVID-19

New COVID-19 measures are to be introduced to Scotland as of November 2nd. This comes…

Sunak’s scrap heap: sectors and jobs at risk

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak is consigning whole sectors of the economy, which generate billions in…

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Children's Play: Facilities

Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2020 to Question 72196 on Children's Play: Facilities, whether soft play centres are included in the temporary 5 per cent...

Employment and Support Allowance: Coronavirus

Department for Work and Pensions

Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the financial effect on claimants with (a) Parkinson's disease and (b) other degenerative and...

Employment and Support Allowance: Coronavirus

Department for Work and Pensions

Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on claimants of the new employment and support allowance of having to wait for...

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Nurseries

Department for Education

Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether nurseries that have closed due to covid-19 and continue to charge parents full fees are eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

Nurseries: Coronavirus

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Competition and Markets Authority on guidance for nurseries charging full...

Coronavirus: Laboratories

Department of Health and Social Care

Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff are employed at the Lighthouse Laboratories facility in Glasgow; and how many have been employed at the facility in each...

Green Industrial Jobs

Ian Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

I am sure that it will not have escaped anyone’s attention that the UK and Scottish Governments have just hidden behind EU state aid rules—the irony of that. The Minister did not give...

Green Industrial Jobs

Ian Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

Mr Speaker, this is the first Scottish questions since the Scottish football team qualified for Euro 2020, so I am sure you will allow me to pass on my congratulations to Stevie Clarke and his...

Coronavirus: Laboratories

Department of Health and Social Care

Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many members of staff are employed at each Lighthouse Laboratory covid-19 testing facility in the UK.

Plastics: Taxation

Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what evidence basis his Department used to inform the decision to include compostable material in the forthcoming plastic tax.

Plastics: Taxation

Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of including bio-based and compostable bioplastics in the scope of the plastic packaging tax on levels...

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

Department of Health and Social Care

Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 92754 on Coronavirus Laboratories tabled by the hon. Member for Edinburgh South on 21 September 2020.

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

Department of Health and Social Care

Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to provide a substantive Answer to Question 92755 on Coronavirus: Laboratories, tabled on 21 September 2020 by the hon....

Plastics: Taxation

Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has he made of the proportion of (a) producers and (b) importers of plastic packaging that would be liable for the plastic tax that deal with...

Plastics: Taxation

Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the plastic packaging tax on trends in the availability of 100 per cent compostable packaging.

Plastics: Taxation

Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £200 per tonne plastic packaging tax will apply to 100 per cent compostable packaging; and if he will make a statement.

Plastics: Taxation

Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the plastic packaging tax on businesses that produce 100 per cent compostable and bio-based packaging; and if...

Co-ordinated Response to Covid-19: Devolved Administrations

Ian Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

I appreciate what the Minister said, but I think the public would look on it very unfavourably if both Governments did not work together to ensure that this vaccine is distributed. But we also...

Co-ordinated Response to Covid-19: Devolved Administrations

Ian Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

I join the Secretary of State in recognising that it is the 11th day of the 11th month, lest we forget those who gave their lives so that we could live freely today. We will always remember them....

Events Industry: Coronavirus

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of insurance for the live events and festivals industry to cover...