Westminster - Ian Murray MP

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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…

Internal Markets Bill

I firmly believe in the need for a strong internal market so businesses can trade…

Greek Refugee Camps

I am deeply concerned about reports raised by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)…

Update from HMRC

THIS UPDATE WAS PUBLISHED BY HMRC ON 28TH SEPTEMBER 2020: The Chancellor Rishi Sunak outlined…

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Events Industry: Insurance

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 he has made of the potential merits of introducing a Government-backed insurance scheme for live events.

Duty Free Allowances

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) reverse his decision to end the VAT Retail Export Scheme or (b) postpone its implementation until an impact assessment has been conducted.

Duty Free Allowances

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) retail industry bodies and (b) trade unions on the effect on the retail sector of ending the VAT Retail Export Scheme.

Duty Free Allowances

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 (a) direct and (b) wider effect of ending the VAT Retail Export Scheme on the retail, hospitality and tourism sectors in...

Cinemas: 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 he has made of the economic effect of Cineworld's decision to close its cinemas affecting up to 6,000 UK jobs.

Cinemas: 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, if he will provide sector-specific support to the cinema sector following the closure of Cineworld venues; and if he will make...

Coronavirus: Employment

Ian Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

I am grateful to the Secretary of State, but the reality on the ground is that the Chancellor’s measures simply do not go far enough to protect jobs. The employees and businesses in the...

Coronavirus: Employment

Ian Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

Businesses across Scotland, particularly in the hospitality, tourism and culture sectors, are still closed or nowhere near back to any sort of normality. With additional restrictions being...

Coronavirus Act 2020

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, which parts of the Coronavirus Act 2020 have been implemented in practice.

Child Trust Fund: Disability

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the financial effect on families of disabled children as a result of being required to apply to the Court of Protection...

Child Trust Fund: Disability

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the mechanisms by which parents of children with learning disabilities are able to access their child's...

Child Trust Fund: Disability

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made on the number of families with disabled children are unable to access their child's child trust fund account when that child...

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...

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.

Strengthening the Union

Ian Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

I am very grateful to the Secretary of State for his kind words about Zola, and if his Government could legislate for a minimum of six hours’ sleep for new parents, I certainly would be the...

Strengthening the Union

Ian Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

The Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland and for Health and Social Care have confirmed that the Government will break the law by overriding the Northern Ireland protocol. That would mean...

Liberia: Coronavirus

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's covid-19 travel guidance for Liberia.

Coronavirus: Nike

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, whether he was made aware of the suspected outbreak of covid-19 at a the Nike international conference in Edinburgh on 26 and 27 February...

Data Protection: Public Sector

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, if the Government will adopt a list of specific high-value datasets similar to the European Commission’s Directive on...

Occupational Health: 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, how many reports of cases of covid-19 contracted in the workplace have been received by the Health and Safety Executive under the reporting of...