Rwanda Asylum Seeker Deal
Under new government plans, certain asylum seekers who arrive in the UK via the English…
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Nationality and Borders Bill
MPs have been considering amendments from the House of Lords on tthe Nationality and Borders…
Ukraine Update 05/04/22
I am writing once again, to update you on the ever-evolving situation in Ukraine. As…
Energy Prices
This response was sent to people who contacted me about the spiralling cost of energy:…
Ukraine Update 03.03.22
I have received hundreds of daily emails about the war in Ukraine. Unfortunately, I am…
Ukraine Update 25.02.22
This is a dark time for Europe. I share the widespread disgust and shock at…
ANIMAL WELFARE (SENTIENCE) BILL
Below is my recent response to constituents who contacted me about the Animal Welfare (Sentience)…
POLICE, CRIME SENTENCING AND COURTS BILL JAN22 (PROTEST)
Below is my recent response to constituents who contacted me about the Police, Crime, Sentencing…
Nationality and Border Bill
My response to constituents contacting me about the Nationality and Border Bill: I was deeply…
Channel 4 Privatisation
Commons debates
Yes, but Channel 4 puts all those issues on the table in terms of investing directly in production. Channel 4 provides that shop window. If you say to a production company in Scotland which...
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Channel 4 Privatisation
Commons debates
Yes, it is the cultural levelling up that Channel 4 has been able to achieve as part of its own agenda. Analysis by EY—Ernst and Young—which was mentioned by my hon. Friend the...
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Channel 4 Privatisation
Commons debates
I did not go either. I was not invited. Maybe after this speech I might get an invite next year, if Channel 4 is not privatised. Let me say at the outset that this country is the best in the...
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Channel 4 Privatisation
Commons debates
In terms of my Register of Members’ Financial Interests, may I say that my special adviser attended the television BAFTAs as a guest of Channel 4? I am told that I must declare that, so it...
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Homes for Ukraine Scheme
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how the £350 monthly thank you payment to those who accommodate Ukrainian refugees under the Homes for Ukraine scheme...
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Cost of Living
Scotland
Ian Murray made a speech in the House of Commons
That is simply not good enough from this Government. Inflation is at a 40-year high, but in reality, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies this morning, it is much higher for most...
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Cost of Living
Scotland
Ian Murray made a speech in the House of Commons
Let me first join the Secretary of State in wishing Rangers football club all the very best in Seville tonight—although I wish them no luck whatsoever for the Scottish cup final on...
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United Kingdom Security Vetting: Applications
Cabinet Office
Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the financial impact on UK Security Vetting applicants of waiting periods for security clearance.
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Refugees: Russia
Home Office
Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department provides (a) schemes and (b) support to Russian nationals fleeing repression and wishing to join their Ukrainian...
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Dawnfresh: Uddingston
Scotland Office
Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department is taking to support workers at the Dawnfresh site in Uddingston who are waiting to receive support from the Redundancy...
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Dawnfresh: Redundancy Pay
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, if he will take steps to expedite the Redundancy Payment Scheme for workers at the Dawnfresh site in Uddingston.
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EU Grants and Loans
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the calculation for the average value of EU structural fund receipts to the UK of around £1.5 billion per...
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Cost of Living Increases
Commons debates
The bottom line is that I should not be getting £150 off my council tax bill. That seems fair, and I think that we agree on that. We need much more imagination in how to get money into the...
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Cost of Living Increases
Commons debates
Apart from chairing the debate wonderfully, of course. Let us make the serious point. We are debating the motion in front of us and we cannot get clarity from its mover about whether it includes...
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Cost of Living Increases
Commons debates
I make this substantive point. Your motion, which you brought to the House to debate today, says that you are happy to tax Irn-Bru and Pets at Home, but you are not willing to tell me whether you...
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Cost of Living Increases
Commons debates
If the SNP has an argument for not taxing the oil and gas companies, it can have the floor to tell us. I am happy to take an intervention. I am also happy to take an intervention that clarifies...
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Cost of Living Increases
Commons debates
Those with the broadest shoulders should pay the most, but I just say to everyone in the country watching this who is worried about their bills that we have two Governments who could do...
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Cost of Living Increases
Commons debates
Yes, if we increase the additional rate on the oil and gas sector from 40% to 50%—10 percentage points extra—that will generate the money towards our fully costed plan for raising...
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Cost of Living Increases
Commons debates
We do not want to see council tax bills rising anywhere across the country, but my own council, the City of Edinburgh Council, has had £1 billion ripped out of its budget over the last 10...
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Cost of Living Increases
Commons debates
It certainly is. To correct the Minister—I hope it is not the third time already; I am on only the second page of my speech—she assumed that the SNP motion backed a windfall tax on...
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