Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
The tragic death of Sarah Everard has instigated a national demand for action to tackle…
Ian Murray MP Working Hard for Edinburgh South
Westminster
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Conversion Therapy
I am committed to ensuring that LGBT+ people can live in safety and dignity, and…
HMRC Update
The below update was sent to Ian Murray MP on 18th March: VAT deferral –…
Care Home Visiting
This has been an incredibly difficult time for care home staff, residents, and families. Thousands…
Trade Bill – Anti-Genocide Clause
This month many constituents contacted me in relation to the Trade Bill and the so-called…
Covid-19 Business support: Budget Update
I have been working hard with the Shadow Chancellor and other colleagues to make the…
Universal Credit Uplift
This month the Labour Party brought an opposition day debate to the Commons on the…
The Trade Bill
On Tuesday 20 January 2021, the House of Commons considered Lords amendments to the Trade…
HMRC Update
This below update was sent to MPs by HMRC on 25th January: Self-Employment Income Support…
Scotland; Armed Forces
Ministry of Defence
Ian Murray received a response to a question they put to the government
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in armed forces personnel on (a) total armed forces numbers in Scotland, (b) individual...
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Scottish Independence Referendum - [Caroline Nokes in the Chair]
Westminster Hall debates
It is a great pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Nokes. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Islwyn (Chris Evans) who opened the debate on behalf of the Petitions Committee. I...
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Leaving the EU: Impact on the UK
Commons debates
The London School of Economics report—the LSE used to be lauded by the First Minister—said that Scottish independence would be three times worse than Brexit. Everything that the hon....
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Leaving the EU: Impact on the UK
Commons debates
That was a boring and predictable intervention. The hon. Gentleman knows that we voted for the deal to avoid the very no-deal that his Government were threatening. He also knows—he is just...
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Leaving the EU: Impact on the UK
Commons debates
May I start by paying tribute to the hon. Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss), who set out the severe impacts that this Brexit proposition is having on the Scottish economy? It is a...
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Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future
Commons debates
It is called having principles. The hon. Gentleman ought to try it sometime. We are against independence because it would be bad for the Scottish people, and that is why SNP Members have to...
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Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future
Commons debates
I am happy to give way to the hon. Gentleman, as I have mentioned him during my speech.
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Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future
Commons debates
I will when I have finished this point. Mike Russell, the SNP Constitutional Minister and President of the SNP, said before Christmas, and the SNP leader in this place, the right hon. Member for...
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Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future
Commons debates
I will carry on, if the hon. Gentleman does not mind, because I have taken longer than I expected to. Let us go back to the question that was debated earlier: when would that referendum be held?...
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Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future
Commons debates
The answer to the question is no. On interest rates—[Interruption.] The Conservatives do this all the time. They deliberately misinterpret the Scottish Labour party’s policy in order...
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Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future
Commons debates
Let me make a little progress. Let me go to the biggest issue of all—currency. We have heard the same old arguments from the SNP time and again, so perhaps they can tell us something new....
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Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future
Commons debates
I will be honest with the hon. Gentleman. The leaflet was delivered in Dumbarton and was posted on social media by the person who delivered it, so that is being honest with each other. Let me...
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Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future
Commons debates
My hon. Friend hits the nail on the head because the priorities of the Scottish people are health, education, covid recovery, the economy, jobs and livelihoods. That is what is important to the...
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Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future
Commons debates
When I pose the challenge to the hon. Gentleman, “Let’s be honest with each other” the answer comes back, “No”. What is at stake at the elections on 6 May is how...
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Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future
Commons debates
I will come back to the hon. Gentleman in a second. We could have debated the First Minister’s so-called top priority: education. But the SNP cannot defend the widening educational...
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Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future
Commons debates
Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. Just for the record, there are Members for Edinburgh East and for Edinburgh South. The hon. Member for Edinburgh East does not represent the whole city, despite...
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Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future
Commons debates
It will not be in our manifesto because our manifesto will be a covid recovery plan for the nation.
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Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future
Commons debates
I am sorry that I did not quite hear the hon. Gentleman—the intervention king—so I apologise, but he is right. I think the reason why the polls have moved is that the SNP has...
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Scotland: General Election and Constitutional Future
Commons debates
A very happy St Patrick’s Day to you and everyone in the House, Mr Speaker. I am sure that you will have been as astonished as I was, Mr Speaker, to hear that the SNP was using one of its...
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Covid-19: Support for Scottish Businesses
Scotland
Ian Murray made a speech in the House of Commons
I accept the Secretary of State’s answer, but it will disadvantage projects. BEIS has said that it will not change the auction requirements and, therefore, unless the wind blows in the...
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