Westminster - Ian Murray MP

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Rwanda Asylum Seeker Deal

Under new government plans, certain asylum seekers who arrive in the UK via the English…

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…

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NHS: Workplace Pensions

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effect of the increase in the rate of inflation on (a) NHS Scotland pensions and (b) the annual pension...

NHS: Workplace Pensions

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of annual pension allowance limits on levels of recruitment and retention of NHS staff.

Bus Services: Fares

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the bus fare cap introduced by the Government will have an effect on the Barnett consequentials for Scotland.

Tributes to Her Late Majesty The Queen

Commons debates

It is a great pleasure to follow the “buttocks” of the right hon. Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell)—it will be the first time he has heard...

Employment Law: Devolution to Scotland - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

The main thing that I object to about the Scottish Government’s pledges and strategies and documents is that they tend to be launched with huge fanfare, including big front pages in the...

Employment Law: Devolution to Scotland - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I cannot recall who was and who was not, but the conversations that went on through the conduit of the TUC, which was responsible for taking those conversations forward, had come to the...

Employment Law: Devolution to Scotland - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It will have a clear commitment to implement what we are currently doing in terms of the Labour party’s commission. I am not going to discuss what is in the commission in a Westminster Hall...

Employment Law: Devolution to Scotland - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

If the hon. Member will let me finish the point. This is the fact of the Smith Commission. They did not think through the consequences of cross-border employment and cross-border companies and...

Employment Law: Devolution to Scotland - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Maybe. Well, I am not so sure if the Minister is—maybe she will tell us. I do not want to get into the issue of bin strikes and so on— the hon. Member for Glasgow East (David Linden)...

Employment Law: Devolution to Scotland - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I am glad that the hon. Gentleman mentioned Asda. We could probably spend the rest of the debate coming up with other companies that have done it. There is an argument to be had about whether we...

Employment Law: Devolution to Scotland - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is great to have you in the Chair for this debate, Sir Edward. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela Crawley) for securing the debate. At the start of her...

Union’s Impact on Scotland

Ian Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

The very fact that the Minister has to read that list tells its own story. The simple truth is that the Prime Minister puts the Union at risk every single day that he clings on. The country knows...

Union’s Impact on Scotland

Ian Murray made a speech in the House of Commons

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I am sure the Minister would wish to join me in congratulating the Bridge café in Gilmerton in my constituency on winning café of the year yesterday and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Cost of Living

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...

Cost of Living

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...