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That this House notes that 30 November is St Andrew's Day, the patron saint of Scotland; further notes that the UK government continues to refuse to grant a Section 30 order to test Scottish opinion, post-Brexit, on independence; notes that in November 2022 the UK Supreme Court ruled against the Scottish Parliament from legislating on a lawful referendum due to its consequences stemming from authority of the ballot box, noting that referendums usually have no immediate legal consequences but that the outcome, as Holyrood is a devolved Parliament of Westminster and not a sovereign parliament of a nation or a people, could force the Parliament at Westminster through the political culture of democracy to alter the constitution of the United Kingdom; and further notes that the Scottish Parliament can call an unscheduled election at any time by three means: a resignation by a First Minister with no new First Minister appointed within 28 days, a two-thirds majority of MSPs voting for an election or a change to Section 3 (1)(A) of the Scotland Act 1998, where a majority of MSPs amend the two-thirds rule to a simple majority for holding the unscheduled Holyrood election, and therefore the route to hold such a ballot box event and to put a question on independence to the Scottish people therefore at present lies with the Scottish Government at Holyrood.
That this House notes that 30 November is St Andrew's Day, the patron saint of Scotland; further notes that the UK government continues to refuse to grant a Section 30 order to test Scottish opinion, post-Brexit, on independence; notes that in November 2022 the UK Supreme Court ruled against the...
Thank you very much, Mr Speaker—you are a great man indeed.
Devolving powers over work visas would make a tremendous difference to the fishing industry and get people in from non-EEA countries such as, in particular, Ghana and the Philippines, who are very valued in Scotland. Will this Government get on with their job, stop the Brexit soap opera, lift the pin, get the men in, get the boats fishing, and get taxes being paid—and move now?
Thank you very much, Mr Speaker—you are a great man indeed.
Devolving powers over work visas would make a tremendous difference to the fishing industry and get people in from non-EEA countries such as, in particular, Ghana and the Philippines, who are very valued in Scotland. Will this Government get on with their job, stop the Brexit soap opera, lift the pin, get the men in, get the boats fishing, and get taxes being paid—and move now?
I have already advised the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael)—who, as the hon. Gentleman will have heard, is having a debate at 7 pm this evening; I am sure he will want to be there—that I take this issue very seriously. I am meeting the Home Secretary on it next week.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role the devolved assemblies will play in the UK’s new pesticide regulatory regime after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role the devolved assemblies will play in the UK’s new pesticide regulatory regime after the UK leaves the EU.
Currently, the EU regulatory regime for plant protection products (pesticides) creates a consistent approach across the UK, but allows for the UK Government and devolved administrations to make some different choices on implementation. We have agreed with the devolved administrations to hold discussions on whether a consistent approach might be needed in future.
To allow space for those detailed discussions to continue, the EU (Withdrawal) Bill will replicate the current frameworks provided by EU rules in UK legislation, including the pesticides regime.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, on what (a) policy and (b) technical areas he plans to consult the devolved administrations when (i) scoping and (ii) negotiating new free trade agreements; and what steps his Department has taken to identify such areas in which it will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, on what (a) policy and (b) technical areas he plans to consult the devolved administrations when (i) scoping and (ii) negotiating new free trade agreements; and what steps his Department has taken to identify such areas in which it will be...
The Department for International Trade will work with citizens and businesses from across the UK to ensure we develop a trade policy that works for the whole of the UK, and reflects the interests of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment the Government has made of the implications of different legal frameworks in the devolved administrations for any new trade agreements after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment the Government has made of the implications of different legal frameworks in the devolved administrations for any new trade agreements after the UK leaves the EU.
As EU powers return to the UK, our guiding principle will be to ensure that no new barriers to living and doing business within our own Union are created. We will maintain the necessary standards and frameworks to empower the UK as an open, trading nation to strike the best deals around the world.
On the basis of these principles, we will work with the devolved administrations on an approach to returning powers from the EU that works for the whole of the UK and reflects the interests of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Will the Secretary of State consider the transfer of power on visas to the Scottish Government? In the Outer Hebrides, fishing boats are currently tied up because the UK Government will not enable non-EEA fishermen to come in and work on them. People are welcome and are required, but they are blocked from economic activity by the UK Government. This threatens jobs and industries in the Outer Hebrides. Will he act and do something about it, or will he do nothing as usual?
Will the Secretary of State consider the transfer of power on visas to the Scottish Government? In the Outer Hebrides, fishing boats are currently tied up because the UK Government will not enable non-EEA fishermen to come in and work on them. People are welcome and are required, but they are blocked from economic activity by the UK Government. This threatens jobs and industries in the Outer Hebrides. Will he act and do something about it, or will he do nothing as usual?
I recognise the hon. Gentleman’s concerns, which others have also expressed. There are specific rules on who can work on fishing boats, but immigration remains a reserved issue and the responsibility of the Home Office.
Ten minute rule motion for leave to bring in a Bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and first reading (Bill 101). To be read a second time on 11 March 2016.
Ten minute rule motion for leave to bring in a Bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and first reading (Bill 101). To be read a second time on 11 March 2016.
With this talk of moving MI5, does that not give a great opportunity to reduce the Whitehall estate by bringing those jobs to Scotland? After all, it is a well-known MI5 fact that it would rather be located in Scotland.
With this talk of moving MI5, does that not give a great opportunity to reduce the Whitehall estate by bringing those jobs to Scotland? After all, it is a well-known MI5 fact that it would rather be located in Scotland.
I would love to be of more help to the hon. Gentleman, but I think he knows that no Government would ever comment on intelligence matters.
Can the Minister see the regions or cities of England one day having more devolution than Scotland currently has?
Can the Minister see the regions or cities of England one day having more devolution than Scotland currently has?
The progress we have made in England has been significant. As the hon. Gentleman knows, we have also concluded a city deal with Glasgow. Some of the reflections I have heard from Scotland state that the Scottish Government have been a rather centralising Government and that they will look to the model of decentralisation that we have pursued in England to try to save them from that over-centralisation.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the market research conducted by Ipsos-Mori on attitudes in Scotland towards Scottish independence was shared with Engine Partners UK LLP as part of their contract for the provision of communications services for the Devolution Team within the Cabinet Office.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the market research conducted by Ipsos-Mori on attitudes in Scotland towards Scottish independence was shared with Engine Partners UK LLP as part of their contract for the provision of communications services for the Devolution Team within the Cabinet Office.
Market research conducted by Ipsos Mori on attitudes in Scotland was shared with Engine Partners UK as part of their contract for provision of communication services.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what sub-contractors were engaged by Engine Partners UK LLP in the fulfilment of their contract for the provision of Communications - Creative and Delivery Services by Engine Partners UK LLP with the Devolution Team of the Cabinet Office.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what sub-contractors were engaged by Engine Partners UK LLP in the fulfilment of their contract for the provision of Communications - Creative and Delivery Services by Engine Partners UK LLP with the Devolution Team of the Cabinet Office.
We are not aware of any subcontractors that were used by Engine Partners UK LLP as part of the delivery of this campaign. Printing services were delivered by Williams Lea, an official government supplier and distribution was done by Royal Mail.
We cannot disclose the names of individuals in the private sector as privacy and data protection issues prevent us from doing so.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, who the designated client MD and Strategy Director was, responsible for the contract for the provision of Communications - Creative and Delivery Services commissioned from Engine Partners UK LLP by the Devolution Team.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, who the designated client MD and Strategy Director was, responsible for the contract for the provision of Communications - Creative and Delivery Services commissioned from Engine Partners UK LLP by the Devolution Team.
We are not aware of any subcontractors that were used by Engine Partners UK LLP as part of the delivery of this campaign. Printing services were delivered by Williams Lea, an official government supplier and distribution was done by Royal Mail.
We cannot disclose the names of individuals in the private sector as privacy and data protection issues prevent us from doing so.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 61 of the Report of the Smith Commission, what plans he has for the devolution of abortion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 61 of the Report of the Smith Commission, what plans he has for the devolution of abortion.
The Smith Commission Agreement recommended further serious consideration should be given to devolution of abortion and a process should be established immediately to consider the matter further. The issue is currently under consideration.
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Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP):
Before the Scottish referendum, the Prime Minister said:
“If Scotland says it does want to stay inside the United Kingdom then all the options of devolution are there and are possible”.
Will he unequivocally stand by his promise and confirm that this approach means full fiscal autonomy being on the table and devolving full control of Scottish taxes and spending to the Scottish Parliament to help create jobs and a more just society?
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Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP):
Before the Scottish referendum, the Prime Minister said:
“If Scotland says it does want to stay inside the United Kingdom then all the options of devolution are there and are possible”.
Will he unequivocally stand by his promise and confirm that this approach means full fiscal autonomy being on the table and devolving full control of Scottish taxes and spending to the Scottish Parliament to help create jobs and a more just society?
I certainly stand by all the promises I made in the run-up to the referendum. Lord Smith is doing an excellent job looking at all the options for devolution, and I am sure we can find a way forward. On keeping promises, however, I hope that the Scottish National party will keep its promise when it said that the referendum would end this question for a generation, possibly a lifetime. I am not sure that its former leader is sticking to that, but I think he should.
That this House calls on the Press, broadcasters, media and commentators on the Scottish independence referendum to be aware of the difference between the 1707 Union of the Parliaments and the 1603 Union of the Crowns; and to note that this referendum only relates to the Union of the Parliaments in transferring Scotland's political powers back to Scotland.
That this House calls on the Press, broadcasters, media and commentators on the Scottish independence referendum to be aware of the difference between the 1707 Union of the Parliaments and the 1603 Union of the Crowns; and to note that this referendum only relates to the Union of the Parliaments...
That this House encourages the BBC and other television broadcasters named in the interim report by Dr John Robertson of the University of the West of Scotland, titled, Fairness in the First Year?, about political balance in broadcasting to at least cover the report on television so that viewers may be informed about views and concerns on the broadcasting balance and impartiality in the run up to the Scottish Independence referendum on 18 September 2014; notes that Dr Robertson's team at the University of the West of Scotland in the year until September 2013 studied the early evening news programmes of BBC Scotland and STV; further notes that their principal findings were that stories with an anti-independence view outnumbered pro-independence by three to two, that the BBC's Reporting Scotland showed 272 news stories favourable to the No campaign, but just 171 favourable to Yes, that STV's early evening programme had 255 stories boosting the No side and 172 for Yes; further notes that Dr Robertson's academic team also found that 28 BBC news items ended with an unchallenged anti-independence claim, compared to eight for the pro-independence side, figures for STV were less marked but still significant at 34 to 17, both giving the final word more often to the No side of the independence campaign; further notes that the BBC is paid for by viewers and is governed by a Royal Charter that demands the highest standards of impartiality and that commercial STV also has a legal duty to be balanced; and believes that at the very least such findings deserve an airing by UK broadcasting organisations.
That this House encourages the BBC and other television broadcasters named in the interim report by Dr John Robertson of the University of the West of Scotland, titled, Fairness in the First Year?, about political balance in broadcasting to at least cover the report on television so that viewers may...
I wonder whether the resolving of the West Lothian question will help us to understand why the Liberal Democrats voted against air passenger duty in opposition, but voted for it while in government, as we saw last night.
I wonder whether the resolving of the West Lothian question will help us to understand why the Liberal Democrats voted against air passenger duty in opposition, but voted for it while in government, as we saw last night.
I do not believe that even I could persuade the McKay commission to cover that level of detail. However, as I said in answer to the previous question, the people of the UK are stronger together than they are apart. I hope he transfers that message to his constituents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether Ofcom (a) has the power and (b) is under any obligation to report to the devolved administrations within the UK on the state of investment for infrastructure, coverage and service within the devolved nations.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether Ofcom (a) has the power and (b) is under any obligation to report to the devolved administrations within the UK on the state of investment for infrastructure, coverage and service within the devolved nations.
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The Digital Economy Act 2010 gave Ofcom a new duty to report to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport every three years on the state of the UK's communications infrastructure. The report considers the coverage, capacity and resilience of the main public networks and services available in the UK, which includes fixed line and mobile telephony, and broadband, digital radio and digital terrestrial TV. The report considers them from both a UK-wide perspective and at the level of county/unitary authority. The UK Communications Infrastructure Report 2011 was published for the first time last November.
Apart from the UK Communications Infrastructure Report, for the last eight years Ofcom has published an annual Communications Market Report containing statistics and analysis of the UK communications sector, The report is published to support Ofcom's regulatory goal to research markets constantly and to remain at the forefront of technological understanding. It also fulfils the requirements on Ofcom under Section 358 of the Communications Act 2003 to publish an annual factual and statistical report, and addresses the requirement to undertake and make public Ofcom's consumer research as set out in Section Hand 15 of the same Act. For the last six years companion reports for each of the UK's nations have been published alongside the UK Communications Market Report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps he plans to take to ensure that broadcasters in the devolved nations within the UK meet their coverage obligations within those territories.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps he plans to take to ensure that broadcasters in the devolved nations within the UK meet their coverage obligations within those territories.
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The public service terrestrial television broadcasters are required to substantially match their historic analogue coverage levels in digital form following the completion of digital switchover. This requirement is contained in the BBC Agreement with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in the case of the BBC's principal television services, and through licence conditions in the case of other services which are licensed by Ofcom. Detailed technical coverage plans (including required transmitter locations and power levels) have been developed by Ofcom in conjunction with the broadcasters in order to meet this objective.
The switchover process is now complete in Scotland and Wales, where the broadcasters have adopted all of their required digital transmitter sites. Switchover will take place in a similar manner in Northern Ireland during October of this year. Estimated digital terrestrial coverage levels in each UK nation have been published by Ofcom in their “Fact sheet on coverage No. 3”, which is available at:
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/other/tv-research/dsoind/factsheets/>
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the (a) total, (b) production and (c) staff cost was of the preparation and publication of his Department's White Paper on Scotland's Future in the United Kingdom; how many copies were printed; and to whom they were distributed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the (a) total, (b) production and (c) staff cost was of the preparation and publication of his Department's White Paper on Scotland's Future in the United Kingdom; how many copies were printed; and to whom they were distributed.