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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government

"My point is that when they set out their stall it was not on their agenda. This was not something they chose to put in their prospectus, because they know who they are appealing to. It is worrisome in the extreme that people who ought to know better are massaging …..."
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Written Question
Infected Blood Inquiry
Friday 15th July 2022

Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report by Sir Robert Francis QC entitled, Compensation and Redress for the Victims of Infected Blood, Recommendations for a Framework, what steps his Department is taking to implement paragraph 9.136, which recommends that arrangements should be made immediately for an interim lump sum payment of compensation to be made to every eligible living infected person.

Answered by Michael Ellis

I refer the Hon. member to the answer given to PQ 16932 on 20 June.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Apr 2022
Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges

"We are all human. We are all fallible. We all make mistakes, but how we deal with those mistakes is a measure of our integrity and character. The British people have overwhelmingly judged the Prime Minister to have dealt with his mistakes disastrously. They overwhelmingly believe him to be a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Apr 2022
Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges

"I could not agree more. I think that the Prime Minister would have resigned if he had any integrity. I consider it remarkable that rather than his giving an apology and any demonstration of contrition when these events came to light, it was not until he was dragged kicking and …..."
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Written Question
Duchy of Lancaster: Finance
Tuesday 25th January 2022

Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government receives financial information from the Duchy of Lancaster beyond that published in their annual public accounts.

Answered by Michael Ellis

The Government does not receive financial information beyond that published by the Duchy in their annual public accounts.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Sep 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"Last week, a High Court judge refused the Cabinet Office permission to appeal against a first-tier tribunal decision that it should release information to me, under freedom of information legislation, in relation to the work it had been doing on opinion research in Scotland with regard to attitudes to the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Sep 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"We know that for the past two years, the Government have been spending taxpayers’ money researching public opinion in Scotland on the state of the Union. For two years, I have been trying to get answers as to what that research says. For two years, the Cabinet Office has refused, …..."
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Written Question
Cabinet Office: Hanbury Strategy
Tuesday 2nd March 2021

Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts for polling public attitudes his Department has commissioned from Hanbury Strategy in each of the last three years.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to PQs 82315 and 82316.

Cabinet Office commissioned Hanbury Strategy to carry out work in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020. Two contract documents were signed, the first contract is for nil value, and the services provided to the Cabinet Office by Hanbury were delivered under the contract published on Contracts Finder here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8c6ca477-cbfc-49b7-bb59-0fb1ce1475c9. No other contracts have been commissioned in the last three years.

The Government remains committed to scrutiny and transparency. Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk

Written Question
Public Opinion: Scotland
Wednesday 10th February 2021

Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts for polling public attitudes his Department has commissioned in Scotland in each of the last three years; and how many of those polls included questions on the (i) constitutional settlement of Scotland and (ii) Scottish independence.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to PQ 91669 on 1 October 2020.

Written Question
Government Departments: Edinburgh
Wednesday 7th October 2020

Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) cost to the public purse was of refitting and (b) annual facilities budget is for Queen Elizabeth House Edinburgh.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Details of departmental expenditure are published on GOV.UK. Details of estates costs are published in departmental accounts.