Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Nov 2022
Scottish Independence and the Scottish Economy
"I get extremely anxious about my homeland splitting from my now home country, particularly as Scotland has no credible fiscal plan. As I see child poverty increase, the once leading education system trashed and the NHS left to deteriorate, I wonder who is at fault. Does the right hon. Member …..."Alex Cunningham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Nov 2022
Scottish Independence and the Scottish Economy
"Seeing as I live in England, I may well have scuppered any chances I had of getting my Scottish passport, but the leader of the SNP did not mention education in his speech. Does the Secretary of State believe that may be because we have seen Scotland tumble down the …..."Alex Cunningham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Jun 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
" What recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on efforts to reduce child poverty in Scotland. ..."Alex Cunningham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Jun 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"I join the Minister in paying tribute to DWP staff. Perhaps the Government could respond by giving them a decent pay rise this year. According to the Child Poverty Action Group, over two thirds of children growing up in poverty in Scotland live in a household where someone is actually …..."Alex Cunningham - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 10th March 2021
Asked by:
Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North)
Question
to the Scotland Office:
What assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the effect on creative workers in Scotland of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Answered by Iain Stewart
This Government understands that the cultural and creative sectors rely on the ability to move people across borders quickly, simply, and with minimal cost and administration.
We are now working urgently across Government and in collaboration with the music and wider creative industries, including through a new working group which includes the devolved administrations, to help address these issues.
Written Question
Thursday 3rd November 2016
Asked by:
Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North)
Question
to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many apprenticeships have been created in his Department in each region in each of the last five years; and how many participants in those apprenticeships subsequently secured a job within the Civil Service.
Answered by David Mundell
The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly; all staff that join do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other government bodies, principally from the Ministry of Justice and the Scottish Government.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Feb 2016
Public Finances: Scotland
"We hear of cheers in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon when the Scottish Finance Minister tried to justify public expenditure cuts by the Tories. Is that not the final proof that the socialist credentials that the SNP claims have no foundation whatsoever?..."Alex Cunningham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Feb 2016
Public Finances: Scotland
"I thank my hon. Friend for giving way again. Does he agree that there are some amazing parallels between these negotiations and the Prime Minister’s EU negotiations, where we were kept totally in the dark all along and then we found out that there was nothing to see anyway?..."Alex Cunningham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Feb 2016
Public Finances: Scotland
"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."Alex Cunningham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Feb 2016
Public Finances: Scotland
"rose—..."Alex Cunningham - View Speech
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