Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Feb 2015 Tax Avoidance
"I start by congratulating my right hon. and hon. Friends on tabling the motion. The subject is one of extreme importance not just to the United Kingdom, but to the global tax justice campaign. I shall focus my remarks on the international aspect and consequences of what we are proposing …..." Anas Sarwar - View Speech
"2. What recent discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on a currency union with an independent Scotland...." Anas Sarwar - View Speech
"Not keeping the pound could mean higher mortgages, more expensive car loans, higher credit card bills and uncertainty about how pensions and benefits are paid, yet we have no credible answers from the nationalists. Standard Life, RBS, Lloyds, Aggreko, Allianz, BP, Shell, Citigroup, the CBI, the Institute of Directors and …..." Anas Sarwar - View Speech
"The former deputy leader of the SNP, Jim Sillars, said that the SNP’s currency union plans were “stupidity on stilts”. After listening to the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Mr MacNeil), does my hon. Friend think that Mr Sillars might have been speaking about him?..." Anas Sarwar - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Riordan. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh South (Ian Murray) for securing the debate and for his powerful and passionate speech. I also thank the hon. Member for Dundee East (Stewart Hosie), who in stating the successful …..." Anas Sarwar - View Speech
"The hon. Gentleman fails to realise in making that criticism of how the Bank of England has operated and the effect on Scotland and Wales that the nationalists’ currency union plans after independence would have exactly the same effect. Decisions about the interests of the people of Scotland would still …..." Anas Sarwar - View Speech
"I could not have put it better. Yes, this has an impact on business and big institutions, but the price will always be paid by the poorest and most vulnerable people. I and my Labour colleagues stand shoulder to shoulder with those people throughout the United Kingdom. The nationalists will …..." Anas Sarwar - View Speech
"I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. What I envisage is Scots making a confident and passionate no vote on 18 September and working together with our friends and colleagues in the UK to create the right kind of economy that works for everyone right across the UK.
"The hon. Gentleman’s Government have said that work must always pay, but we still have people who are in work living in severe poverty. More important than just having a job is the level of income, and that is why wages are so important, and that is why the living …..." Anas Sarwar - View Speech
"Evidence shows that it is not just having a job, but having the right job and the right level of pay that lifts someone out of poverty. So can the Chancellor tell us how many of those new jobs that have been created are full-time jobs, how many do not …..." Anas Sarwar - View Speech