Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what meetings his Department has had with representatives of (a) the Taxpayers' Alliance, (b) the Confederation of British Industry, (c) the Institute of Economic Affairs, (d) the Adam Smith Institute, (e) the Freedom Association, (f) the Politics and Economic Research Trust and (g) the Midlands Industrial Council in the last 12 calendar months.
Answered by David Mundell
Details of Ministers' andPermanentSecretaries meetings with external organisations are published up to 31March 2015 and can be accessed on Gov.uk at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications
Further publications of Ministerial and Permanent Secretaries meetings will be published in due course.
Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what meetings his Department has had with (a) the Scottish Trade Unions Congress, (b) individual STUC-affiliated trades unions, (c) the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and (d) other public bodies on trade union reform and the Trade Union Bill in the last six months.
Answered by David Mundell
Both I, my ministerial colleague Lord Dunlop and my officials have met with the STUC, STUC-affiliated trade unions, CoSLA and public bodies over the last six months and discussed a range of matters including trade union reform and the Trade Union Bill. These meetings have taken place on the following dates:
My Rt hon Friend, Nick Boles, Minister of State for Business Innovation and Skills and officials met with the STUC to discuss trade union reform and the Trade Union Bill on:
Asked by: Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South West)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what meetings his Department has had with (a) the Scottish Trades Union Congress and (b) individual affiliated trades unions in the last 12 months.
Answered by David Mundell
Over the last 12 months my Department has engaged (a) twice with the Scottish Trade Union Congress and (b) twice, at roundtable events with several affiliated unions.