Written Question
Monday 19th October 2015
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.
Written Question
Monday 19th October 2015
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:
- 17 August 2015;
- 18 August 2015.
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:
- 7 September 2015;
- 18 August 2015.
Written Question
Tuesday 21st July 2015
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.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jul 2015
Scotland Bill
"I respect the hon. Gentleman’s trade union activity. On pay bargaining, though, I fear that he is somewhat confused, as local government pay in Scotland is separate from that in England and Wales. In Scotland, the two-tier workforce agreement is still in place, which the Conservative Government dumped when they …..."Chris Stephens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jul 2015
Scotland Bill
"The hon. Gentleman seems to be very concerned about pay discrepancies. What is his view of the Scottish Trades Union Congress’s position? It said in evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Devolution (Further Powers) Committee that issues such as the minimum wage fitted better in a devolved Scotland...."Chris Stephens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jul 2015
Scotland Bill
"The hon. Gentleman has quoted the TUC, but in various debates on the Bill he has quoted the STUC. Will he confirm that the STUC is clear that employment law and health and safety law should be devolved to the Scottish Parliament?..."Chris Stephens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jul 2015
Scotland Bill
"The hon. Gentleman has mentioned the views of the TUC and the BFAWU. Can he confirm that the two largest trade unions in Scotland, Unison Scotland and Unite Scotland, gave evidence to the Smith commission saying that they wanted responsibility for the national minimum wage to be devolved to the …..."Chris Stephens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jul 2015
Scotland Bill
"I declare my membership of Unison and my trade union activity over the past 20 years. It was disappointing to hear the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Wayne David) shout across to SNP Members that we do not care for workers and working people—I hope he will reflect on that because …..."Chris Stephens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jul 2015
Scotland Bill
"I care about workers across the world, and I will be quoting from the Scottish Trades Union Congress and stating how it views the situation.
In speaking to new clause 47, I will not only outline why we believe it to be necessary, but produce supporting evidence from independent organisations …..."Chris Stephens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 06 Jul 2015
Scotland Bill
"I will come back to that point.
Our approach is evidence-based. The 30 detailed recommendations of the “Working Together” report are a strong foundation to build on if we have more powers, and I commend that report to the Committee. We also support the devolution of trade union laws to …..."Chris Stephens - View Speech
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