Written Question
Wednesday 22nd January 2025
Asked by:
Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus and Perthshire Glens)
Question
to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland,what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support people with the cost of living in Scotland.
Answered by Kirsty McNeill
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)
Delivering economic growth and raising living standards in every part of the United Kingdom, so working people have more money in their pocket, is the government’s central mission.
We are protecting 1 million pensioners with the triple lock, giving a pay rise to hundreds of thousands of Scots through the minimum wage increase.
3.2 million people in Scotland will benefit from the cut in fuel duty, 1.7 million families in Scotland will have their working age benefits uprated in line with inflation, and our universal credit reforms will be essential for families throughout Scotland.
Written Question
Monday 27th March 2023
Asked by:
Dave Doogan (Scottish National Party - Angus and Perthshire Glens)
Question
to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make an assessment of the (a) strategic and (b) economic contribution made by Scotland to the UK.
Answered by Lord Jack of Courance
My assessment, along with that of the majority of people in Scotland, is that Scotland’s strategic and economic future is best served as part of the UK.
Scotland is a key part of the Union and both contributes to and benefits from being part of the UK - including through higher spending per head, record funding via the Barnett formula, and through the pooling and sharing of risks.
Strategically, military bases and armed forces personnel based in Scotland play a crucial role in defending the whole of the UK and contribute to NATO; Scottish renewable electricity generation is a critical part of the UK’s plan for achieving net zero; and Scotland’s internationally recognised brand is important for delivering the UK’s ambitious global export strategy.
On economic contribution, the rest of the UK remains Scotland’s biggest trading partner with over 60 percent of all sales going to the rest of the UK and more than £70 billion of goods and services sold to Scotland from other parts of the UK.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Scottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court Decision
"This is nothing short of parody. I have been an MP here for nearly three years and I have never heard a Minister say “I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave some moments ago” as many times as this. That is because the so-called Secretary of State …..."Dave Doogan - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Nov 2022
Scottish Independence and the Scottish Economy
"My right hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. Does he agree with me, and do his constituents share my concerns, that people look out at these wind installations—such as Seagreen off the Angus coast, two revolutions of which can power a home for an entire year—yet at the same …..."Dave Doogan - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Nov 2022
Scottish Independence and the Scottish Economy
"I thank the shadow Secretary of State for giving way; he is very kind. He has given an excellent list of reasons why Scotland should not endure a UK Administration, but let me try to get him to focus on a particular point. We have heard a lot from the …..."Dave Doogan - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 22 Mar 2021
Scottish Independence Referendum
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Nokes.
This debate being called rather sums up the dysfunction of this so-called United Kingdom—a hopelessly asymmetric construct from the outset, and one that now substantially exceeds the limits of what Scotland can continue to endure. In 2014, the Smith …..."Dave Doogan - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Secretary of State and his colleagues are given to chest-beating about the tremendous amount of revenue flowing to Scotland to get us through the pandemic—every penny of it, of course, borrowed. Will he tell me and the people of Scotland why those borrowing decisions are better made here than …..."Dave Doogan - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Feb 2020
Migration and Scotland
"I am very concerned that my constituency neighbour is talking about the opportunity for farmers to prepare for next year. It is this year that farmers are trying to prepare for. He should also sound a note of caution when he celebrates the increase to 10,000, because that figure is …..."Dave Doogan - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jan 2020
Claim of Right for Scotland
"I thank the Minister for giving way, particularly as he brings me into this debate. Yes indeed, we did write to non-SNP supporting members of the Angus electorate, and I am sure we did that elsewhere in Scotland. It was to invite them, notwithstanding their views on the constitution, to …..."Dave Doogan - View Speech
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