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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 02 Jul 2019
Rural Areas in Scotland: Additional Delivery Charges

"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that issue. He did not cancel his sofa on principle, but if he ever invites me round to his flat, I will not sit on the sofa on principle, such is the extent to which—..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 02 Jul 2019
Rural Areas in Scotland: Additional Delivery Charges

"That is even worse! In all seriousness, my hon. Friend raises a valid point. He can get something delivered to London, but not to his constituency of Banff and Buchan. I will mention some examples that have been raised with me since I last held a debate on this matter, …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 02 Jul 2019
Rural Areas in Scotland: Additional Delivery Charges

"As the Leader of the House sometimes says at business questions, that is an excellent topic for an Adjournment debate. The hon. Gentleman rightly raises an important issue that we could debate for many hours and links it to the important issue of excessive, rip-off delivery charges.

I support the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 02 Jul 2019
Rural Areas in Scotland: Additional Delivery Charges

"I understand the hon. Lady’s argument and her point that more could be done, but I have given concrete examples of the ASA taking action. We should at least recognise that companies are now receiving enforcement notices, which was not happening in recent months and years...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 02 Jul 2019
Rural Areas in Scotland: Additional Delivery Charges

"On the point that the Minister has made about further costs sometimes being involved, I take her back to my example, in which companies are not looking at the costs involved; they are simply looking at a postcode. In Moray, when they deliver further because the address has a different …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"19. What plans he has to help ensure that solar power is (a) accessible to and (b) affordable for all households. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"I will try to be more positive than the hon. Member for Norwich South (Clive Lewis), but there has been concern among the industry, including AS Solar, about the proposed changes for reduced rate VAT for energy-saving materials. This presents a roadblock for many of the 60% of households that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Apr 2019
Climate Change Policy

"Solar energy plays a crucial role. Last month, I met the Minister and Moray-based AES Solar, which explained its concerns about the cliff edge the industry was facing because of a change in policy. More than three weeks later, that policy gap still exists. I am sure she accepts the …..."
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Written Question
Living Wage: Moray
Monday 8th April 2019

Asked by: Douglas Ross (Conservative - Moray)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many workers received an increase in wages as a result of the rise in the national living wage on 1 April 2019 in Moray constituency.

Answered by Kelly Tolhurst

Through the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW), the Government ensures that the lowest paid in our society are fairly rewarded for their work. April 2019’s increase to the NLW will see nearly 1.8 million workers in the UK receive a 4.9% pay rise. In Scotland, 128,000 workers will directly benefit from this increase in the NLW. A full-time worker on the NLW will now be more than £2,750 better off over the year compared to when it was first announced in 2015.

The most recent available data relates to 2018, when there were an estimated 2,400 workers in Moray who were on the NLW or NMW.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Mar 2019
Community and Sub-Post Offices

"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."
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