Written Question
Thursday 22nd July 2021
Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken within the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to replicate the specific functions performed by the Interreg scheme in supporting cross-border research and development.
Answered by Luke Hall
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK in places most in need, such as ex-industrial areas, deprived towns and rural and coastal communities, and for people who face labour market barriers.
This Government will ensure that the UK Government and its institutions are working effectively to realise the benefits of four nations working together as one United Kingdom.
Spending Review 2020 set out the main strategic elements of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in the Heads of Terms. The Government will publish a UK-wide investment framework later this year and confirm its funding profile at the next Spending Review.
Written Question
Thursday 22nd July 2021
Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour - Edinburgh South)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will ensure that there is an element within the UK Shared Prosperity Fund reserved for research organisations which have had particular dependency on Interreg cross-border funding in order to maintain continuity of research and UK participation in these fields.
Answered by Luke Hall
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK in places most in need, such as ex-industrial areas, deprived towns and rural and coastal communities, and for people who face labour market barriers.
This Government will ensure that the UK Government and its institutions are working effectively to realise the benefits of four nations working together as one United Kingdom.
Spending Review 2020 set out the main strategic elements of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in the Heads of Terms. The Government will publish a UK-wide investment framework later this year and confirm its funding profile at the next Spending Review.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 13 Dec 2018
Protection for Homebuyers
"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for bringing this welcome debate before the House. Bellway Homes built homes in my constituency in 1988, and there is a suspicion that the gas installation did not meet the 1988 gas regulations. Residents have been fighting Bellway since, and the matter has …..."Ian Murray - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Nov 2018
Budget Resolutions
"I should like to speak about the Budget by referring to a number of tests. The first test is to ask what it will do for growth in this country. Even the Office for Budget Responsibility expects growth of only 1.6% by 2023, which would be the lowest medium-term growth …..."Ian Murray - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 06 Mar 2018
British Transport Police/ Police Scotland Merger
"I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. The chair of the British Transport Police Federation said, in the light of the terrorist attacks in Manchester and London, that the merger should be suspended permanently. The fact that he is talking about terrorism shows the significant difficulties that there …..."Ian Murray - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 06 Mar 2018
British Transport Police/ Police Scotland Merger
"There is a role for this Parliament, and not only for the reasons that the hon. Gentleman stated, as there will be a consequence for the British Transport police, too, when the Scottish section is taken away. There are no railway stations on the Scottish border. Therefore, transport police from …..."Ian Murray - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 06 Mar 2018
British Transport Police/ Police Scotland Merger
"As always, it is a great pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Hollobone. I do not want to echo all the remarks made by the hon. Member for Moray (Douglas Ross), whom I congratulate, along with my hon. Friend the Member for East Lothian (Martin Whitfield), on …..."Ian Murray - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 06 Mar 2018
British Transport Police/ Police Scotland Merger
"The hon. Gentleman has just highlighted that, in terms of terrorism, the Metropolitan police do not say that the British Transport police should be merged in the same way that is suggested in Scotland. I am glad we are having a discussion about terrorism. As I mentioned in an intervention, …..."Ian Murray - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 06 Mar 2018
British Transport Police/ Police Scotland Merger
"The service would be disrupted, and it would be an incredible waste of resources. If I may use these crude terms, we would need either English officers to stay on trains from Carlisle to Glasgow or from Berwick to Edinburgh, or—vice versa—Scottish officers to stay on trains going south. There …..."Ian Murray - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 06 Mar 2018
British Transport Police/ Police Scotland Merger
"I will not, if the hon. Gentleman doesn’t mind, because of the time. Other people want to speak.
Many people have asked for a commissioning arrangement to be set up that would allow the Scottish Government to commission BTP services and the chief constable to be directly accountable to the …..."Ian Murray - View Speech
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