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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Nov 2022
Scottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court Decision

"If the Secretary of State is so convinced that there is a substantial anti-independence majority among today’s people of Scotland, will he agree to publish in its entirety all the polling done at our expense by the Scotland Office? If not, can we assume that the reason the Government are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 May 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"I do not think the Scottish Government need to take lessons in ferries from a Government who awarded a massive ferry contract to a company that did not even have a boat, but we will leave that to one side just now.

The Secretary of State was kind enough to …..."
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Written Question
Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
Tuesday 18th January 2022

Asked by: Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the impact of the proposed reductions in the number of Seasonal Agricultural Worker visa routes from 2023 on the fruit and vegetable industry in Scotland.

Answered by Lord Jack of Courance

The UK Government is extending this visa route until the end of 2024, to allow migrant workers to come to the UK for up to six months to pick both edible and ornamental crops. There will be 30,000 visas available until 2023 when it will begin to taper down, but this will be kept under review with the potential to increase by a further 10,000 if necessary.

We appreciate that growers in Scotland are reliant on workers from overseas, nevertheless the UK Government is committed to the UK becoming a high-skilled, high-wage economy and we are clear that more must be done to attract UK workers into jobs through offering training, career options, wage increases, and to invest in increased automation technology. The extension to the route strikes the right balance of supporting the horticulture sector while it transitions to employing more domestic workers.

Written Question
Politics and Government: Scotland
Wednesday 3rd November 2021

Asked by: Peter Grant (Scottish National Party - Glenrothes)

Question to the Scotland Office:

What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government's representation of (a) Scotland and (b) Scottish interests internationally.

Answered by Lord Jack of Courance

The FCDO provides a range of services to all parts of the UK, such as promoting trade and investment, delivering security and providing consular services. UK policy in this area was set out earlier this year in the Integrated Review. My Department is committed to representing Scottish interests on the world stage as demonstrated by my ministerial colleague, Lord Offord, on his recent visit to Mumbai.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Feb 2020
Migration and Scotland

"May I take the Minister back to his enthusiasm for the work of the Migration Advisory Committee? According to the committee’s own website, its six good citizens consist of two from the London School of Economics, one from the University of York, one from the University of Warwick in Coventry, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Feb 2020
Migration and Scotland

"If the response to staffing shortages and skills shortages is to pay people more, can the right hon. Gentleman explain why it is that when the health service was experiencing desperate shortages of staff right across the board, his Government imposed year after year of public sector pay cuts in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Feb 2020
Migration and Scotland

"I agree with pretty much everything that the hon. Member is saying. If we were to devise an immigration system that we thought would work for our respective communities, they would not be that different. But will she explain why she wants us to support the Lib Dem amendment and …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Scotch whisky: US tariffs

"I commend the right hon. Gentleman for his tenacity in pursuing this matter, which concerns us all. He has highlighted the vastly disproportionate effect that the tariffs will have on the Scotch whisky industry. He has also referred to other important Scottish exports that are affected. Has he seen any …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Scotch whisky: US tariffs

"I am very pleased to be speaking a lot sooner than expected, Ms Buck...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Scotch whisky: US tariffs

"It is the first time that I have seen so many Members fail to reach the indicative time limit. I will try to reciprocate because the Minister will undoubtedly have a lot to say. I commend the right hon. Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell) on securing the …..."
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