Ian Murray

16 Oct 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans his Department has to repatriate British children trapped in north east Syria.

16 Oct 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his officials have had with representatives of regional authorities in north east Syria on the (a) evacuation and (b) repatriation of British children.

16 Oct 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to evacuate all British children trapped in north east Syria.

16 Oct 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Electronic Publishing: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits to (a) partially sighted and (b) blind people of (i) e-readers and (ii) other digital reading materials; and what steps her Departm

5 Sep 2019 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance: EU Law

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to implement the EU's anti-tax avoidance directive into UK law by 1 January 2020; and if he will maintain that legislation in UK law after the UK leaves the EU.

5 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions: Edinburgh South

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of people in Edinburgh South constituency that have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the a

2 Sep 2019 · Treasury

Electronic Publishing: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of VAT on e-publications on children’s literacy in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

2 Sep 2019 · Treasury

Electronic Publishing: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) his counterparts in other EU member states and (b) industry of the potential merits of introducing a reduced rate of VAT on e-publications; and if he will make a statement.

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Visual Impairment: Electronic Publishing

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the benefits of e-readers and other digital reading materials to partially sighted or blind people; and what steps her Department takes to promote access

25 Jul 2019 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the redundancy packages required for the creation of the new Government.

19 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fireworks: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a timescale for the information gathering exercise on the public sale of fireworks.

19 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on people applying to the EU Settlement Scheme of charges issued by private operators for biometric services.

28 Jun 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation: 5G

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the roll-out of 5G on the sustainability of (a) insects, (b) other animals and (c) other wildlife.

14 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office

Intelligence Services: Detainees

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including in the Consolidated Guidance on rendition and torture the removal of persons to other countries without judicial supervision for purposes such as

14 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to local authorities to provide services to meet the needs of asylum seekers.

3 Jun 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Conflict Resolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the level of (a) direct (b) indirect support provided by his Department to UK peace building and conflict resolution services globally in each of the last thr

3 Jun 2019 · Department for International Trade

Defence and Security Organisation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the level of (a) direct and (b) indirect subsidy provided by the Defence and Security Organisation to the arms industry in each of the last three years; and if he will mak

21 May 2019 · Home Office

Biometrics: Edinburgh

To ask the Secretary of State for his Department, how many biometric enrolment applications have been received each year by the Home Office from Edinburgh addresses in each of the last three years.

21 May 2019 · Home Office

Biometrics: Edinburgh

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2019 to Question 251272 on Biometrics: Edinburgh, what criteria his Department used to assessed the quality of the market research referred to in Sopra Steria Ltd’s su

15 May 2019 · Home Office

Biometrics: Edinburgh

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2019 to Question 251272 on Biometrics: Edinburgh, if he will publish the market research undertaken by Sopra Steria Ltd to identify initial service locations for biome

8 May 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage major supermarket chains to stop using plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables.

7 May 2019 · Home Office

Biometrics: Edinburgh

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of the requirement for people from Edinburgh to travel to Glasgow for biometric enrolment facilities on (a) disabled applicants, (b) applications for family v

25 Apr 2019 · Treasury

Mortgages: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of taxation and mortgage relief changes for buy to let property on the reported increase in the number of properties that are holiday lets; and if he will make a s

7 Mar 2019 · Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Members: Finance

To ask The Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if the Committee will undertake a survey of hon. Members on the (a) cost and (b) resources allocated by hon. Members to respondi

4 Mar 2019 · Home Office

Overseas Students: EEA Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2019 to Question 225480, whether international students would be guaranteed a student visa under the new immigration system once their European Temporary Leave to

25 Feb 2019 · Treasury

Public Bodies: Scotland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Scottish public bodies have made representations to his Department on direct financial support to prepare for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how much funding from the public purse has been allocated

25 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Overseas Students: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether students arriving at Scottish universities under the European Temporary Leave to Remain scheme would have to apply for a Tier 4 visa mid-way through their studies in the event that the UK leav

25 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Overseas Students: EEA Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has plans to extend the three-year time period for the European Temporary Leave to Remain scheme for EEA students wishing to study at UK universities.

25 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Overseas Students: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on EEA students wishing to study at Scottish universities of setting the time limit for the European Temporary Leave to Remain scheme at three years

25 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Scottish higher education sector on the proposed three-year limit to the European Temporary Leave to Remain scheme in the event that the UK leav