Ian Murray

20 Jul 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Glasgow

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who took the recent decision to stop cash payments for asylum seekers placed in hotels in Glasgow.

19 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Water Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that the research and development of marine energy technologies, which has been dependent on funding under the Interreg scheme, is not disadvantag

19 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Research

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

19 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Research

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 developm

6 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department’s latest estimate is of the savings that will be delivered for consumers from the successful projects in Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 3 in each of

5 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how his Department plans to use its ability to set a flexible cap in each pot in the fourth allocation round for Contracts for Difference.

5 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the draft budget notice for the fourth allocation round for Contracts for Difference.

5 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the evidential basis for the proposed 12GW overall capacity cap in the fourth allocation round for Contracts for Difference, scheduled to commence in December 2

5 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the potentially eligible capacity in the fourth allocation round for Contracts for Difference in (a) Pot 1: established technologies, incl

5 Jul 2021 · Treasury

Income Tax: Scotland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data is shared with HMRC by NHS Scotland, Scottish health boards or agencies to assist in the implementation of the Scottish rate of income tax.

24 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Culture Recovery Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish data on the number of (a) freelancers and (b) supply chain businesses that are awaiting payments from the Culture Recovery Fund that were due from January 2021.

24 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Culture Recovery Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the eighth report of the Public Accounts Committee, COVID 19: Culture Recovery Fund published on 23 June 2021, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of the c

24 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Events Industry: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will introduce a Government-backed insurance indemnity package against the risk of cancellation for the festival industry.

21 Apr 2021 · Department for International Trade

India: Cairn Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make representations to the Prime Minister of India on the international arbitration tribunal decision in favour of Cairn Energy plc in its dispute with the Indian Government during their

15 Apr 2021 · Cabinet Office

Greensill: Inquiries

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the terms of reference for the independent inquiry into lobbying by Greensill will include its contacts with the Scottish Government in connection with Liberty St

14 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish his Department's long-term financial plan for Official Development Assistance funding.

14 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UK Research and Innovation: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will undertake an impact assessment of the reduction in Official Development Assistance funding to UK Research and Innovation on the UK's ability to assist in addressing soc

14 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Scotland: UK Research and Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) UK and (b) Scottish-led projects in Official Development Assistance (ODA) countries that will be terminated as a result of the recen

14 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Scotland: UK Research and Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in Official Development Assistance funding to UK Research and Innovation on members of the Global Challenges Research Fu

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

Universities: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when university students will be permitted to return to campuses in the UK; and what discussions he is having with universities on the safe return of students as soon as possible.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will extend the validity of driving licences for foreign nationals from the US who are eligible to drive in the UK for 12 months before requiring a theory test in the context of disruption caused by the c

12 Apr 2021 · Department for International Trade

Cairn Energy: India

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the international arbitration tribunal decision in favour of Cairn Energy plc in its dispute with the Indian Government; and if she

22 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in armed forces personnel on (a) total armed forces numbers in Scotland, (b) individual regiments in Scotland and (c) the sustainability of all of Scotla

25 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what effect the UK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement has had on the (a) costs and (b) timescales of shipping from the UK to the EU since the end of the transition perio

25 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Parcels: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the average (a) cost and (b) time taken to ship a parcel to the EU in 2021 compared to 2020.

24 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the UN’s Virtual High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen promotes improved humanitarian access.

24 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to announce a contribution to the UN’s Virtual High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen.

24 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Yemen: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding his Department and its predecessors allocated to the humanitarian response in Yemen in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020; and how m

24 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the 2021 Official Development Assistance budget had been allocated as part of long-term spending commitments before the start of 2021.

22 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2021 to Question 152474 on Energy: Prices, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of transmission charges on the competitive p