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1463872

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Islamophobia: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on tackling Islamophobia in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	900011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>Tackling Islamophobia is a matter of devolved competence in Scotland</p><p><br>The UK Government is committed to eradicating anti-Muslim hatred and all forms of religious prejudice, and I know that the Scottish Government shares that commitment.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 18/05/2022 13:09:33 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1169348

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2020
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Children: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the level of child poverty in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	900096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2020 answer text <p>This Office has regular discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Hon. Lady will know, the Scottish Government also controls a number of powers to tackle poverty, and I believe that it is important that Scotland’s two Governments work together to address the critical issue of child poverty.</p> answering member constituency Moray answering member printed Douglas Ross question first answered 08/01/2020 15:51:29 answering member 4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1169350

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2020
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Devolution: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of intergovernmental relations between the Government and Scottish Government.
	tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
	tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
	uin	900098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to having a constructive relationship with the Scottish Government. We continue to develop proposals for a package of reforms as part of the review on intergovernmental relations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Moray answering member printed Douglas Ross question first answered 08/01/2020 15:52:13 answering member 4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross
	tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

1177947

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	UK Internal Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to support the operation of the UK internal market.
	tabling member constituency	Broadland
	tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
	uin	900718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK internal market is essential to promote growth, drive productivity and deliver an economy that works for all parts of the UK and the Government is committed to supporting this.</p><p> </p><p>The Scottish Government’s own statistics make clear that 60% of Scottish exports go to the rest of the UK, 1.5 times higher than is exported to the EU and the rest of the world combined.</p> answering member constituency Moray answering member printed Douglas Ross question first answered 12/02/2020 16:05:48 answering member 4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross
	tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1177949

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Devolution: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What the Government’s policy is on maintaining the Sewel Convention.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	900721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government remains fully committed to the Sewel Convention and the related practices and procedures for seeking legislative consent.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to uphold the spirit and the letter of the devolution settlement, as every Government has done consistently throughout the last twenty years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Moray answering member printed Douglas Ross grouped question UIN 900722 question first answered 12/02/2020 16:07:06 answering member 4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1177950

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Devolution: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What the Government’s policy is on maintaining the Sewel Convention.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	900722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government remains fully committed to the Sewel Convention and the related practices and procedures for seeking legislative consent.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to uphold the spirit and the letter of the devolution settlement, as every Government has done consistently throughout the last twenty years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Moray answering member printed Douglas Ross grouped question UIN 900721 question first answered 12/02/2020 16:07:06 answering member 4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1197291

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Edinburgh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the outbreak of covid-19 at the international Nike conference in Edinburgh in February 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	uin	902840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>It was agreed by the 4 Chief Medical Officers ahead of the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 that each administration would announce their own cases and take their own decisions about what is appropriate to release, so this was a matter for the Scottish Government.</p> answering member constituency Moray answering member printed Douglas Ross question first answered 20/05/2020 13:54:52 answering member 4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1197292

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Trade: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the value of trade between Scotland and the rest of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Guildford
	tabling member printed	Angela Richardson
	uin	902842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>Scottish exports to the rest of the UK increased in 2018 by £1.2 billion to £51.2 billion.</p><p>The official Scottish Government figures show that more than 60 per cent of all Scottish exports go to England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.</p><p>As a result, the rest of the UK continues to be Scotland’s largest market for exports and accounting for three times the value of exports to EU countries.</p> answering member constituency Moray answering member printed Douglas Ross question first answered 20/05/2020 13:56:00 answering member 4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross
	tabling member	4840 label Biography information for Angela Richardson

1197293

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Defence: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to support the defence sector in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Burnley
	tabling member printed	Antony Higginbotham
	uin	902850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>The Scotland Office, the Secretary of State for Scotland, and I are all in frequent contact with stakeholders across the Scottish defence sector to ensure their valuable perspective is heard and understood.</p><p> </p><p>In my Moray constituency, Kinloss Barracks and RAF Lossiemouth have remained busy supporting the efforts to fight COVID-19 and to continue to protect our country. So I place on record our thanks to them for all their efforts.</p> answering member constituency Moray answering member printed Douglas Ross question first answered 20/05/2020 13:58:29 answering member 4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross
	tabling member	4833 label Biography information for Antony Higginbotham

1197294

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2020
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	United Kingdom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to strengthen the Union.
	tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes North
	tabling member printed	Ben Everitt
	uin	902851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>This Government has always stressed the importance of the Union. The current crisis demonstrates how valuable it is to have a collective ability to respond.</p><p> </p><p>We have world leading expertise and the economic strength to protect jobs and businesses with generous support packages.</p><p> </p><p>It is the strength of our Union which will enable us to defeat the Covid-19 virus and rebuild our economy quickly and fairly.</p> answering member constituency Moray answering member printed Douglas Ross question first answered 20/05/2020 13:59:46 answering member 4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross
	tabling member	4836 label Biography information for Ben Everitt