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Chris Murray

Labour - Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

3,715 (8.2%) majority - 2024 General Election

First elected: 4th July 2024



Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Chris Murray has voted in 45 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Sparring Partners
Tim Roca (Labour)
(4 debate interactions)
Angela Eagle (Labour)
Minister of State (Home Office)
(4 debate interactions)
Paul Waugh (Labour (Co-op))
(3 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Home Office
(21 debate contributions)
HM Treasury
(3 debate contributions)
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Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Petitions

e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.

If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.

If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).

Petitions with highest Edinburgh East and Musselburgh signature proportion
Petitions with most Edinburgh East and Musselburgh signatures
Chris Murray has not participated in any petition debates

Latest EDMs signed by Chris Murray

Chris Murray has not signed any Early Day Motions

Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Chris Murray, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


Chris Murray has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Chris Murray has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

Chris Murray has not introduced any legislation before Parliament

Chris Murray has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting


Latest 20 Written Questions

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4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many study visas were issued to students studying at Scottish universities in 2023.

The Home Office publishes data on Family, Work, and Study visas granted in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. However, this information is not broken down by place of residence or UK region.

The published statistics can be found in the entry clearance visa data tables.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of each workbook. The latest data relates to 2024 Q2.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of refugee status were made to asylum seekers whose place of residence was Scotland in 2023; and in what type of accommodation they were housed at the time of grant.

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants at initial decision is published in table Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’. Data on grants of refugee status by location or accommodation type is not published.

Data on those in receipt of asylum support by UK region and accommodation type is available in table Asy_D09 of the ‘Asylum seekers in receipt of support detailed dataset’. Location data for those who are not in receipt of support is not published.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of refugee status were made to asylum seekers whose place of residence was Scotland in 2022; and in what type of accommodation they were housed at the time of grant.

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants at initial decision is published in table Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’. Data on grants of refugee status by location or accommodation type is not published.

Data on those in receipt of asylum support by UK region and accommodation type is available in table Asy_D09 of the ‘Asylum seekers in receipt of support detailed dataset’. Location data for those who are not in receipt of support is not published.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of refugee status were made to asylum seekers whose place of residence was Scotland in 2021; and in what type of accommodation they were housed at the time of grant.

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants at initial decision is published in table Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’. Data on grants of refugee status by location or accommodation type is not published.

Data on those in receipt of asylum support by UK region and accommodation type is available in table Asy_D09 of the ‘Asylum seekers in receipt of support detailed dataset’. Location data for those who are not in receipt of support is not published.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of indefinite leave to remain were made to people in the UK on other visa routes whose place of residence was Scotland at the time of grant in 2023; and on what visa statuses they were at the time of grant.

The Home Office publishes data on Settlement and Citizenship grants in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. However, this information is not broken down by place of residence or UK region.

The published statistics can be found in the Settlement data tables and in the Citizenship data tables. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to 2024 Q2.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of indefinite leave to remain were made to people in the UK on other visa routes whose place of residence was Scotland at the time of grant in 2021; and on what visa statuses they were at the time of grant.

The Home Office publishes data on Settlement and Citizenship grants in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. However, this information is not broken down by place of residence or UK region.

The published statistics can be found in the Settlement data tables and in the Citizenship data tables. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to 2024 Q2.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of UK citizenship were made to people resident in Scotland in 2023.

The Home Office publishes data on Settlement and Citizenship grants in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. However, this information is not broken down by place of residence or UK region.

The published statistics can be found in the Settlement data tables and in the Citizenship data tables. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to 2024 Q2.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of UK citizenship were made to people resident in Scotland in 2022.

The Home Office publishes data on Settlement and Citizenship grants in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. However, this information is not broken down by place of residence or UK region.

The published statistics can be found in the Settlement data tables and in the Citizenship data tables. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to 2024 Q2.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of UK citizenship were made to people resident in Scotland in 2021.

The Home Office publishes data on Settlement and Citizenship grants in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. However, this information is not broken down by place of residence or UK region.

The published statistics can be found in the Settlement data tables and in the Citizenship data tables. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to 2024 Q2.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU migrants (a) transferred from pre-settled status to settled status and (b) were resident in Scotland in 2022.

The Home Office publishes data on the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) in ‘Immigration System Statistics’. However, data of people moving from pre-settled status to settled status is not broken down by place of residence or UK nation or region.

The published statistics can be found in the EU Settlement Scheme data tables.

Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to 2024 Q2.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many study visas were issued to students studying at Scottish universities in 2022.

The Home Office publishes data on Family, Work, and Study visas granted in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. However, this information is not broken down by place of residence or UK region.

The published statistics can be found in the entry clearance visa data tables.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of each workbook. The latest data relates to 2024 Q2.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many study visas were issued to students studying at Scottish universities in 2021.

The Home Office publishes data on Family, Work, and Study visas granted in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. However, this information is not broken down by place of residence or UK region.

The published statistics can be found in the entry clearance visa data tables.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of each workbook. The latest data relates to 2024 Q2.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work visas were issued for jobs in Scottish workplaces in 2023.

The Home Office publishes data on Family, Work, and Study visas granted in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. However, this information is not broken down by place of residence or UK region.

The published statistics can be found in the entry clearance visa data tables.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of each workbook. The latest data relates to 2024 Q2.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work visas were issued for jobs in Scottish workplaces in Scotland in 2022.

The Home Office publishes data on Family, Work, and Study visas granted in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. However, this information is not broken down by place of residence or UK region.

The published statistics can be found in the entry clearance visa data tables.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of each workbook. The latest data relates to 2024 Q2.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work visas were issued for jobs in Scottish workplaces in 2021.

The Home Office publishes data on Family, Work, and Study visas granted in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. However, this information is not broken down by place of residence or UK region.

The published statistics can be found in the entry clearance visa data tables.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of each workbook. The latest data relates to 2024 Q2.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family visas were issued where the sponsoring (a) spouse or partner, (b) fiancé, fiancée or proposed civil partner, (c) child, (d) parent and (c) relative providing long-term care was resident in Scotland in 2023.

The Home Office publishes data on Family, Work, and Study visas granted in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. However, this information is not broken down by place of residence or UK region.

The published statistics can be found in the entry clearance visa data tables.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of each workbook. The latest data relates to 2024 Q2.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family visas were issued where the sponsoring (a) spouse or partner, (b) fiancé, fiancée or proposed civil partner, (c) child, (d) parent and (c) relative providing long-term care was resident in Scotland in 2022.

The Home Office publishes data on Family, Work, and Study visas granted in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. However, this information is not broken down by place of residence or UK region.

The published statistics can be found in the entry clearance visa data tables.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of each workbook. The latest data relates to 2024 Q2.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family visas were issued where the sponsoring (a) spouse or partner, (b) fiancé, fiancée or proposed civil partner, (c) child, (d) parent and (c) relative providing long-term care was resident in Scotland in 2021.

The Home Office publishes data on Family, Work, and Study visas granted in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. However, this information is not broken down by place of residence or UK region.

The published statistics can be found in the entry clearance visa data tables.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of each workbook. The latest data relates to 2024 Q2.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
4th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU migrants transferred from pre-settled status to settled status and were resident in Scotland in 2023.

The Home Office publishes data on the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) in ‘Immigration System Statistics’. However, data of people moving from pre-settled status to settled status is not broken down by place of residence or UK nation or region.

The published statistics can be found in the EU Settlement Scheme data tables.

Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to 2024 Q2.

Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)