Debates between Ian Murray and Elaine Stewart during the 2024 Parliament

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Debate between Ian Murray and Elaine Stewart
Wednesday 4th December 2024

(2 weeks, 6 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ian Murray Portrait The Secretary of State for Scotland (Ian Murray)
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Our economic growth mission will raise living standards in Scotland. Our new deal for working people will disproportionately benefit Scots. New protections such as guaranteed hours will help shift workers with up to £600 a year. We are also delivering an annual pay rise of £1,400 for hundreds of thousands of full-time workers in Scotland, and we have committed to the triple lock, which means an extra £470 for pensioners next year. Last week, we paid the first instalment to 7,000 former Scottish miners with their full pension. We will improve living standards through better public services and pay driven by economic growth.

Elaine Stewart Portrait Elaine Stewart
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Does the Secretary of State agree that community benefit funds from wind farms contribute to improving living standards for communities? Will he join me in praising the work of the nine community council groups in Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock as a model of the fair distribution of funds to support local apprenticeships and improve living standards across the Cumnock and Doon Valley areas?