Asked by: Jim Murphy (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of staff (a) of his Department and (b) working for companies contracted by his Department in Scotland are paid less than the living wage.
Answered by Amber Rudd
I can confirm that none of the Department's staff or staff working for companies contracted by the Department are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
Asked by: Jim Murphy (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met representatives of the gambling industries to discuss the practice of offering free bets to young adults and the inclusion of messages regretting that they had not gambled in a while.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the gov.uk website and are available at
Asked by: Jim Murphy (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met representatives of the gambling industries to discuss the offering of free bets to 18 year olds on their birthdays.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the gov.uk website and are available at
Asked by: Jim Murphy (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met representatives of Gamblers Anonymous to discuss the industry practice of offering free bets to young adults and the inclusion of messages regretting that they had not gambled in a while.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the gov.uk website and are available at
Asked by: Jim Murphy (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met representatives of Gamblers Anonymous to discuss the industry practice of offering free bets to 18 year olds on their birthdays.
Answered by Helen Grant - Shadow Solicitor General
Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the gov.uk website and are available at
Asked by: Jim Murphy (Labour - East Renfrewshire)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when Ministers of his Department last met representatives of the oil and gas industry to discuss the fiscal implications of falling oil prices for the North Sea oil and gas industry.
Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
The government understands the challenges currently facing the UK oil and gas industry and is engaging closely with stakeholders on this.
We have been proactive in our response to the fall in oil price. Budget 2015 announced an ambitious programme of reform across the oil and gas tax regime to make sure the North Sea continues to attract investment and safeguard the future of this vital national asset. The government announced an immediate cut to the rate of the Supplementary Charge, from 30% to 20%, which is already in effect; a reduction to Petroleum Revenue Tax, from 50% to 35%, from January 2016; and the introduction of a new Investment Allowance to support investment in the UK Continental Shelf.
This package is expected to deliver over £4bn of additional investment and increase production by 15% by 2019, the equivalent of 0.1% of GDP.
Details of meetings between Treasury Ministers and external organisations are published on the Gov.UK website at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel.